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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| unlucky | x/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| unfortunate | x/xx | Adjective, Adjective, Noun |
| doomed | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| hapless | /x | Adjective |
| luckless | /x | Adjective |
| miserable | /xxx | Adjective |
| disastrous | x/x | Adjective |
| forlorn | x/ | Adjective |
| condemned | x/ | Verb |
| futile | /x | Adjective |
| done for | // | Phrase, Adjective |
| dead | / | Adjective |
| cursed | / | Verb |
| dismal | /x | Adjective |
| woeful | /x | Adjective |
| hopeless | /x | Adjective |
| unhappy | x/x | Adjective |
| fatalistic | xx/x | Adjective |
| wretched | /x | Adjective |
| unlikely | x/x | Adjective |
| rueful | /x | Adjective |
| ignominious | xx/xx | Adjective |
| helpless | /x | Adjective |
| forsaken | x/x | Verb |
| blighted | /x | Adjective |
| dead in the water | /xx/x | Phrase, Adjective |
| infamous | /xx | Adjective |
| inglorious | x/xx | Adjective |
| accursed | x/ | Adjective |
| stigmatized | /xx | Verb |
| sorry | /x | Adjective |
| bungled | /x | Verb |
| fatal | /x | Adjective |
| catastrophic | xx/x | Adjective |
| tormented | /xx | Adjective |
| waste | / | Noun |
| black | / | Name |
| aground | x/ | Adverb |
| dire | / | Adjective |
| marred | / | Verb |
| lousy | /x | Adjective |
| desperate | /x | Adjective |
| dystopian | //xx | Adjective |
| confounded | x/x | Verb |
| terrible | /xx | Adjective |
| abysmal | x/x | Adjective |
| failed | / | Verb |
| bad off | // | Phrase, Adjective |
| pathetic | x/x | Adjective |
| doomsday | /x | Noun |
| godforsaken | /x/x | Noun |
| sour | /x | Adjective |
| badly off | /x/ | Phrase, Adjective |
| ineluctable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| tragic | /x | Adjective |
| undone | x/ | Noun |
| pessimistic | xx/x | Adjective |
| unavoidable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| desolate | /xx | Adjective |
| graceless | /x | Adjective |
| crestfallen | /xx | Adjective |
| disheartened | x/x | Verb |
| dastardly | /xx | Adjective |
| glum | / | Noun |
| fearful | /x | Adjective |
| worst | / | Adjective |
| baleful | /x | Adjective |
| poorly | /x | Adverb |
| despondent | x/x | Adjective |
| awful | /x | Adjective |
| unlovely | x/x | Adjective |
| silly | /x | Adjective |
| thankless | /x | Adjective |
| despairing | x/x | Noun |
| disconsolate | xxxx | Adjective |
| unfair | x/ | Adjective |
| marked | / | Adjective |
| infatuated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| lamentable | x/xx | Adjective |
| deadly | /x | Adjective, Adverb |
| evil | /x | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| fateful | /x | Adjective |
| pernicious | x/x | Adjective |
| sad | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| shirtless | /x | Adjective |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| die | / | Verb, Noun, Adverb |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Verb, Adjective |
