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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| vexatious | x/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| pesky | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| exasperating | x/xxx | Adjective, Adjective |
| bothersome | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| annoying | x/x | Adjective, Adjective, Noun |
| maddening | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| infuriating | x/xxx | Adjective, Adjective |
| galling | /x | Adjective, Adjective, Noun |
| pestering | /xx | Noun, Noun |
| irritating | /xxx | Noun, Adjective |
| teasing | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| disagreeable | xx/xx | Noun, Adjective, Noun |
| displeasing | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| perplexing | x/x | Adjective |
| troublesome | /xx | Adjective |
| irksome | /x | Adjective |
| troubling | /xx | Adjective |
| puzzling | /xx | Adjective |
| conundrum | x/x | Noun |
| baffling | /xx | Adjective |
| frustrating | /xx | Adjective |
| confounding | x/x | Noun |
| problematic | xx/x | Adjective |
| problematical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| quandary | /xx | Noun |
| aggravating | /xxx | Adjective |
| dilemma | x/x | Noun |
| tricky | /x | Adjective |
| worrisome | /xx | Adjective |
| thorny | /x | Adjective |
| intractable | x/xx | Adjective |
| fraught | / | Noun |
| complicating | /xxx | Noun |
| mystifying | /xxx | Adjective |
| challenging | /xx | Adjective |
| bewildering | x/xx | Adjective |
| unsolvable | x/xx | Adjective |
| confusing | x/x | Adjective |
| problem | /x | Noun |
| contentious | x/x | Adjective |
| unnerving | x/x | Adjective |
| disquieting | x/xx | Adjective |
| unsettling | x/xx | Adjective |
| peculiar | x/x | Adjective |
| difficult | /xx | Adjective |
| touchy | /x | Adjective |
| paradoxical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| daunting | /x | Adjective |
| irresolvable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| intriguing | x/x | Adjective |
| inconvenient | xx/x | Adjective |
| unanswerable | xxxxx | Adjective |
| unpleasant | x/x | Adjective |
| paradox | /xx | Noun |
| perilous | /xx | Adjective |
| plaguing | /x | Verb |
| debilitating | x/xxx | Adjective |
| knotty | /x | Adjective |
| disturbing | x/x | Adjective |
| amusing | x/x | Adjective |
| recondite | /xx | Adjective |
| besetting | x/x | Verb |
| beguiling | x/x | Adjective |
| tiresome | /xx | Adjective |
| embarrassing | x/xx | Adjective |
| unfortunate | x/xx | Adjective |
| strange | / | Adjective |
| enigmas | x/x | Noun |
| trivial | /xx | Adjective |
| perplexities | x/xx | Noun |
| surprising | x/x | Adjective |
| tedious | /xx | Adjective |
| serious | /xx | Adjective |
| bizarre | x/ | Adjective |
| dicey | /x | Name |
| disconcerting | xx/x | Adjective |
| predicament | x/xx | Noun |
| alarming | x/x | Adjective |
| onerous | /xx | Adjective |
| complex | /x | Noun |
| frightening | /xx | Adjective |
| stymied | /x | Verb |
| afflicting | x/x | Adjective |
| inscrutable | x/xx | Adjective |
| finicky | /xx | Adjective |
| insidious | x/xx | Adjective |
| fractious | /x | Adjective |
| fascinating | /xxx | Adjective |
| incongruous | x/xx | Adjective |
| upsetting | x/x | Verb |
| painful | /x | Adjective |
| niggling | /xx | Adjective |
| obscure | x/ | Adjective |
| riddle | /x | Noun |
| nagging | /x | Noun |
| ambiguous | x/xx | Adjective |
| difficulties | /xxx | Noun |
| mysterious | x/xx | Adjective |
| burdensome | /xx | Adjective |
| unusual | x/xx | Adjective |
| critical | /xx | Adjective |
| multifarious | xx/xx | Adjective |
| unseemly | x/x | Adjective |
| cantankerous | x/xx | Adjective |
| unavoidable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| uncertain | x/x | Adjective |
| convoluted | /xxx | Adjective |
| unresolved | xx/ | Adjective |
| elusive | x/x | Adjective |
| enigmatic | xx/x | Adjective |
| dangerous | /xx | Adjective |
| exulting | x/x | Verb |
| agony | /xx | Noun |
| convulsion | x/x | Noun |
| painstaking | /xx | Adjective |
| worry | /x | Noun |
| envying | /xx | Verb |
| suffocating | /xxx | Adjective |
| question | /x | Noun |
| issue | /x | Noun |
| passions | /x | Noun |
| complication | xx/x | Noun |
| absorbent | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| absorbing | x/x | Adjective |
| acrimony | /xxx | Noun |
| admits | x/ | Verb |
| ado | x/ | Noun |
| advanced | x/ | Adjective |
| alienating | /xxxx | Adjective |
| americanized | x/xxx | Adjective |
| annoyance | x/x | Noun |
| anxiety | x/xx | Noun |
| anyone | /xx | Noun |
| apropos | xx/ | Adjective, Adverb |
| arousing | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| ascetic | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| astray | x/ | Adverb |
| distressing | x/x | Adjective |
| fret | / | Verb, Noun |
| harassing | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| irritant | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| maliciously | x/xx | Adverb |
| particular | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| permeable | /xxx | Adjective |
| spiny | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| ticklish | /xx | Adjective |
| unsolved | x/ | Adjective |
| wavering | /xx | Adjective |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| shirtless | /x | Adjective |
| fall | / | Verb, Noun |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
