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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| feisty | /x | Adjective |
| sensitive | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| troublesome | /xx | Adjective |
| contentious | x/x | Adjective |
| dicey | /x | Name |
| testy | /x | Noun |
| tricky | /x | Adjective |
| ticklish | /xx | Adjective |
| thorny | /x | Adjective |
| delicate | /xx | Adjective |
| finicky | /xx | Adjective |
| vexing | /x | Adjective |
| uncomfortable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| complicated | /xxx | Adjective |
| problematic | xx/x | Adjective |
| irritating | /xxx | Adjective |
| fraught | / | Noun |
| problematical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| cranky | /x | Adjective |
| irksome | /x | Adjective |
| hypersensitive | xx/xx | Adjective |
| awkward | /x | Adjective |
| temperamental | xx/x | Adjective |
| unfriendly | x/x | Adjective |
| broach | / | Noun |
| cagey | /x | Adjective |
| disagreeable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| grouchy | /x | Noun |
| uptight | x/ | Adjective |
| indelicate | x/xx | Adjective |
| exasperating | x/xxx | Adjective |
| irked | / | Verb |
| touching | /x | Verb |
| controversial | xx/x | Adjective |
| uneasy | x/x | Adjective |
| upset | x/ | Noun |
| sympathetic | xx/x | Adjective |
| troubling | /xx | Adjective |
| annoying | x/x | Adjective |
| ambivalent | x/xx | Adjective |
| fussy | /x | Adjective |
| confrontational | xx/xx | Adjective |
| peevish | /x | Adjective |
| twitchy | /x | Adjective |
| fragile | /x | Adjective |
| riled | / | Verb |
| irritable | /xxx | Adjective |
| cantankerous | x/xx | Adjective |
| infuriating | x/xxx | Adjective |
| jumpy | /x | Adjective |
| tough | / | Adjective |
| insensitive | x/xx | Adjective |
| taboo | x/ | Noun |
| volatile | /xx | Adjective |
| perplexing | x/x | Adjective |
| challenging | /xx | Adjective |
| funny | /x | Adjective |
| fractious | /x | Adjective |
| hostile | /x | Adjective |
| frustrating | /xx | Adjective |
| circumspect | /xx | Adjective |
| combative | x/x | Adjective |
| nasty | /x | Adjective |
| unsettled | x/x | Adjective |
| sticky | /x | Adjective |
| unsympathetic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| offended | x/x | Verb |
| pushy | /x | Adjective |
| confusing | x/x | Adjective |
| aggravating | /xxx | Adjective |
| angry | /x | Adjective |
| reticent | /xx | Adjective |
| miffed | / | Verb |
| affectionate | x/xx | Adjective |
| hurtful | /x | Adjective |
| harsh | / | Adjective |
| difficult | /xx | Adjective |
| excitable | x/xx | Adjective |
| dangerous | /xx | Adjective |
| peeved | / | Adjective |
| fidgety | /xx | Adjective |
| tiresome | /xx | Adjective |
| fretful | /x | Adjective |
| conflicted | x/x | Adjective |
| tolerant | /xx | Adjective |
| nervous | /x | Adjective |
| fickle | /x | Adjective |
| worrisome | /xx | Adjective |
| unforgiving | xx/x | Adjective |
| rude | / | Adjective |
| tactful | /x | Adjective |
| antagonistic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| edgy | /x | Adjective |
| prudish | /x | Adjective |
| overwrought | xx/ | Adjective |
| squeamish | /x | Adjective |
| feeling | /x | Noun |
| itchy | /x | Adjective |
| brittle | /x | Adjective |
| allergic | x/x | Adjective |
| defensive | x/x | Adjective |
| worked up | // | Phrase, Adjective |
| queasy | /x | Adjective |
| jittery | /xx | Adjective |
| perturbed | x/ | Adjective |
| petulant | /xx | Adjective |
| fit to be tied | //// | Phrase, Adjective |
| neurotic | x/x | Adjective |
| intense | x/ | Adjective |
| melodramatic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| politically correct | x/xxx/ | Phrase, Adjective, Verb |
| heady | /x | Adjective |
| hot and bothered | ///x | Phrase, Adjective |
| fired up | /x/ | Phrase, Adjective |
| anxious | /x | Adjective |
| critical | /xx | Adjective |
| taut | / | Adjective |
| subject | x/ | Noun |
| mite | / | Noun |
| topic | /x | Noun |
| issue | /x | Noun |
| vanity | /xx | Noun |
| temper | /x | Noun |
| pride | / | Noun |
| tonight | x/ | Noun |
| situation | xx/x | Noun |
| temperament | /xx | Noun |
| stomach | /x | Noun |
| matter | /x | Noun |
| stuff | / | Noun |
| question | /x | Noun |
| mood | / | Noun |
| business | /x | Noun |
| disposition | xx/x | Noun |
| lot | / | Noun |
| problem | /x | Noun |
| proposition | xx/x | Noun |
| fellow | /x | Noun |
| negotiations | xxx/x | Noun |
| point | / | Noun |
| nationalism | /xxxx | Noun |
| spot | / | Noun |
| area | /xx | Noun |
| affair | x/ | Noun |
| bothersome | /xx | Adjective |
| candidate | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| capable | /xx | Adjective |
| careful | /x | Adjective |
| emotional | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| fingers | /x | Noun |
| hardest | /x | Adjective, Adverb |
| liable | /xx | Adjective |
| likely | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| litigious | x/x | Adjective |
| loving | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| moody | /x | Name, Adjective |
| nerve | / | Noun, Verb |
| perfunctory | x/xx | Adjective |
| person | /x | Noun, Verb |
| potentially | x/xx | Adverb |
| responsive | x/x | Adjective |
| smelly | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| sociable | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| sore | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| superficial | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| susceptible | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| uninteresting | x/xx | Adjective |
| shirtless | /x | Adjective |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| gloss | / | Noun, Verb |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
