Words Relating to Undesirable Character Traits
Boring Words
Painful Words
Words that describe James Bond
Words that describe Congress
100
This verb means to delay, put off until later.
What is procrastinate?
100
As an adjective, this word means dark, dull, drab, dingy.
What is dun?
100
This verb means to make or become dry and withered; to char or scorch the surface of; to harden or make unfeeling; to parch, dessicate, singe.
What is sear?
100
This adjective means hidden, disguised, purposefully kept secret; sheltered, secluded.
What is covert?
100
This adjective means characterized by or calling for continued sitting; remaining in one place.
What is sedentary?
200
This adjective means poorly dressed, shabby; lacking smartness and good taste.
What is dowdy?
200
This adjective means dull, lacking in distinction and originality; matter-of-fact, straightforward; characteristic of prose, not poetic.
What is prosaic?
200
This adjective means extremely harmful; deadly, fatal.
What is pernicious?
200
This adjective means pleasant, courteous, lighthearted; smooth and polished in manner and appearance.
What is debonair?
200
This adjective means deserving of blame or correction.
What is censurable?
300
This noun means an eager desire for something; greed.
What is cupidity?
300
This adjective means extra, excess, more than is needed; wordy, repetitive; profuse, lush.
What is redundant?
300
As an adjective, this word means abusive, vituperative.
What is invective?
300
This adjective means having sympathetic insight or understanding, capable of keen appreciation.
What is perceptive?
300
This adjective means deceptive, apparently good or valid but lacking real merit.
What is specious?
400
This adjective means marked by conspicuous or pretentious display, showy.
What is ostentatious?
400
This verb means to impress on the mind by repetition, teach persistently and earnestly.
What is inculcate?
400
This adjective means harmful, injurious.
What is deleterious?
400
This adjective means charming, attractive, pleasing (often suggesting a childlike charm and innocence).
What is winsome?
400
This adjective means making a show of virtue or righteousness; hypocritically moralistic or pious, self-righteous, canting, holier-than-thou.
What is sanctimonious?
500
This adjective means overbearing, arrogant; seeking to dominate; pressing, compelling.
What is imperious?
500
This adjective means moderate, sparing (as in eating or drinking); characterized by abstinence and self-discipline.
What is abstemious?
500
This adjective means sharp, keen, penetrating (with a suggestion of decisiveness and effectiveness).
What is incisive?
500
This noun means a model of excellence or perfection.
What is a paragon?
500
This adjective means prudent, shrewdly conceived and developed; artful, expedient.
What is politic?
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