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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| crushing | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| sultry | /x | Verb, Adjective |
| hot | / | Adjective, Verb |
| quelling | /x | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| suppression | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| sulphurous | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| excite | x/ | Adjective, Verb |
| stimulate | /xx | Verb, Verb |
| suffocating | /xxx | Adjective |
| stultifying | /xxx | Adjective |
| oppressive | x/x | Adjective |
| smothering | /xx | Noun |
| constricting | x/x | Noun |
| hampering | /xx | Verb |
| suppressing | x/x | Verb |
| deadening | /xx | Adjective |
| limiting | /xx | Verb |
| restrictive | x/x | Adjective |
| restricting | x/x | Verb |
| crippling | /xx | Noun |
| confining | x/x | Verb |
| inhibiting | x/xx | Verb |
| stagnant | /x | Adjective |
| constraining | x/x | Noun |
| hindering | /xx | Verb |
| impeding | x/x | Verb |
| strangling | /xx | Noun |
| unbearable | x/xx | Adjective |
| undermining | /xxx | Noun |
| discouraging | x/xx | Adjective |
| repressing | x/x | Noun |
| stagnating | /xx | Verb |
| paralyzing | /xxx | Noun |
| relentless | x/x | Adjective |
| unbridled | x/x | Adjective |
| stuffy | /x | Adjective |
| unrelenting | xx/x | Adjective |
| intolerable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| sweltering | /xx | Verb |
| overbearing | /x/x | Adjective |
| thwarting | /x | Noun |
| debilitating | x/xxx | Adjective |
| forbidding | x/x | Verb |
| paralysing | x/xx | Noun |
| pervading | x/x | Adjective |
| maddening | /xx | Adjective |
| horrid | /x | Adjective |
| encroaching | x/x | Noun |
| sapping | /x | Verb |
| cramped | / | Adjective |
| excessive | x/x | Adjective |
| dampening | /xx | Noun |
| escaping | x/x | Verb |
| uninhibited | xx/xx | Adjective |
| freeing | /x | Verb |
| unfriendly | x/x | Adjective |
| exhausting | x/x | Adjective |
| loosening | /xx | Noun |
| conducive | x/x | Adjective |
| harsh | / | Adjective |
| exasperating | x/xxx | Adjective |
| scorching | /x | Adjective |
| liberating | /xxx | Verb |
| exacerbating | x/xxx | Verb |
| acquiescing | xx/x | Verb |
| detrimental | xx/x | Adjective |
| disrupting | x/x | Verb |
| dreadful | /x | Adjective |
| unwelcome | x/x | Adjective |
| unyielding | x/x | Adjective |
| overpowering | /x/x | Adjective |
| ruining | /xx | Verb |
| unproductive | xx/x | Adjective |
| irritating | /xxx | Adjective |
| oppressing | x/x | Verb |
| inefficient | xx/x | Adjective |
| silencing | /xx | Noun |
| damaging | /xx | Adjective |
| ruinous | /xx | Adjective |
| enlivening | x/xx | Adjective |
| uncomfortable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| enveloping | x/xx | Noun |
| faltering | /xx | Adjective |
| restrain | x/ | Verb |
| diminishing | x/xx | Verb |
| pervasive | x/x | Adjective |
| aggravating | /xxx | Adjective |
| miserable | /xxx | Adjective |
| insufferable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| fierce | / | Adjective |
| irksome | /x | Adjective |
| noxious | /x | Adjective |
| uncontrolled | xx/ | Adjective |
| inimical | x/xx | Adjective |
| degrading | x/x | Adjective |
| frigid | /x | Adjective |
| stranglehold | /xx | Noun |
| rampant | /x | Adjective |
| muffling | /x | Noun |
| damp | / | Adjective |
| muggy | /x | Noun |
| intensifying | x/xxx | Verb |
| draconian | x/xx | Adjective |
| unrestrained | xx/ | Adjective |
| inhospitable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| infuriating | x/xxx | Adjective |
| unforgiving | xx/x | Adjective |
| unnerving | x/x | Adjective |
| fuming | /x | Noun |
| distorting | x/x | Noun |
| fulminant | /xx | Adjective |
| tiring | /x | Noun |
| breathless | /x | Adjective |
| jammed | / | Verb |
| stressful | /x | Adjective |
| overwhelming | xx/x | Adjective |
| harried | /x | Adjective |
| cloying | /x | Adjective |
| trying | /x | Verb |
| scared stiff | // | Phrase, Adjective |
| strict | / | Adjective |
| frightened | /x | Adjective |
| laden | /x | Noun |
| frightful | /x | Adjective |
| dungeon | /x | Noun |
| smoke | / | Noun |
| cabin | /x | Noun |
| embrace | x/ | Noun |
| tent | / | Noun |
| fog | / | Noun |
| cloud | / | Noun |
| kitchen | /x | Noun |
| orthodoxy | /xxx | Noun |
| prison | /x | Noun |
| afternoon | xx/ | Noun |
| bureaucracy | x/xx | Noun |
| heat | / | Noun |
| presence | /x | Noun |
| influence | /xx | Noun |
| night | / | Noun |
| feeling | /x | Noun |
| evening | /x | Noun |
| atmosphere | /xx | Noun |
| wind | / | Noun |
| day | / | Noun |
| blunting | /x | Noun |
| brooding | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| cheating | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| chilling | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| chilly | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| choking | /x | Noun |
| confounding | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| curbing | /x | Noun |
| curtailment | x/x | Noun |
| dank | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| destruction | x/x | Noun |
| disability | xx/xx | Noun |
| discouragement | x/xx | Noun |
| dishonesty | x/xx | Noun |
| disintegration | xxx/x | Noun |
| dissatisfaction | xxx/x | Noun |
| drowning | /x | Noun |
| exhaustion | x/x | Noun |
| gloomy | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| grinding | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| humid | /x | Adjective |
| insolvency | x/xx | Noun |
| lessening | /xx | Noun |
| loss | / | Noun, Verb |
| marginalization | xxxx/x | Noun |
| neglect | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| nipping | /x | Noun |
| pleasant | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| restful | /x | Adjective |
| starvation | x/x | Noun |
| steamy | /x | Adjective |
| straining | /x | Noun |
| strangulation | xx/x | Noun |
| weakening | /xx | Noun |
| blow | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| fall | / | Verb, Noun |
| die | / | Verb, Noun, Adverb |
| gloss | / | Noun, Verb |
| backwater | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| off | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| pidgin | /x | Noun |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
