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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| jumpy | /x | Adjective |
| restive | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| edgy | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| jittery | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| nervous | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| tense | / | Adjective, Adjective |
| in suspense | xx/ | Phrase, Adjective |
| prudish | /x | Adjective |
| humorless | /xx | Adjective |
| prissy | /x | Noun |
| snooty | /x | Noun |
| grouchy | /x | Noun |
| snobbish | /x | Adjective |
| cranky | /x | Adjective |
| neurotic | x/x | Adjective |
| uppity | /xx | Noun |
| puritanical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| grumpy | /x | Adjective |
| bitchy | /x | Adjective |
| pompous | /x | Adjective |
| arrogant | /xx | Adjective |
| stuffy | /x | Adjective |
| stodgy | /x | Adjective |
| obnoxious | x/x | Adjective |
| easygoing | /x/x | Adjective |
| frazzled | /x | Adjective |
| prude | / | Noun |
| haughty | /x | Adjective |
| overprotective | xxx/x | Adjective |
| irritable | /xxx | Adjective |
| irritated | /xxx | Verb |
| smug | / | Adjective |
| officious | x/x | Adjective |
| cocky | /x | Adjective |
| annoyed | x/ | Verb |
| clueless | /x | Noun |
| unsympathetic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| paranoid | /xx | Noun |
| angry | /x | Adjective |
| conformist | x/x | Noun |
| jaded | /x | Adjective |
| twitchy | /x | Adjective |
| overbearing | /x/x | Adjective |
| judgmental | x/x | Adjective |
| outspoken | //x | Adjective |
| relaxed | x/ | Adjective |
| cantankerous | x/xx | Adjective |
| eccentric | x/x | Adjective |
| dopey | /x | Name |
| rebellious | x/x | Adjective |
| snotty | /x | Adjective |
| rowdy | /x | Adjective |
| staid | / | Adjective |
| aloof | x/ | Adjective, Adverb |
| insufferable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| pretentious | x/x | Adjective |
| sanctimonious | xx/xx | Adjective |
| surly | /x | Adjective |
| fidgety | /xx | Adjective |
| puritan | /xx | Name |
| supercilious | xx/xx | Adjective |
| fretful | /x | Adjective |
| irascible | x/xx | Adjective |
| stoic | /x | Noun |
| overwrought | xx/ | Adjective |
| harried | /x | Adjective |
| nonconformist | xx/x | Noun |
| bigoted | /xx | Adjective |
| ornery | /xx | Adjective |
| stereotypical | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| moralistic | xx/x | Adjective |
| precise | x/ | Adjective |
| strict | / | Adjective |
| pedantic | x/x | Adjective |
| regimental | xx/x | Noun |
| fastidious | x/xx | Adjective |
| taut | / | Adjective |
| fussy | /x | Adjective |
| retentive | x/x | Adjective |
| envious | /xx | Adjective |
| perfectionist | x/xx | Noun |
| stuck up | // | Phrase, Adjective |
| finicky | /xx | Adjective |
| keyed up | // | Phrase, Adjective |
| guy | / | Noun |
| parents | /x | Noun |
| sort | / | Noun |
| kind | / | Noun |
| person | /x | Noun |
| mother | /x | Noun |
| attitude | /xx | Noun |
| get | / | Verb |
| feeling | /x | Noun, Verb |
| woman | /x | Noun |
| society | x/xx | Noun |
| people | /x | Noun |
| family | /xx | Noun |
| world | / | Noun |
| man | / | Noun |
| place | / | Noun |
| bit | / | Noun |
| little | /x | Adjective |
| seemed | / | Verb |
| makes | / | Verb |
| real | / | Adjective |
| put | / | Verb |
| anal | /x | Name, Adjective, Verb |
| anxious | /x | Adjective |
| arse | / | Noun, Verb |
| ass | / | Noun, Adjective |
| awesome | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| bastard | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| boring | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| bossy | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| carefree | /x | Adjective |
| cheap | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| cornered | /x | Adjective |
| crook | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| domineering | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| drunk | / | Adjective, Noun |
| easy | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| extroverted | /xxx | Adjective |
| fake | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| fearing | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| feisty | /x | Adjective |
| freaky | /x | Adjective |
| frigid | /x | Adjective |
| genteel | x/ | Adjective |
| guts | / | Noun, Verb |
| hooked | / | Adjective |
| idiots | /xx | Adjective |
| insecure | /xx | Adjective |
| introverted | /xxx | Adjective |
| liar | /x | Noun |
| loose | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| mad | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun |
| moody | /x | Name, Adjective |
| nerve | / | Noun, Verb |
| outstretched | x/ | Adjective |
| pushy | /x | Adjective |
| queer | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| reclusive | x/x | Adjective |
| repressed | x/ | Verb, Adjective |
| reticent | /xx | Adjective |
| rigid | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| rude | / | Adjective |
| sad | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| serious | /xx | Adjective, Adverb |
| smart | / | Adjective, Name, Verb |
| snob | / | Noun |
| stiff | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| stingy | /x | Adjective |
| strained | / | Adjective |
| stress | / | Noun, Verb |
| stretched | / | Adjective |
| stuck | / | Adjective, Noun |
| talkative | /xx | Adjective |
| tight | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| trapped | / | Adjective |
| uncaring | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| uneasy | x/x | Adjective |
| upset | x/ | Verb, Adjective, Noun |
| worried | /x | Adjective |
| wound | / | Noun, Verb |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb |
