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beckoned
make a gesture with the hand, arm, or head to encourage someone to come nearer or follow.
"Miranda beckoned to Adam"synonyms:gesture, signal, wave, gesticulate, make a gesture, motion, nod, call"the guard beckoned to Benny"
attract the attention of or summon someone by making a gesture with the hand, arm, or head.
"he beckoned Christopher over"Adventurous
willing to take risks or to try out new methods, ideas, or experiences.
"an adventurous traveler"synonyms:daring, daredevil, intrepid, venturesome, bold, audacious, fearless, brave, unafraid, unshrinking, undaunted, dauntless, valiant, valorous, heroic, dashing; More
involving new ideas or methods.
"they wanted more adventurous meals"full of excitement.
"my life couldn't be more adventurous"Bashful
reluctant to draw attention to oneself; shy.
"don't be bashful about telling folks how you feel"
synonyms:shy, reserved, diffident, retiring, self-conscious, coy, demure, reticent, reluctant, shrinking, timid, timorous, meek;
Boastful
showing excessive pride and self-satisfaction in one's achievements, possessions, or abilities.
"he always seemed to be rather boastful and above himself"
synonyms:bragging, crowing, swaggering, braggart, overweening, overbearing, bumptious, puffed up, vaunting, blowhard, ostentatious, full of oneself
Classy
stylish and sophisticated.
"the hotel is classy but relaxed"
synonyms:stylish, high-class, superior, exclusive, chic, elegant, smart, sophisticated, fancy
Dismal
depressing; dreary.
"the dismal weather made the late afternoon seem like evening"synonyms:dingy, dim, dark, gloomy, somber, dreary, drab, dull, desolate, bleak, cheerless, comfortless, depressing, grim, funereal, inhospitable, uninviting, unwelcoming"she led them into a dismal cavernous hall"
(of a person or a mood) gloomy.
"his dismal mood was not dispelled by finding the house empty"synonyms:gloomy, glum, mournful, melancholy, morose, doleful, woeful, woebegone, forlorn, abject, dejected, depressed, dispirited, downcast, crestfallen, despondent, disconsolate, miserable, sad, unhappy, sorrowful, sorrowing, desolate, wretched, lugubrious;
argumentative
given to expressing divergent or opposite views.
"an argumentative child"synonyms:quarrelsome, disputatious, bickering, wrangling, captious, contrary, cantankerous, contentious, litigious, dissentient, polemical; More2.
using or characterized by systematic reasoning.
"the highest standards of argumentative rigor"Beautiful
pleasing the senses or mind aesthetically.
"beautiful poetry"synonyms:attractive, pretty, handsome, good-looking, nice-looking, pleasing, alluring, prepossessing, as pretty as a picture; More
of a very high standard; excellent.
"she spoke in beautiful English"Bright
giving out or reflecting a lot of light; shining.
"her bright, dark eyes"synonyms:shining, light, brilliant, vivid, blazing, dazzling, beaming, intense, glaring; More2.
(of a person, idea, or remark) intelligent and quick-witted.
"a bright young journalist"synonyms:clever, intelligent, sharp, quick-witted, quick, smart, canny, astute, intuitive, acute, alert, keen, perceptive, ingenious, inventive, resourceful, proficient, accomplished, gifted, brilliant;
Compassionate
stylish and sophisticated.
"the hotel is classy but relaxed"
synonyms:stylish, high-class, superior, exclusive, chic, elegant, smart, sophisticated, fancy
Immense
extremely large or great, especially in scale or degree.
"the cost of restoration has been immense"
synonyms:huge, vast, massive, enormous, gigantic, colossal, cosmic, great, very large, very big, extensive, expansive, monumental, towering, mountainous, tremendous, prodigious, substantial;
Arrogant
having or revealing an exaggerated sense of one's own importance or abilities.
"he's arrogant and opinionated"
synonyms:haughty, conceited, hubristic, self-important, opinionated, egotistic, full of oneself, superior;
Bellicose
demonstrating aggression and willingness to fight.
"a group of bellicose patriots"
synonyms:belligerent, aggressive, hostile, threatening, antagonistic, pugnacious, truculent, confrontational, argumentative, quarrelsome, disputatious, contentious, militant, combative;
Brilliant
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(of light or color) very bright and radiant.
synonyms:bright, shining, blazing, dazzling, light; More2.
exceptionally clever or talented.
"a brilliant young mathematician"synonyms:gifted, talented, virtuoso, genius, accomplished, ingenious, masterly, inventive, creative;
cantankerous
bad-tempered, argumentative, and uncooperative.
"a crusty, cantankerous old man"
synonyms:bad-tempered, irascible, irritable, grumpy, grouchy, crotchety, tetchy, testy, crusty, curmudgeonly, ill-tempered, ill-natured, ill-humored, peevish, cross, as cross as two sticks, fractious, disagreeable, pettish, crabbed, crabby, waspish, prickly, peppery, touchy, scratchy, splenetic, shrewish, short-tempered, hot-tempered, quick-tempered, dyspeptic, choleric, bilious, liverish, cross-grained;
Able-Bodied
it, strong, and healthy; not physically disabled.
"he was the only able-bodied man on the farm"
synonyms:healthy, fit, in good health, robust, strong, sound, sturdy, vigorous, hardy, hale and hearty, athletic, muscular, strapping, tough, powerful, mighty, rugged, burly, brawny, stalwart, lusty, staunch;
Articulate
(of a person or a person's words) having or showing the ability to speak fluently and coherently.
"an articulate account of their experiences"
synonyms:eloquent, fluent, communicative, effective, persuasive, coherent, lucid, vivid, expressive, silver-tongued, vocal;
belligerent
hostile and aggressive.
"a bull-necked, belligerent old man"
synonyms:hostile, aggressive, threatening, antagonistic, pugnacious, bellicose, truculent, confrontational, argumentative, quarrelsome, disputatious, contentious, militant, combative
Calculating
acting in a scheming and ruthlessly determined way.
"he was a coolly calculating, ruthless man"
synonyms:cunning, crafty, wily, shrewd, scheming, devious, designing, conniving, manipulative, Machiavellian, artful, guileful, slippery, slick, sly, disingenuous, unscrupulous
Complacement
showing smug or uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one's achievements.
"you can't afford to be complacent about security"
synonyms:smug, self-satisfied, pleased with oneself, proud of oneself, self-approving, self-congratulatory, self-admiring, self-regarding;
Adoring
feeling or expressing deep affection, love, or admiration.
"a gift from an adoring fan"
Bashful
reluctant to draw attention to oneself; shy.
"don't be bashful about telling folks how you feel"
synonyms:shy, reserved, diffident, retiring, self-conscious, coy, demure, reticent, reluctant, shrinking, timid, timorous, meek;
Bewildered
adjective
perplexed and confused; very puzzled.
"he saw the bewildered look on my face"synonyms:baffled, mystified, bemused, perplexed, puzzled, confused, nonplussed, at sea, at a loss, thrown off balance, disorientated, taken aback;
Cantankerous
bad-tempered, argumentative, and uncooperative.
"a crusty, cantankerous old man"
synonyms:bad-tempered, irascible, irritable, grumpy, grouchy, crotchety, tetchy, testy, crusty, curmudgeonly, ill-tempered, ill-natured, ill-humored, peevish, cross, as cross as two sticks, fractious, disagreeable, pettish, crabbed, crabby, waspish, prickly, peppery, touchy, scratchy, splenetic, shrewish, short-tempered, hot-tempered, quick-tempered, dyspeptic, choleric, bilious, liverish, cross-grained
Conniving
given to or involved in conspiring to do something immoral, illegal, or harmful.
"a heartless and conniving person"