Feeling Words
Feeling sad or disappointed.
A. Belligerent
B. Crestfallen
C. Earnest
D. Monotonous
B. Crestfallen?
How your little brother moves when you make him eat vegetables.
A. Retort
B. Jeer
C. Writhe
D. Earnestly
C. Writhe
The look a cat gives you when it believes you are unworthy of its attention.
A. Dutiful
B. Contemplative
C. Contemptuously
D. Crestfallen
C. Contemptuously
Your mood after losing a video game six times in a row.
A. Complacent
B. Jeering
C. Sullenly
D. Crestfallen
B. Jeering
The team looks like their dog ate their homework AND their lunch money after losing the game.
B. Crestfallen
A worried or nervous feeling about something that might happen.
A. Apprehension
B. Contempt
C. Dutiful
D. Crafty
A. Apprehension?
A snappy comeback you think of right away—not the one you think of in the shower three days later.
A. Jeer
B. Writhe
C. Craftily
D. Retort
D. Retort
How someone acts when they're ready to fist-fight the vending machine for eating their dollar.
A. Earnest
B. Belligerent
C. Crafty
D. Sullen
B. Belligerent
When someone tells a story that feels like it lasts three years.
A. Tattered
B. Writhing
C. Monotonous
D. Belligerent
C. Monotonous
A fox sneaking into a henhouse like it’s the next Ocean’s Eleven movie.
A. Jeering
B. Sullen
C. Craftily
D. Retort
C. Craftily
This describes the vibe when the school announces Saturday classes.
A. Sullen
B. Discontent
C. Earnest
D. Tattered
B. Discontent?
What the crowd does when someone trips at the pep rally (don’t be that crowd!).
A. Earnestly
B. Dutiful
C. Jeering
D. Crestfallen
C. Jeering
The student who always turns in homework, even on snow days.
A. Jeering
B. Monotonous
C. Dutiful
D. Belligerent
C. Dutiful
How your favorite hoodie looks after one million washes.
A. Crestfallen
B. Tattered
C. Jeering
D. Earnest
B. Tattered
A customer who acts like every inconvenience is a personal attack from the universe.
A. Earnestly
B. Belligerent
C. Apprehensive
D. Tattered
B. Belligerent
When you want everyone to know you’re annoyed, so you silently stare at the wall like it personally offended you.
What is sullenly?
When you're trying really hard to convince your parents you weren’t the one who broke the lamp.
A. Contemptuously
B. Earnestly
C. Belligerent
D. Sullenly
B. Earnestly
When someone talks like they’re giving the world’s most serious TED Talk.
A. Contemptuously
B. Craftily
C. Earnestly
D. Discontent
C. Earnestly
A voice that sounds like a robot reading a grocery list.
A. Craftily
B. Dutiful
C. Jeering
D. Monotonous
D. Monotonous
How students react when lunch is cold cheese sandwiches… again.
A. Dutiful
B. Sullenly
C. Discontent
D. Craftily
C. Discontent
After confidently walking into a competition, you lose in the very first round. You try to smile, but your face keeps sinking like a balloon losing air. What word describes this feeling?
What is complacent?
In a dramatic movie scene, a villain sneaks past three guards, opens a locked door with a hairpin, and grins because no one has noticed. What word describes the way the villain is acting?
Craftily
You accidentally step on a cat’s tail. The cat slowly turns its head toward you with a look that says, “You filthy, unworthy human.” What attitude is the cat showing?
Contemptuously
A library finds a book that’s been lost for 10 years. The cover is torn, the pages are frayed, and it looks like it survived a hurricane and a middle schooler’s backpack. What word describes the book’s condition?
B. Tattered
A snake is lying in the sun when someone accidentally steps too close. The snake suddenly starts twisting, squirming, and folding over itself in discomfort. What verb describes this movement?
Writhe