BAD MOOD + EMBARRASS/REMORSE + HARDHEARTED

Question 1

BAD MOOD

Answer 1

bilious, dudgeon, pettish, umbrage, waspish, testy

Question 2

bilious

Answer 2

in bad mood, cranky, irritable; extremely unpleasant

Question 3

dudgeon (DUHJ-uhn)

Answer 3

anger, a feeling of resentment

Question 4

pettish (PET-ish)

Answer 4

petulantly cranky, in bad mood

Question 5

umbrage

Answer 5

[used with “to feel” or “to take”] displeasure; (doubt, hostility)

Question 6

waspish (WOS-pish)

Answer 6

petulantly spiteful; quickly resenting smallest amount of affront or injury; in bad mood

Question 7

bilious, dudgeon, pettish, umbrage, waspish

Answer 7

BAD MOOD

Question 8

EMBARRASS/REMORSE

Answer 8

compunction, contrition, expiate, foible, gaucherie

Question 9

compunction (kuhm-PUHNGK-shuhn)

Answer 9

feeling of uneasiness for doing wrong or righteousness of an action

Question 10

contrition

Answer 10

sincere remorse

Question 11

expiate

Answer 11

[NOT related to expatiate] to atone for

Question 12

foible

Answer 12

slight flaw or defect of a person

Question 13

gaucherie (goh-shuh-REE)

Answer 13

awkward, lack of social grace

Question 14

compunction, contrition, expiate, foible, gaucherie

Answer 14

EMBARRASS/REMORSE

Question 15

HARDHEARTED

Answer 15

asperity, dour, mordant, sardonic, truculent, vitriolic, vituperation

Question 16

asperity

Answer 16

harshness or sharpness of tone, temper, or manner

Question 17

dour

Answer 17

(gloomy); stern

Question 18

mordant

Answer 18

sharply caustic or sarcastic

Question 19

sardonic

Answer 19

sarcastic

Question 20

truculent

Answer 20

fierce, aggressively hostile

Question 21

vitriolic

Answer 21

very scathing, as in criticism

Question 22

vituperation (vahy-TOO-puh-…)

Answer 22

addressing one with harsh and abusive language

Question 23

asperity, dour, mordant, sardonic, truculent, vitriolic, vituperation

Answer 23

HARDHEARTED

Question 24

testy

Answer 24

Irritable