Studied by 82 peopleclamorously
Making loud sounds or in a manner that attracts attention.
Syn: lively, boisterous Ant: calm, quiet
diffidently
Hesitant in acting or speaking through lack of self-confidence
Reserved, unassertive
Distrustful
Syn: coy, introverted, sheepish Ant: extroverted, immodest, outgoing
errant
Behaving wrongly
Straying outside the proper path or bounds
Moving about aimlessly or irregularly
Syn: misbehaving, mischievous, naughty Ant: behaved, orderly
festoon
To adorn with ribbons, garlands, or other decorations
To make something more attractive by adding something that is more beautiful or becoming
Syn: adorn, decorate, ornament, dress up Ant: blemish, deface, disfigure
gaudy
Ostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented
Marked by extravagance or sometimes tasteless showiness : OUTLANDISH
Syn: Brilliant, Flashy, Jazzy Ant: Modest, Normal, Plain
immure
Enclose or confine (someone) against their will.
Syn: confine, imprison Ant: free, release, let go
incredulity
State of being unwilling or unable to believe something.
Syn: disbelief, unbelief, doubt Ant: credulity, belief
indignation
Anger aroused by something unjust, unworthy, or mean.
Syn: lividness, wrathness Ant: delight, pleasure
inscrutable
Incapable of being investigated, analyzed, or scrutinized; impenetrable
Not easily understood; mysterious; unfathomable
Incapable of being seen through physically; physically impenetrable
Syn: impenetrable, unfathomable, incomprehensible Ant: comprehensible, fathomable, clear
lamentable
That is to be regretted or lamented
Expressing grief
Syn: Mournful, dolesome, deploring Ant: Exulting, joyful, triumphant
mutinously
In a way that shows you refuse or are not willing to do what you are told to do.
Syn: insurgent, rebellious, revolutionary Ant: obedient, compliant, loyal
officious
Volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed
Informal, unofficial
(archaic) kind, obliging; dutiful
Syn: meddlesome, presumptuous, prying Ant: unobtrusive, reserved
queer
(adj) Strange; odd. Slightly ill.
(adj) Homosexual; denoting or relating to a sexual or gender identity that does not correspond to established ideas of sexuality and gender, especially heterosexual norms.
(n) A gay man.
(v) spoil or ruin (an agreement, event, or situation).
Syn: odd, strange, unusual, funny, peculiar Ant: ordinary, conventional, normal
suffusion
A coloring spread over a surface
The spreading of a fluid of the body into the surrounding tissues
Syn: Dissemination, Spreading, Transmission Ant: Compression, stagnation, reduction
tempestuously
Characterized by or subject to tempests
The nature of or resembling a tempest
Characterized by violent emotions or actions
Syn: turbulent, stormy, violent Ant: Peaceable, peaceful
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