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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| wicked | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| villainous | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| diabolical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| dastardly | /xx | Adjective |
| sinister | /xx | Adjective |
| malevolent | x/xx | Adjective |
| insidious | x/xx | Adjective |
| devious | /xx | Adjective |
| unsavory | x/xx | Adjective |
| heinous | /x | Adjective |
| unscrupulous | x/xx | Adjective |
| murderous | /xx | Adjective |
| felonious | x/xx | Adjective |
| shadowy | /xx | Adjective |
| despicable | x/xx | Adjective |
| dubious | /xx | Adjective |
| evil | /x | Noun |
| sordid | /x | Adjective |
| underhanded | /x/x | Adjective |
| malicious | x/x | Adjective |
| mysterious | x/xx | Adjective |
| shady | /x | Adjective |
| sleazy | /x | Adjective |
| perfidious | /xxx | Adjective |
| odious | /xx | Adjective |
| pernicious | x/x | Adjective |
| loathsome | /x | Adjective |
| traitorous | /xx | Adjective |
| vile | / | Adjective |
| diabolic | xx/x | Adjective |
| disreputable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| bizarre | x/ | Adjective |
| unethical | x/xx | Adjective |
| conniving | x/x | Noun |
| dangerous | /xx | Adjective |
| sadistic | x/x | Adjective |
| sneaky | /x | Adjective |
| iniquitous | x/xx | Adjective |
| subversive | x/x | Adjective |
| venal | /x | Adjective |
| duplicitous | x/xx | Adjective |
| deceitful | x/x | Adjective |
| egregious | x/x | Adjective |
| ominous | /xx | Adjective |
| mischievous | /xx | Adjective |
| ignoble | x/x | Adjective |
| misguided | x/x | Adjective |
| devilish | /x | Adjective |
| fraudulent | /xx | Adjective |
| depraved | x/ | Adjective |
| vicious | /x | Adjective |
| maniacal | x/xx | Adjective |
| avaricious | /xxxx | Adjective |
| innocuous | x/xx | Adjective |
| wily | /x | Adjective |
| nasty | /x | Adjective |
| unholy | x/x | Adjective |
| dodgy | /x | Adjective |
| demonic | x/x | Adjective |
| fiendish | /x | Adjective |
| damnable | x/x | Adjective |
| benign | x/ | Adjective |
| noxious | /x | Adjective |
| questionable | /xxx | Adjective |
| conspiratorial | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| piratical | /xxx | Adjective |
| miscreant | /xx | Noun |
| unseemly | x/x | Adjective |
| wacky | /x | Adjective |
| scurrilous | /xx | Adjective |
| lascivious | x/xx | Adjective |
| suspicious | x/x | Adjective |
| satanic | x/x | Name |
| subterfuge | /xx | Noun |
| destructive | x/x | Adjective |
| ghastly | /x | Adjective |
| perverse | x/ | Adjective |
| surreptitious | xx/x | Adjective |
| idiotic | xx/x | Adjective |
| machinations | xx/x | Noun |
| clandestine | x/x | Adjective |
| benevolent | x/xx | Adjective |
| vindictive | x/x | Adjective |
| ulterior | x/xx | Noun |
| criminal | /xx | Noun |
| manipulative | x/xxx | Adjective |
| abominable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| rapacious | x/x | Adjective |
| horrific | x/x | Adjective |
| deadly | /x | Adjective |
| reprehensible | xx/xx | Adjective |
| cunning | /x | Adjective |
| predatory | /xxx | Adjective |
| ruthless | /x | Adjective |
| vengeful | /x | Adjective |
| secretive | /xx | Adjective |
| outrageous | x/x | Adjective |
| troublesome | /xx | Adjective |
| genocidal | /xxx | Adjective |
| shameful | /x | Adjective |
| troubling | /xx | Adjective |
| imperialistic | xxxx/x | Adjective |
| shenanigans | x/xx | Noun |
| obscure | x/ | Adjective |
| menacing | /xx | Adjective |
| machiavellian | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| illicit | x/x | Noun |
| villainy | /xx | Noun |
| tyrannical | x/xx | Adjective |
| sinuous | /x | Adjective |
| venomous | /xx | Adjective |
| obscene | x/ | Adjective |
| crafty | /x | Adjective |
| inveterate | x/xx | Adjective |
| infernal | x/x | Noun |
| virulent | /xx | Adjective |
| treasonous | /xx | Adjective |
| wolfish | /x | Adjective |
| monstrous | /x | Adjective |
| adulterous | x/xx | Adjective |
| impish | /x | Adjective |
| doings | /x | Noun |
| conspiracies | x/xx | Noun |
| dealings | /x | Noun |
| plots | / | Noun |
| deeds | / | Noun |
| errands | /x | Noun |
| traffic | /x | Noun |
| designs | x/ | Noun |
| villains | /x | Noun |
| schemes | / | Noun |
| ends | / | Noun |
| calling | /x | Noun |
| purposes | /xx | Noun |
| activities | x/xx | Noun |
| exploits | /x | Noun |
| intent | x/ | Noun |
| intentions | x/x | Noun |
| sin | / | Noun |
| motives | /x | Noun |
| transactions | x/x | Noun |
| practices | /xx | Noun |
| trade | / | Noun |
| plans | / | Noun |
| deals | / | Noun |
| business | /x | Noun |
| sect | / | Noun |
| undertakings | /xxx | Noun |
| propaganda | xx/x | Noun |
| tactics | /x | Noun |
| acts | / | Noun |
| pursuits | x/ | Noun |
| abhorrent | x/x | Adjective |
| adverse | x/ | Adjective |
| anticompetitive | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| appalling | x/x | Adjective |
| atrocious | x/x | Adjective |
| awful | /x | Adjective, Adverb |
| bad | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| beneficent | xx/x | Adjective |
| cutthroat | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| damaging | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| deleterious | xx/xx | Adjective |
| derelict | /xx | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| detestable | x/xx | Adjective |
| detrimental | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| dire | / | Adjective, Noun |
| disastrous | x/x | Adjective |
| disgraceful | x/x | Adjective |
| dishonest | x/x | Adjective |
| dishonorable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| dreadful | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| fatal | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| grim | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| gruesome | /x | Adjective |
| harmful | /x | Adjective |
| hateful | /x | Adjective |
| heretical | x/xx | Adjective |
| hideous | /xx | Adjective |
| horrendous | x/x | Adjective |
| horrible | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| immoral | x/x | Adjective |
| inclement | x/x | Adjective |
| infamous | /xx | Adjective |
| injurious | x/xx | Adjective |
| insufferable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| laudable | /xx | Adjective |
| malignant | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| negative | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| notorious | x/xx | Adjective, Adverb |
| obnoxious | x/x | Adjective |
| prejudicial | xx/x | Adjective |
| premeditated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| terrible | /xx | Adjective, Adverb |
| treasonable | /xxx | Adjective |
| ugly | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| unspeakable | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| wickedness | /xx | Noun |
| shirtless | /x | Adjective |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
