- Aberrant – departing from an accepting standard
- Abrasive – causing damage or wear by rubbing, grinding or scraping; having a rough quality, used for rubbing something to make with smooth or shiny; very unpleasant or irritating
- Adept – a highly skilled or well-trained person; someone who is adept at something
- Affinity – a spontaneous or natural liking or sympathy for someone or something
- Affliction – something that causes pain or suffering
- Aggrieved
- Alacrity
- Allay – diminish or put at rest (fear, suspicion, or worry); relieve or alleviate (pain or hunger)
- Amendable
- Appease – pacify or placate (someone) by acceding to their demands; relieve or satisfy (a demand or a feeling)
- Askance
- Banal
- Bashfulness – nervous or uncomfortable in social situations; afraid to talk to people because of a lack of confidence
- Bated – to reduce the force or intensity of
- Bearings
- Benediction – the invocation of a blessing; something that prompts goodness or well-being; an expression of good wishes
- Bereft
- Bestowed
- Blasé
- Blatant
- Brash
- Brusquely
- Cajoles
- Cathartic – providing psychological relief through the open expression of strong emotions
- Caustic – able to destroy or burn something by chemical reaction; very harsh and critical
- Chastise
- Chide
- Chided – to express mid disapproval of (someone): to scold (someone) gently
- Clandestinely
- Complacent – satisfied with how things are and not wanting to change them
- Condemnation – a statement or expression of very strong and definite criticism or disapproval
- Condescending – showing that you believe you are more intelligent or better than other people
- Contempt
- Contrite
- Convoluted
- Convoluted – (especially of an argument, story or sentence) extremely complex and difficult to follow
- Convolution – something that is very complicated and difficult to understand
- Crisply
- Deflecting
- Deft – skillful and clever; able to do something quickly and accurately
- Dejected – sad because of failure, loss, etc
- Despondent
- Detonated
- Diatribe
- Diminutive – A word or suffix that indicates that something is small
- Disconcerting – Causing one to feel unsettled
- Disconcertingly – to make (someone) upset or embarrassed
- Disenchanted – no longer happy or satisfied with something
- Disjointed
- Disquiet – to make (someone) worried or nervous
- Distastefully
- Dowdy – having a dull or uninteresting appearance; not attractive or stylish
- Encapsulate
- Eschew –
- Expatriate
- Expletives
- Gauche – having or showing a lack of awareness about the proper way to behave; socially awkward
- Gaunt
- Gesticulate
- Glowering – to look at someone or something in an angry way
- Good humoured
- Grouses
- Guileless – very innocent
- Hard-pressed – in a bad situation because you do not have enough money, time, etc;
- Haughty – having or showing the insulting attitude of people who think that they are better, smarter, or more important than other people
- Hindsight – The knowledge and understanding that you have about an event only after it has happened
- Hobbling
- Impassive – not showing emotion
- Imperceptibly – impossible to see or notice; not noticeable by the senses or by the mind; very small or gradual
- In retrospect – in considering the past or past event
- Incongruous – Not in harmony or keeping with the surroundings or other aspects of something
- Incredulously
- Inexplicable – not able to be explained or understood
- Innocuous
- Inquisitively
- Inscrutable
- Insipid – lacking flavor; lacking vigor or interest
- Intrinsic
- Introspective
- Kismet – a power that is believed to control what happens in the future
- Lackadaisical
- Laden
- Lament – to express sorrow, regret, or unhappiness about something
- Livewire –a very lively and energetic person; an alert, active or aggressive person
- Malignant – very serious an dangerous; very evil
- Meekly – having or showing a quiet and gentle nature; not wanting to fight or argue with other people
- Noncommittally – not telling or showing what you think about something; giving no clear indication of attitude or feeling
- Offset
- Oscillate –
- Pallor
- Pandering
- Patronize – to talk to (someone) in a way that shows that you believe you are more intelligent or better than other people
- Permeate – to pass or spread through (something)
- Perturb
- Placate – to cause (someone) to feel less angry about something
- Placid – not easily upset or excited
- Placidity
- Pristine – in perfect condition; completely clean, fresh, neat, etc
- Quelling
- Rancid
- Rapture – a state or feeling of great happiness, pleasure or love
- Recurrent – happening or appearing again and again
- Regale
- Relish
- Reproach – an expression of rebuke or disapproval; the act or action of reproaching or disapproving
- Resolute – very determined; having or showing a lot of determination
- Reverently – with deep and solemn respect
- Righteous
- Rivet – a special kind of metal bolt or pin that is used to hold pieces of metal together
- Ruefully
- Saccharine
- Sacrilege – violation or misuse of what is regarded as sacred
- Sardonic
- Scuttle – a quick shuffling pace
- Serrate – notched or toothed on the edge
- Short-circuited – to cause (something) to have a short circuit; to stop working because of a short circuit; to avoid doing (something)
- Skeptically
- Smarmy
- Snarky – Sarcastic, impertinent or irreverent in tone or manner
- Somber – very sad and serious; having a dull or dark colour
- Staggering
- Staunchly
- Studiously
- Sullen – used to describe an angry or unhappy person who does not want to talk, smile, etc; gray and dark
- Surmises
- Tawny
- Threshold
- Toneless
- Trepidation – a feeling of fear or agitation about something that may happen
- Unceremoniously
- Unconcerned
- Unmistakable
- Unobtrusively
- Unorthodox – Different from what is usually done or accepted
- Virulent – extremely severe or harmful in its effects
- Wryly – humorous in a clever way and often ironic way; showing both amusement and a feeling of being tired, annoyed, etc
dec 10 2018 ∞
dec 10 2018 +