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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| difficult | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| hard | / | Adjective, Adjective |
| problematic | xx/x | Adjective |
| irksome | /x | Adjective |
| problematical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| vexing | /x | Adjective |
| trouble | /x | Noun |
| inconvenient | xx/x | Adjective |
| bothersome | /xx | Adjective |
| tricky | /x | Adjective |
| annoying | x/x | Adjective |
| disagreeable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| unpleasant | x/x | Adjective |
| irritating | /xxx | Adjective |
| complicate | /xx | Verb |
| perplexing | x/x | Adjective |
| frustrating | /xx | Adjective |
| worrisome | /xx | Adjective |
| aggravating | /xxx | Adjective |
| tiresome | /xx | Adjective |
| dangerous | /xx | Adjective |
| exasperating | x/xxx | Adjective |
| undesirable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| nuisance | /x | Noun |
| painful | /x | Adjective |
| nasty | /x | Adjective |
| thorny | /x | Adjective |
| tedious | /xx | Adjective |
| cumbersome | /xx | Adjective |
| unwelcome | x/x | Adjective |
| touchy | /x | Adjective |
| problems | /x | Noun |
| confusing | x/x | Adjective |
| challenging | /xx | Adjective |
| perilous | /xx | Adjective |
| debilitating | x/xxx | Adjective |
| baffling | /xx | Adjective |
| embarrassing | x/xx | Adjective |
| unfriendly | x/x | Adjective |
| pesky | /x | Adjective |
| disadvantageous | xxx/x | Adjective |
| questionable | /xxx | Adjective |
| intractable | x/xx | Adjective |
| awkward | /x | Adjective |
| infuriating | x/xxx | Adjective |
| uncomfortable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| confounding | x/x | Noun |
| maddening | /xx | Adjective |
| tough | / | Adjective |
| unhappy | x/x | Adjective |
| costly | /x | Adjective |
| uneasy | x/x | Adjective |
| hazardous | /xx | Adjective |
| unmanageable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| difficulties | /xxx | Noun |
| upsetting | x/x | Verb |
| laborious | x/xx | Adjective |
| onerous | /xx | Adjective |
| burdensome | /xx | Adjective |
| puzzling | /xx | Adjective |
| messy | /x | Adjective |
| unfortunate | x/xx | Adjective |
| dreadful | /x | Adjective |
| disruptive | x/x | Adjective |
| unsatisfactory | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| vexatious | x/x | Adjective |
| beneficial | xx/x | Adjective |
| arduous | /xx | Adjective |
| finicky | /xx | Adjective |
| obnoxious | x/x | Adjective |
| unavoidable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| loathsome | /x | Adjective |
| recalcitrant | x/xx | Adjective |
| risky | /x | Adjective |
| dicey | /x | Name |
| unruly | x/x | Adjective |
| daunting | /x | Adjective |
| tiring | /x | Noun |
| dilemma | x/x | Noun |
| fearsome | /x | Adjective |
| unwieldy | x/x | Adjective |
| wayward | /x | Adjective |
| tortuous | /xx | Adjective |
| peculiar | x/x | Adjective |
| contentious | x/x | Adjective |
| discouraging | x/xx | Adjective |
| distasteful | x/x | Adjective |
| disturbing | x/x | Adjective |
| harmful | /x | Adjective |
| mischievous | /xx | Adjective |
| regrettable | x/xx | Adjective |
| insidious | x/xx | Adjective |
| cantankerous | x/xx | Adjective |
| detrimental | xx/x | Adjective |
| fraught | / | Noun |
| frightening | /xx | Adjective |
| clumsy | /x | Adjective |
| unpopular | x/xx | Adjective |
| nightmare | /x | Noun |
| disquieting | x/xx | Adjective |
| unproblematic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| uncooperative | xx/xxx | Adjective |
| stubborn | /x | Adjective |
| dubious | /xx | Adjective |
| trivial | /xx | Adjective |
| truculent | /xx | Adjective |
| hindrance | /x | Noun |
| nefarious | x/xx | Adjective |
| destructive | x/x | Adjective |
| inconsistent | xx/x | Adjective |
| peevish | /x | Adjective |
| scary | /x | Adjective |
| suspicious | x/x | Adjective |
| disastrous | x/x | Adjective |
| strange | / | Adjective |
| noisy | /x | Adjective |
| inefficient | xx/x | Adjective |
| dodgy | /x | Adjective |
| ugly | /x | Adjective |
| damaging | /xx | Adjective |
| useless | /x | Adjective |
| unsavory | x/xx | Adjective |
| vicious | /x | Adjective |
| odious | /xx | Adjective |
| obstructive | x/x | Adjective |
| wretched | /x | Adjective |
| common | /x | Adjective |
| unappealing | xx/x | Adjective |
| awful | /x | Adjective |
| wearisome | /xx | Adjective |
| confronting | x/x | Verb |
| disconcerting | xx/x | Adjective |
| gainful | /x | Noun |
| distressing | x/x | Adjective |
| unsettling | x/xx | Adjective |
| unquiet | x/x | Noun |
| harrowing | /xx | Noun |
| grievous | /x | Adjective |
| agonizing | /xxx | Adjective |
| provoking | x/x | Adjective |
| tormenting | /xx | Adjective |
| turbulent | /xx | Adjective |
| crippling | /xx | Noun |
| fractious | /x | Adjective |
| oppressive | x/x | Adjective |
| dreaded | /x | Verb |
| rocky | /x | Name |
| skittish | /x | Adjective |
| tortured | /x | Adjective |
| weed | / | Noun |
| oozing | /x | Noun |
| tinnitus | /xx | Noun |
| cough | / | Noun |
| diplopia | x/xx | Noun |
| contaminant | x/xx | Noun |
| thorn | / | Noun |
| alarming | x/x | Adjective |
| apaches | x/x | Adjective |
| austrian | /xx | Adjective, Name |
| blackfeet | // | Name |
| british | /x | Adjective, Name |
| canaanite | /xx | Name, Adjective |
| corns | / | Noun |
| delicate | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| dependant | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| disordered | x/x | Adjective |
| encumbrance | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| febrile | /x | Adjective |
| foaming | /x | Noun |
| franks | / | Name |
| germans | /x | Name |
| goblin | /x | Noun |
| grim | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| guests | / | Noun |
| interlopers | /xxx | Noun |
| intruders | x/x | Noun |
| intrusive | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| knotty | /x | Adjective |
| magyars | /x | Name |
| moslem | /x | Name, Adjective |
| muscovite | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| nagging | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| northerners | /xx | Noun |
| noxious | /x | Adjective |
| ominous | /xx | Adjective |
| precarious | x/xx | Adjective |
| radium | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| restive | /x | Adjective |
| ticklish | /xx | Adjective |
| uncanny | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| unimportant | xx/x | Adjective |
| volatile | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| worrying | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| fall | / | Verb, Noun |
| shirtless | /x | Adjective |
