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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| disconcerting | xx/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| displeasing | x/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| disturbing | x/x | Adjective |
| frightening | /xx | Adjective |
| shocking | /x | Adjective |
| unsettling | x/xx | Adjective |
| troubling | /xx | Adjective |
| unnerving | x/x | Adjective |
| infuriating | x/xxx | Adjective |
| embarrassing | x/xx | Adjective |
| frustrating | /xx | Adjective |
| discouraging | x/xx | Adjective |
| damaging | /xx | Adjective |
| horrifying | /xxx | Adjective |
| humiliating | x/xxx | Adjective |
| terrifying | /xxx | Adjective |
| irritating | /xxx | Adjective |
| disappointing | xx/x | Adjective |
| aggravating | /xxx | Adjective |
| heartbreaking | /xx | Adjective |
| worrisome | /xx | Adjective |
| hurtful | /x | Adjective |
| disheartening | x/xx | Adjective |
| alarming | x/x | Adjective |
| unpleasant | x/x | Adjective |
| exasperating | x/xxx | Adjective |
| disquieting | x/xx | Adjective |
| alienating | /xxxx | Verb |
| troublesome | /xx | Adjective |
| confusing | x/x | Adjective |
| perplexing | x/x | Adjective |
| distressing | x/x | Adjective |
| baffling | /xx | Adjective |
| scary | /x | Adjective |
| distasteful | x/x | Adjective |
| surprising | x/x | Adjective |
| appalling | x/x | Adjective |
| unwelcome | x/x | Adjective |
| devastating | /xxx | Adjective |
| disrespectful | xx/x | Adjective |
| demoralizing | x/xxx | Adjective |
| inconvenient | xx/x | Adjective |
| disagreeable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| threatening | /xx | Adjective |
| uncomfortable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| perturbing | x/x | Adjective |
| disgusting | x/x | Adjective |
| detrimental | xx/x | Adjective |
| scaring | /x | Verb |
| sickening | /xx | Adjective |
| depressing | x/x | Adjective |
| bewildering | x/xx | Adjective |
| revolting | x/x | Adjective |
| unhappy | x/x | Adjective |
| annoying | x/x | Adjective |
| angry | /x | Adjective |
| spoiling | /x | Verb |
| antagonizing | x/xxx | Verb |
| amusing | x/x | Adjective |
| unsurprising | xx/x | Adjective |
| worrying | /xx | Verb |
| awful | /x | Adjective |
| disorienting | x/xxx | Adjective |
| intimidating | x/xxx | Verb |
| traumatic | x/x | Adjective |
| jarring | /x | Noun |
| irksome | /x | Adjective |
| distraught | x/ | Adjective |
| fearful | /x | Adjective |
| maddening | /xx | Adjective |
| problematic | xx/x | Adjective |
| harming | /x | Verb |
| horrible | /xx | Adjective |
| unacceptable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| disrupting | x/x | Verb |
| demeaning | x/x | Adjective |
| insulting | x/x | Adjective |
| painful | /x | Adjective |
| unfortunate | x/xx | Adjective |
| confounding | x/x | Noun |
| dangerous | /xx | Adjective |
| disgraceful | x/x | Adjective |
| mystifying | /xxx | Adjective |
| harassing | x/x | Adjective |
| mortifying | /xxx | Adjective |
| ruining | /xx | Verb |
| losing | /x | Verb |
| challenging | /xx | Adjective |
| hurting | /x | Verb |
| reassuring | xx/x | Adjective |
| unfriendly | x/x | Adjective |
| bizarre | x/ | Adjective |
| strange | / | Adjective |
| unfair | x/ | Adjective |
| outrageous | x/x | Adjective |
| thrilling | /x | Adjective |
| abhorrent | x/x | Adjective |
| vexing | /x | Adjective |
| harmful | /x | Adjective |
| horrific | x/x | Adjective |
| uneasy | x/x | Adjective |
| terrible | /xx | Adjective |
| overreacting | /xxxx | Verb |
| overwhelming | xx/x | Adjective |
| destabilizing | x/xxx | Adjective |
| unpalatable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| difficult | /xx | Adjective |
| gratifying | /xxx | Adjective |
| regrettable | x/xx | Adjective |
| unsympathetic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| unappealing | xx/x | Adjective |
| dreadful | /x | Adjective |
| unkind | x/ | Adjective |
| rude | / | Adjective |
| insensitive | x/xx | Adjective |
| shameful | /x | Adjective |
| repugnant | x/x | Adjective |
| unhelpful | x/x | Adjective |
| affecting | x/x | Verb |
| offending | x/x | Noun |
| disaffection | xx/x | Noun |
| regretting | x/x | Verb |
| discomfiture | x/xx | Noun |
| struggling | /xx | Verb |
| frowning | /x | Verb |
| unease | x/ | Noun |
| bother | /x | Verb |
| cursing | /x | Verb |
| sulking | /x | Verb |
| afflicting | x/x | Adjective |
| rebelling | x/x | Verb |
| unbecoming | xx/x | Adjective |
| frustration | x/x | Noun |
| flouting | /x | Noun |
| breakup | /x | Noun |
| dream | / | Noun |
| event | x/ | Noun |
| moment | /x | Noun |
| aspect | /x | Noun |
| news | / | Noun |
| thing | / | Noun |
| experiences | x/xxx | Noun |
| situation | xx/x | Noun |
| time | / | Noun |
| period | /xx | Noun |
| part | / | Noun |
| omnibus | /xx | Noun |
| canoe | x/ | Noun |
| somewhat | // | Adjective |
| quo | / | Noun |
| equilibrium | xx/xx | Noun |
| altering | /xx | Noun |
| boring | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| breach | / | Noun, Verb |
| breaking | /x | Noun |
| chilling | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| compromising | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| confusion | x/x | Noun |
| desolation | xx/x | Noun |
| distracting | x/x | Adjective |
| distraction | x/x | Noun |
| erasure | x/x | Noun |
| estrangement | x/x | Noun |
| exciting | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| foreshadowing | x/xx | Noun |
| fright | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| harrowing | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| iniquitous | x/xx | Adjective |
| intrusive | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| levelling | x/x | Noun |
| misunderstanding | xxx/x | Noun |
| overthrowing | /xxx | Verb, Noun |
| overturning | /xxx | Noun |
| perverse | x/ | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| privation | x/x | Noun |
| readjustment | xx/x | Noun |
| recasting | x/x | Noun |
| reversing | x/x | Noun |
| rewriting | x/x | Noun |
| scandalous | /xx | Adjective |
| shattering | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| sinking | /x | Noun |
| splintering | /xx | Noun |
| staggering | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| stressful | /x | Adjective |
| touching | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| unbearable | x/xx | Adjective |
| undermining | /xxx | Noun |
| uprooting | x/x | Noun |
| violating | /xxx | Verb |
| die | / | Verb, Noun, Adverb |
| fall | / | Verb, Noun |
| blow | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| off | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| get | / | Verb, Noun |
| backwater | /xx | Noun, Verb |
