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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| ruinous | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| devastating | /xxx | Adjective, Adjective |
| damaging | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| withering | /xx | Adjective, Adjective, Noun |
| ravaging | /xx | Noun, Noun |
| vitriolic | xx/x | Noun, Adjective |
| corrosive | x/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| wasteful | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| crushing | /x | Adjective, Adjective, Verb |
| caustic | /x | Verb, Adjective |
| blasting | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| erosive | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| negative | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| annihilating | x/xxx | Adjective, Adjective |
| obliterating | x/xxx | Adjective, Verb |
| constructive | x/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| harmful | /x | Adjective |
| dangerous | /xx | Adjective |
| vicious | /x | Adjective |
| disruptive | x/x | Adjective |
| violent | /xx | Adjective |
| pernicious | x/x | Adjective |
| deadly | /x | Adjective |
| abusive | x/x | Adjective |
| murderous | /xx | Adjective |
| toxic | /x | Adjective |
| insidious | x/xx | Adjective |
| detrimental | xx/x | Adjective |
| reckless | /x | Adjective |
| debilitating | x/xxx | Adjective |
| unhealthy | x/x | Adjective |
| lethal | /x | Adjective |
| disastrous | x/x | Adjective |
| deleterious | xx/xx | Adjective |
| hurtful | /x | Adjective |
| noxious | /x | Adjective |
| indiscriminate | xx/xx | Adjective |
| vindictive | x/x | Adjective |
| malevolent | x/xx | Adjective |
| irresponsible | xx/xx | Adjective |
| hazardous | /xx | Adjective |
| divisive | x/x | Adjective |
| diabolical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| aggressive | x/x | Adjective |
| destabilizing | x/xxx | Adjective |
| unproductive | xx/x | Adjective |
| destruction | x/x | Noun |
| malicious | x/x | Adjective |
| manipulative | x/xxx | Adjective |
| catastrophic | xx/x | Adjective |
| immoral | x/x | Adjective |
| subversive | x/x | Adjective |
| deconstructive | xx/x | Adjective |
| misguided | x/x | Adjective |
| frightening | /xx | Adjective |
| spiteful | /x | Adjective |
| evil | /x | Noun |
| exploitative | x/xx | Adjective |
| injurious | x/xx | Adjective |
| uncontrollable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| poisonous | /xx | Adjective |
| undesirable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| nasty | /x | Adjective |
| inhuman | x/x | Adjective |
| destroying | x/x | Verb |
| counterproductive | /xxxx | Adjective |
| domineering | xx/x | Adjective |
| uncontrolled | xx/ | Adjective |
| nefarious | x/xx | Adjective |
| invasive | x/x | Adjective |
| explosive | x/x | Adjective |
| irrational | x/xx | Adjective |
| unrestrained | xx/ | Adjective |
| malignant | x/x | Adjective |
| oppressive | x/x | Adjective |
| ferocious | x/x | Adjective |
| nihilistic | /xxx | Adjective |
| cruel | /x | Adjective |
| ruthless | /x | Adjective |
| inhumane | xx/ | Adjective |
| forceful | /x | Adjective |
| heinous | /x | Adjective |
| hateful | /x | Adjective |
| degrading | x/x | Adjective |
| aberrant | x/x | Adjective |
| brutal | /x | Adjective |
| deceitful | x/x | Adjective |
| corrupt | x/ | Adjective |
| detestable | x/xx | Adjective |
| unsustainable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| crippling | /xx | Noun |
| benign | x/ | Adjective |
| coercive | x/x | Adjective |
| troublesome | /xx | Adjective |
| dysfunctional | x/xx | Adjective |
| predatory | /xxx | Adjective |
| discouraging | x/xx | Adjective |
| intrusive | x/x | Adjective |
| abhorrent | x/x | Adjective |
| tyrannical | x/xx | Adjective |
| terrifying | /xxx | Adjective |
| inefficient | xx/x | Adjective |
| unfriendly | x/x | Adjective |
| despicable | x/xx | Adjective |
| selfish | /x | Adjective |
| unstable | x/x | Adjective |
| savage | /x | Noun |
| sinful | /x | Adjective |
| dehumanizing | x/xxx | Adjective |
| mischievous | /xx | Adjective |
| fatal | /x | Adjective |
| prejudicial | xx/x | Adjective |
| distressing | x/x | Adjective |
| tragic | /x | Adjective |
| upsetting | x/x | Verb |
| calamitous | x/xx | Adjective |
| consumptive | x/x | Adjective |
| killer | /x | Noun |
| horrible | /xx | Adjective |
| inimical | x/xx | Adjective |
| disturbing | x/x | Adjective |
| wearing | /x | Verb |
| grievous | /x | Adjective |
| disgusting | x/x | Adjective |
| wrecked | / | Adjective |
| horrific | x/x | Adjective |
| disappointing | xx/x | Adjective |
| annoying | x/x | Adjective |
| confronting | x/x | Verb |
| agonizing | /xxx | Adjective |
| irritating | /xxx | Adjective |
| depressive | x/x | Adjective |
| immerse | x/ | Noun |
| narcissist | /xx | Noun |
| tsunamis | x/x | Noun |
| distillation | xx/x | Noun |
| typhoons | x/ | Noun |
| rampage | /x | Noun |
| arthropathy | /xxx | Noun |
| hurricane | /xx | Noun |
| chewing | /x | Noun |
| periodontitis | xxx//x | Noun |
| tornado | x/x | Noun |
| personally | /xxx | Adverb |
| environmentally | xxx/xx | Adverb |
| pest | / | Noun |
| hydrogenation | xxx/x | Noun |
| earthquakes | /x | Noun |
| readout | /x | Noun |
| cholangitis | x//x | Noun |
| interference | xx/x | Noun |
| phantasies | /xx | Noun |
| floods | / | Noun |
| actuality | xx/xx | Noun |
| actualization | /xxx/x | Noun |
| adverse | x/ | Adjective |
| affirmations | xx/x | Noun |
| antisocial | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| appalling | x/x | Adjective |
| apperception | /x/x | Noun |
| appropriation | xxx/x | Noun |
| attribution | xx/x | Noun |
| battered | /x | Adjective |
| beneficial | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| caring | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| causality | x/xx | Noun |
| circumvention | xx/x | Noun |
| cognition | x/x | Noun |
| conceptions | x/x | Noun |
| damning | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| defeating | x/x | Verb, Adjective |
| defining | x/x | Adjective |
| derogation | /x/x | Noun |
| destroyer | x/x | Noun |
| dire | / | Adjective, Noun |
| disposal | x/x | Noun |
| distinguishing | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| dividing | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| existent | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| falsity | /xx | Noun |
| fierce | / | Adjective, Adverb |
| gutted | /x | Adjective |
| ideation | xx/x | Noun |
| mangled | /x | Adjective |
| naming | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| sabotage | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| shattered | /x | Adjective |
| terminator | /xxx | Noun |
| undermining | /xxx | Noun |
| volition | x/x | Noun |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| fall | / | Verb, Noun |
| blow | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| off | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
