Emotional and Attitudinal Descriptors Quiz

Emotional and Attitudinal Descriptors

• Derisive: Expressing contempt or ridicule

• Idyllic: Extremely happy, peaceful, and picturesque

• Intimate: Private, personal, familiar, innermost

• Pithy: Concise, forcefully expressive

• Venerating: Expressing praise, showing great respect

• Bewildered: Confounded, confused

• Earnest: Showing sincerity, intense conviction

• Flippant: Not showing respect, serious attitude

• Inane: Silly, stupid

• Jocund: Cheerful, lighthearted

• Morose: Sullen, ill-tempered, unable to be cheered

• Pensive: Engaged in deep thought, reflecting

• Contemptuous: Hateful, showing scorn

• Elegiac: Wistfully mournful

• Indignant: Feeling or showing anger at perceived unfair treatment

• Narcissistic: Excessive interest in oneself and appearance

• Zealous: Overly energetic, enthusiastic for a cause

• Angst-ridden: Filled with deep anxiety, worry

• Benevolent: Well-meaning, kind

• Acrimonious: Angry, bitter, caustic

• Lyrical: Expressive, imaginative

• Pedantic: Excessively concerned with minor details, rules

• Vexed: Annoyed, frustrated

• Wistful: Regretful longing

• Contrite: Expressing remorse, guilt

• Incredulous: Unable or unwilling to believe

• Nostalgic: Sentimental, happy longing for the past

• Pretentious: Assuming greater importance than possessed

• Taunting: Intending to provoke

• Vehement: Showing strong feeling, passionate, forceful

• Audacious: Willing to take bold risks, disrespectful

• Colloquial: Informal, ordinary speech, conversational

• Didactic: Intending to teach

• Facetious: Treating serious issues with humor

• Insolent: Rude, arrogant lack of respect

• Vitriolic: Filled with bitter criticism, malice

• Obdurate: Stubborn, unyielding, inflexible, firm

• Callous: Showing cruel, insensitive disregard for others

• Diffident: Lacking self-confidence

• Erudite: Displaying great knowledge, learning

• Fervent: Having passionate intensity

• Jingoistic: Extreme patriotism

• Patronizing: Apparently kind, helpful, but betraying superiority

• Vivacious: Attractively lively, animated

• Scathing: Severely critical, scornful

• Ambivalent: Having mixed feelings, contradictory

• Timorous: Nervous, fearful, lacking confidence

• Histrionic: Melodramatic, theatrical, exaggerated

• Petulant: Childish, sulky, bad-tempered

• Curt: Brief, terse, blunt, clipped