DOAS Vocab Act 2

Saccharine

Excessively sweet or sentimental.

Yearning

A feeling of intense longing for something, typically something that one has been separated from or that is unattainable.

Incredulous

(Of a person or their manner) unwilling to believe something.

Frenzy

A state or period of uncontrolled excitement or wild behavior.

Carte blanche

Complete freedom to act as one wishes or thinks best.

Raucous

Making or constituting a disturbingly harsh and loud noise.

Bewildered

Perplexed and confused; very puzzled.

Befuddled

Unable to think clearly; confused or perplexed.

Ominous

Giving the impression that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen; threateningly inauspicious.

Implacable

Unable to be placated.

Contemptuous

Showing contempt; scornful.

Seething

Filled with or characterized by intense but unexpressed anger.

Idyllic

(Especially of a time or place) like an idyll; extremely happy, peaceful, or picturesque.

Elegiac

Relating to or characteristic of an elegy.

Distressed

Suffering from anxiety, sorrow, or pain.