Feeling words when needs are not met Flashcards
aggravated
- To make (an offence) worse or more severe; to increase in offensiveness or heinousness.
- (by extension) To make worse; to exacerbate.
- To give extra weight or intensity to; to exaggerate, to magnify.
For Example: He aggravated the story. - To pile or heap (something heavy or onerous) on or upon someone.
- To exasperate; to provoke or irritate.
- Having been the subject of aggravation; frustrated and angry.
agitated
- To disturb or excite; to perturb or stir up (a person).
For Example: He was greatly agitated by the news. - To cause to move with a violent, irregular action; to shake.
For Example: the wind agitates the sea - To set in motion; to actuate.
- To discuss or debate.
- To revolve in the mind, or view in all its aspects; to consider, to devise.
For Example: politicians agitate desperate designs - Angry, annoyed, bothered or worked up.
- (of a solution or substance) Violently and chaotically moving around, such as because of being shaken.
alarmed
- To call to arms for defense
- To give (someone) notice of approaching danger
- To rouse to vigilance and action; to put on the alert.
- To surprise with apprehension of danger; to fill with anxiety in regard to threatening evil; to excite with sudden fear.
- To keep in excitement; to disturb.
- Having an alarm fitted.
For Example: This door is alarmed. - Worried; anxious; panicky.
For Example: I’m extremely alarmed about the army outside my house.
aloof
- Reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant; standoffish.
- At or from a distance, but within view, or at a small distance; apart; away.
- Without sympathy; unfavorably.
- Away from; clear of.
angry
- Displaying or feeling anger.
For Example: An angry mob started looting the warehouse. - (said about a wound or a rash) Inflamed and painful.
For Example: The broken glass left two angry cuts across my arm. - (said about the elements, like the sky or the sea) Dark and stormy, menacing.
For Example: Angry clouds raced across the sky.
anguished
- To suffer pain.
- To cause to suffer pain.
- Feeling anguish; experiencing extreme discomfort or discontent.
annoyed
- To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to bother with unpleasant deeds.
For Example: Marc loved his sister, but when she annoyed him he wanted to switch her off. - To do something to upset or anger someone; to be troublesome.
- To molest; to harm; to injure.
For Example: to annoy an army by impeding its march, or by a cannonade - Troubled, irritated by something unwanted or unliked (an annoyance); vexed.
anxious
- Nervous and worried.
- Having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown.
For Example: I could tell she was anxious as she was biting her nails. - (of things) Accompanied with, or causing, anxiety; worrying.
For Example: There was an anxious wait before the results were revealed. - Earnestly desirous.
For Example: All the voters were anxious to hear the election result.
apathetic
- Void of feeling; not susceptible of deep emotion
- Of, or pertaining to apatheism.
apprehensive
- Anticipating something with anxiety or fear.
- Perceptive; quick to learn; capable of understanding using one’s intellect.
aroused
- To stimulate feelings.
For Example: The new building proposals in the village are arousing unneeded discomfort. - To sexually stimulate.
For Example: I can’t keep my eyes off the dancer; she arouses me greatly. - To wake from sleep or stupor.
For Example: 1996, Beruga (line translated by Dan Owsen), Terranigma. Nintendo of America.
ashamed
- To feel shame; to be ashamed.
- To make ashamed; to shame.
- Feeling shame or guilt.
beat
- A stroke; a blow.
- A pulsation or throb.
For Example: a beat of the heart; the beat of the pulse - A pulse on the beat level, the metric level at which pulses are heard as the basic unit. Thus a beat is the basic time unit of a piece.
- A rhythm.
- The interference between two tones of almost equal frequency
- (authorship) A short pause in a play, screenplay, or teleplay, for dramatic or comedic effect; a plot point or story development.
- The route patrolled by a police officer or a guard.
- (by extension) An area of a person’s responsibility, especially
- An act of reporting news or scientific results before a rival; a scoop.
- That which beats, or surpasses, another or others.
For Example: the beat of him - A precinct.
- A place of habitual or frequent resort.
- A low cheat or swindler.
For Example: a dead beat - The instrumental portion of a piece of hip-hop music.
- The act of scouring, or ranging over, a tract of land to rouse or drive out game; also, those so engaged, collectively.
- A smart tap on the adversary’s blade.
- To hit; strike
For Example: As soon as she heard that her father had died, she went into a rage and beat the wall with her fists until her knuckles bled. - To strike or pound repeatedly, usually in some sort of rhythm.
For Example: He danced hypnotically while she beat the atabaque. - To strike repeatedly; to inflict repeated blows; to knock vigorously or loudly.
- To move with pulsation or throbbing.
- To win against; to defeat or overcome; to do better than, outdo, or excel (someone) in a particular, competitive event.
For Example: I just can’t seem to beat the last level of this video game. - To sail to windward using a series of alternate tacks across the wind.
- To strike (water, foliage etc.) in order to drive out game; to travel through (a forest etc.) for hunting.
- To mix food in a rapid fashion. Compare whip.
For Example: Beat the eggs and whip the cream. - (In haggling for a price) of a buyer, to persuade the seller to reduce a price
For Example: He wanted $50 for it, but I managed to beat him down to $35. - To indicate by beating or drumming.
For Example: to beat a retreat; to beat to quarters - To tread, as a path.
- To exercise severely; to perplex; to trouble.
- To be in agitation or doubt.
- To make a sound when struck.
For Example: The drums beat. - To make a succession of strokes on a drum.
For Example: The drummers beat to call soldiers to their quarters. - To sound with more or less rapid alternations of greater and less intensity, so as to produce a pulsating effect; said of instruments, tones, or vibrations, not perfectly in unison.
- To arrive at a place before someone.
For Example: He beat me there. - To have sexual intercourse.
For Example: Bruv, she came in just as we started to beat. - To rob.
For Example: He beat me out of 12 bucks last night. - Exhausted
For Example: After the long day, she was feeling completely beat. - Dilapidated, beat up
For Example: Dude, you drive a beat car like that and you ain’t gonna get no honeys. - Fabulous
For Example: Her makeup was beat! - Boring
- (of a person) ugly
bewildered
- To confuse, disorientate, or puzzle someone, especially with many different choices.
For Example: All the different possible options may bewilder us. - Baffled, confused, mystified, at a loss, not thinking clearly, or uncertain.
For Example: He was just standing there, turning this way and that, with a bewildered look on his face.
bitter
- (usually in the plural bitters) A liquid or powder, made from bitter herbs, used in mixed drinks or as a tonic.
- A type of beer heavily flavored with hops.
- A turn of a cable about the bitts.
- To make bitter.
- Having an acrid taste (usually from a basic substance).
For Example: The coffee tasted bitter. - Harsh, piercing or stinging.
- Hateful or hostile.
For Example: They’re bitter enemies. - Cynical and resentful.
For Example: I’ve been bitter ever since that defeat.
blah
- Nonsense; drivel; idle, meaningless talk.
- (in plural, the blahs) A general or ambiguous feeling of discomfort, dissatisfaction, uneasiness, boredom, mild depression, etc.
- To utter idle, meaningless talk.
- Dull; uninteresting; insipid.
For Example: Well, the new restaurant seems nice, but their menu is a little blah. - Low in spirit or health; down.
For Example: I decided to go exercise rather than sit around all day feeling blah. - An expression of mild frustration.
For Example: Blah! Why can’t I get this computer to work! - (When spoken repeatedly, often three times in succession: blah blah blah!) Imitative of idle, meaningless talk; used sometimes in a slightly derogatory manner to mock or downplay another’s words, or to show disinterest in a diatribe, rant, instructions, unsolicited advice, parenting, etc. Also used when recalling and retelling another’s words, as a substitute for the portions of the speech deemed irrelevant.
For Example: And then he was like, “Oh, my brother’s an Internet millionaire, blah blah blah.” Like I care! - Representing the sound of vomiting.
brokenhearted
- Grieved and disappointed, especially with the loss of a beloved person or thing, such as the repudiation of a romantic relationship.
chagrined
- To bother or vex; to mortify.
- To be vexed or annoyed.
- Feeling chagrin (at something); vexed; fretful.
For Example: She was chagrined to note that the paint had dried into a blotchy mess.
cold
- (of a thing) Having a low temperature.
For Example: A cold wind whistled through the trees. - (of the weather) Causing the air to be cold.
For Example: The forecast is that it will be very cold today. - (of a person or animal) Feeling the sensation of coldness, especially to the point of discomfort.
For Example: She was so cold she was shivering. - Unfriendly, emotionally distant or unfeeling.
For Example: She shot me a cold glance before turning her back. - Dispassionate, not prejudiced or partisan, impartial.
For Example: He’s a nice guy, but the cold facts say we should fire him. - Completely unprepared; without introduction.
For Example: He was assigned cold calls for the first three months. - Unconscious or deeply asleep; deprived of the metaphorical heat associated with life or consciousness.
For Example: After one more beer he passed out cold. - (usually with “have” or “know” transitively) Perfectly, exactly, completely; by heart.
For Example: Keep that list in front of you, or memorize it cold. - (usually with “have” transitively) Cornered, done for.
For Example: Criminal interrogation. Initially they will dream up explanations faster than you could ever do so, but when they become fatigued, often they will acknowledge that you have them cold. - Not pungent or acrid.
- Unexciting; dull; uninteresting.
- Affecting the sense of smell (as of hunting dogs) only feebly; having lost its odour.
For Example: a cold scent - Not sensitive; not acute.
- Distant; said, in the game of hunting for some object, of a seeker remote from the thing concealed. Compare warm and hot.
For Example: You’re cold ‚Ķ getting warmer ‚Ķ hot! You’ve found it! - Having a bluish effect; not warm in colour.
- Rarely used or accessed, and thus able to be relegated to slower storage.
- Without compassion; heartless; ruthless
For Example: I can’t believe she said that…that was cold!
concerned
- To relate or belong to; to have reference to or connection with; to affect the interest of; to be of importance to.
- To engage by feeling or sentiment; to interest.
For Example: A good prince concerns himself in the happiness of his subjects. - To make somebody worried.
For Example: I’m concerned that she’s becoming an alcoholic. - Showing concern.
For Example: There was a concerned expression on her face as I told her the news. - Involved or responsible.
For Example: The people concerned have been punished.
cool
- A moderate or refreshing state of cold; moderate temperature of the air between hot and cold; coolness.
For Example: in the cool of the morning - A calm temperament.
- The property of being cool, popular or in fashion.
- Having a slightly low temperature; mildly or pleasantly cold.
- Allowing or suggesting heat relief.
For Example: Linen has made cool and breathable clothing for millennia. - Of a color, in the range of violet to green.
For Example: If you have a reddish complexion, you should mainly wear cool colors. - Of a person, not showing emotion; calm and in control of oneself.
- Unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical.
For Example: His proposals had a cool reception. - Calmly audacious.
For Example: In control as always, he came up with a cool plan. - Applied facetiously to a sum of money, commonly as if to give emphasis to the largeness of the amount.
- Of a person, knowing what to do and how to behave; considered popular by others.
- In fashion, part of or fitting the in crowd; originally hipster slang.
- Of an action, all right; acceptable; that does not present a problem.
For Example: Is it cool if I sleep here tonight? - Of a person, not upset by circumstances that might ordinarily be upsetting.
For Example: I’m completely cool with my girlfriend leaving me. - Quietly impudent, defiant, or selfish; deliberately presuming: said of persons and acts.
cross
- A geometrical figure consisting of two straight lines or bars intersecting each other such that at least one of them is bisected by the other.
For Example: Put a cross for a wrong answer and a tick for a right one. - Any geometric figure having this or a similar shape, such as a cross of Lorraine or a Maltese cross.
- A wooden post with a perpendicular beam attached and used (especially in the Roman Empire) to execute criminals (by crucifixion).
For Example: Criminals were commonly executed on a wooden cross. - (usually with the) The cross on which Christ was crucified.
- A hand gesture made in imitation of the shape of the Cross.
For Example: She made the cross after swearing. - A modified representation of the crucifixion stake, worn as jewellery or displayed as a symbol of religious devotion.
For Example: She was wearing a cross on her necklace. - (figurative, from Christ’s bearing of the cross) A difficult situation that must be endured.
For Example: It’s a cross I must bear. - The act of going across; the act of passing from one side to the other
For Example: A quick cross of the road. - An animal or plant produced by crossbreeding or cross-fertilization.
- (by extension) A hybrid of any kind.
- A hook thrown over the opponent’s punch.
- A pass in which the ball travels from by one touchline across the pitch.
- A place where roads intersect and lead off in four directions; a crossroad (common in UK and Irish place names such as Gerrards Cross).
- A monument that marks such a place. (Also common in UK or Irish place names such as Charing Cross)
- A coin stamped with the figure of a cross, or that side of such a piece on which the cross is stamped; hence, money in general.
- Church lands.
- A line drawn across or through another line.
- An instrument for laying of offsets perpendicular to the main course.
- A pipe-fitting with four branches whose axes usually form a right angle.
- (Rubik’s Cube) Four edge cubies of one side that are in their right places, forming the shape of a cross.
- The thirty-sixth Lenormand card.
- Crossfire.
- To make or form a cross.
- To move relatively.
- (social) To oppose.
- To cross-fertilize or crossbreed.
For Example: They managed to cross a sheep with a goat. - To stamp or mark (a cheque) in such a way as to prevent it being cashed, thus requiring it to be deposited into a bank account.
- Transverse; lying across the main direction.
For Example: At the end of each row were cross benches which linked the rows. - Opposite, opposed to.
For Example: His actions were perversely cross to his own happiness. - Opposing, adverse; being contrary to what one would hope or wish for.
- Bad-tempered, angry, annoyed.
For Example: Please don’t get cross at me. (or) Please don’t get cross with me. - Made in an opposite direction, or an inverse relation; mutually inverse; interchanged.
For Example: cross interrogatories - Across
For Example: She walked cross the mountains. - Cross product of the previous vector and the following vector.
For Example: The Lorentz force is q times v cross B.
dejected
- Make sad or dispirited.
- To cast down.
- Sad and dispirited.
depressed
- To press down.
For Example: Depress the upper lever to start the machine. - To make depressed, sad or bored.
For Example: Winter depresses me. - To cause a depression or a decrease in parts of the economy.
For Example: Lower productivity will eventually depress wages. - To bring down or humble; to abase (pride, etc.).
- To reduce (an equation) in a lower degree.
- Unhappy; despondent
- Suffering damaging effects of economic recession.
despairing
- To give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of.
- To cause to despair.
- (often with “of”) To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation.
- A mood or display of despair.
- Feeling, expressing, or caused by despair; hopeless.
despondent
- In low spirits from loss of hope or courage.
detached
- To take apart from; to take off.
For Example: to detach the tag from a newly purchased garment - To separate for a special object or use.
For Example: to detach a ship from a fleet, or a company from a regiment - To come off something.
For Example: Now that the zipper has detached, my winter coat won’t keep me very warm. - Not physically attached; separated from something it could connect to.
- Of a house: not joined to another house on either side.
- Having or showing no bias or emotional involvement; disinterested.
- Not influenced by anyone else; characterized by an impersonal objectivity; impartial.
disaffected
- To cause a loss of affection, sympathy or loyalty in; to alienate or estrange.
- Alienated or estranged, often with hostile effect; rebellious, resentful; disloyal.
- Affected with disease.
disappointed
- To sadden or displease (someone) by underperforming, or by not delivering something promised or hoped for.
For Example: His lack of respect disappointed her. - To deprive (someone of something expected or hoped for).
- To fail to meet (an expectation); to fail to fulfil (a hope).
- To show (an opinion, belief, etc.) to be mistaken.
- To prevent (something planned or attempted).
- Defeated of expectations or hope; experiencing disappointment; let down.
For Example: After all his anticipation, the trip left him deeply disappointed. - Expressing or indicating disappointment.
For Example: a disappointed tone / face / silence
discouraged
- To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject.
For Example: Don’t be discouraged by the amount of work left to do: you’ll finish it in good time. - To persuade somebody not to do (something).
- Having lost confidence or hope; dejected; disheartened.
- Unrecommended; unprescribed.
disenchanted
- (of a person) To free from illusion, false belief or enchantment; to undeceive or disillusion.
- (of a person) To disappoint.
- (of a thing) To remove a spell or magic enchantment from.
disgruntled
- To make discontent or cross; to put in a bad temper.
- Unhappy; dissatisfied
- Frustrated.
disgusted
- To cause an intense dislike for something.
For Example: It disgusts me to see her chew with her mouth open. - Filled with disgust
For Example: The sight of the squirming mass of maggots left me disgusted. - Irritated and out of patience
For Example: I’m disgusted with her egocentric behaviour.
disheartened
- To discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage.
- Discouraged, despairing.
dismayed
- To cause to feel apprehension; great sadness, or fear; to deprive of energy
- To render lifeless; to subdue; to disquiet.
- To take dismay or fright; to be filled with dismay.
- Having the emotion of dismay.
For Example: He was dismayed to find his car had gone.
displeased
- To make not pleased; to cause a feeling of disapprobation or dislike in; to be disagreeable to; to vex slightly.
For Example: I felt displeased with the boy. - To give displeasure or offense.
- To fail to satisfy; to miss of.
- Not pleased or happy with something.
For Example: a displeased customer
disquieted
- To make (someone or something) worried or anxious.
For Example: He felt disquieted by the lack of interest the child had shown.
distressed
- To cause strain or anxiety to someone.
- To retain someone’s property against the payment of a debt; to distrain.
- To treat a new object to give it an appearance of age.
For Example: She distressed the new media cabinet so that it fit with the other furniture in the room. - Anxious or uneasy
For Example: I’m distressed that John hasn’t answered my calls. I hope nothing bad happened to him on the way here. - (of merchandise, etc.) damaged
- (of a property) offered for sale after foreclosure
- (of furniture, etc.) faded or abused in order to appear old, or antique
disturbed
- To confuse a quiet, constant state or a calm, continuous flow, in particular: thoughts, actions or liquids.
For Example: A school of fish disturbed the water. - To divert, redirect, or alter by disturbing.
For Example: A mudslide disturbed the course of the river. - To have a negative emotional impact; to cause emotional distress or confusion.
For Example: A disturbing film that tries to explore the mind of a serial killer. - Showing symptoms of mental illness, severe psychosis, or neurosis.
- Extremely alarmed; shocked.
downcast
- A cast from supertype to subtype.
- A melancholy look.
- A ventilating shaft down which the air passes in circulating through a mine.
- To cast or throw down; to turn downward.
- To taunt; to reproach; to upbraid.
- To cast from supertype to subtype.
- (of eyes) Looking downwards.
- (of a person) Feeling despondent.
downhearted
- Sad, discouraged, in low spirits, unhappy, having no hope
For Example: Fans must not be downhearted even though we lost.
dull
- To render dull; to remove or blunt an edge or something that was sharp.
For Example: Years of misuse have dulled the tools. - To soften, moderate or blunt; to make dull, stupid, or sluggish; to stupefy.
For Example: He drinks to dull the pain. - To lose a sharp edge; to become dull.
For Example: A razor will dull with use. - To render dim or obscure; to sully; to tarnish.
- Lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp.
For Example: All these knives are dull. - Boring; not exciting or interesting.
For Example: He sat through the dull lecture and barely stayed awake. - Not shiny; having a matte finish or no particular luster or brightness.
For Example: Choose a dull finish to hide fingerprints. - Not bright or intelligent; stupid; having slow understanding.
- Sluggish, listless.
- Cloudy, overcast.
For Example: It’s a dull day. - Insensible; unfeeling.
- Heavy; lifeless; inert.
- (of pain etc) Not intense; felt indistinctly or only slightly.
For Example: Pressing on the bruise produces a dull pain. - (of a noise or sound) Not clear, muffled.
edgy
- Nervous, apprehensive.
- (entertainment) Creatively challenging; cutting edge; leading edge.
- (entertainment) On the edge between acceptable and offensive; pushing the boundaries of good taste; risqué.
- Irritable.
For Example: an edgy temper - Having some of the forms, such as drapery or the like, too sharply defined.
- (of a knife or blade) Sharp.
- Cool by virtue of being tough, dark, or badass.
- Exhibiting behavior that is disconcerting or alarming, sometimes in an effort to impress or to troll others.
embarrassed
- To humiliate; to disrupt somebody’s composure or comfort with acting publicly or freely; to disconcert; to abash
For Example: The crowd’s laughter and jeers embarrassed him. - To hinder from liberty of movement; to impede; to obstruct.
For Example: The motion was advanced in order to embarrass the progress of the bill. - To involve in difficulties concerning money matters; to encumber with debt; to beset with urgent claims or demands.
For Example: A man or his business is embarrassed when he cannot meet his pecuniary engagements. - Having a feeling of shameful discomfort.
For Example: After returning from the pool, Aleshia felt significantly better, though she was still slightly embarrassed. - Impeded; obstructed.
embittered
- To cause to be bitter.
exasperated
- To tax the patience of, irk, frustrate, vex, provoke, annoy; to make angry.
- Having one’s patience greatly taxed; greatly annoyed; made furious.
- Made worse or more intense.
exhausted
- To draw or let out wholly; to drain off completely
For Example: Moisture of the earth is exhausted by evaporation. - To empty by drawing or letting out the contents
For Example: to exhaust a treasury - To drain; to use up or expend wholly, or until the supply comes to an end
For Example: I exhausted my strength walking up the hill. - To tire out; to wear out; to cause to be without any energy
For Example: The marathon exhausted me. - To bring out or develop completely
- To discuss thoroughly or completely
For Example: That subject has already been fully exhausted. - To subject to the action of various solvents in order to remove all soluble substances or extractives
For Example: to exhaust a drug successively with water, alcohol, and ether - Very tired; in a state of exhaustion.
For Example: The exhausted man fell asleep immediately. - Depleted of resources.
For Example: The exhausted mine was worthless once all the ore had been extracted.
fatigued
- To tire or make weary by physical or mental exertion
- To wilt a salad by dressing or tossing it
- To lose so much strength or energy that one becomes tired, weary, feeble or exhausted
- (of a material specimen) to undergo the process of fatigue; to fail as a result of fatigue.
- Tired; weary.
fearful
- Frightening.
- Tending to fear; timid.
For Example: a fearful boy - Terrible; shockingly bad.
- Frightened; filled with terror.
- Extremely; fearfully.
forlorn
- To abandon, forsake.
- A forlorn hope.
- A member of a forlorn hope.
- Abandoned, deserted, left behind.
- Miserable, as when lonely after being abandoned.
- Unlikely to succeed; hopeless.
frightened
- To cause to feel fear; to scare; to cause to feel alarm or fright.
For Example: Avery puts a sheet over her head, pretending to be a ghost to frighten Emily. - Afraid; suffering from fear.
frustrated
- To disappoint or defeat; to vex by depriving of something expected or desired.
For Example: It frustrates me to do all this work and then lose it all. - To hinder or thwart.
For Example: My clumsy fingers frustrate my typing efforts. - To cause stress or annoyance.
For Example: This test frustrates me because if I fail, it’ll destroy my grade. - Foiled, stopped, disappointed.
- Suffering from frustration; dissatisfied, agitated, and/or discontent because one is unable to perform an action or fulfill a desire.
furious
- Feeling great anger; raging; violent.
For Example: a furious animal; parent furious at their child’s behaviour - Rushing with impetuosity; moving with violence.
For Example: a furious stream; a furious wind or storm
gloomy
- Not very illuminated; dim because of darkness, especially when appearing depressing or frightening.
For Example: The cavern was gloomy. - Suffering from gloom; melancholy; dejected.
For Example: a gloomy temper or countenance
heavy
- A villain or bad guy; the one responsible for evil or aggressive acts.
For Example: With his wrinkled, uneven face, the actor always seemed to play the heavy in films. - A doorman, bouncer or bodyguard.
For Example: A fight started outside the bar but the heavies came out and stopped it. - A large multi-engined aircraft. (The term heavy normally follows the call-sign when used by air traffic controllers.)
- (often with “up”) To make heavier.
- To sadden.
- To use power and/or wealth to exert influence on, e.g., governments or corporations; to pressure.
For Example: The union was well known for the methods it used to heavy many businesses. - (of a physical object) Having great weight.
- (of a topic) Serious, somber.
- Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive.
For Example: heavy yokes, expenses, undertakings, trials, news, etc. - Good.
For Example: This film is heavy. - (late 1960s, 1970s) Profound.
For Example: The Moody Blues are, like, heavy. - (of a rate of flow) High, great.
- Armed.
For Example: Come heavy, or not at all. - Louder, more distorted.
For Example: Metal is heavier than swing. - (of weather) Hot and humid.
- (of a person) Doing the specified activity more intensely than most other people.
For Example: He was a heavy sleeper, a heavy eater and a heavy smoker – certainly not an ideal husband. - (of food) High in fat or protein; difficult to digest.
For Example: Cheese-stuffed sausage is too heavy to eat before exercising. - Of great force, power, or intensity; deep or intense.
For Example: it was a heavy storm;  a heavy slumber in bed;  a heavy punch - Laden to a great extent.
For Example: his eyes were heavy with sleep;  she was heavy with child - Laden with that which is weighty; encumbered; burdened; bowed down, either with an actual burden, or with grief, pain, disappointment, etc.
- Slow; sluggish; inactive; or lifeless, dull, inanimate, stupid.
For Example: a heavy gait, looks, manners, style, etc. - Impeding motion; cloggy; clayey.
For Example: a heavy road; a heavy soil - Not raised or leavened.
For Example: heavy bread - (of wines or spirits) Having much body or strength.
- With child; pregnant.
- Containing one or more isotopes that are heavier than the normal one
- (petroleum) with high viscosity
- In a heavy manner; weightily; heavily; gravely.
For Example: heavy laden with their sins - To a great degree; greatly.
- Very
helpless
- Unable to defend oneself.
- Lacking help; powerless.
- Unable to act without help; needing help; feeble.
- Uncontrollable.
For Example: a helpless urge - From which there is no possibility of being saved.
hesitant
- Tending to hesitate, wait, or proceed with caution or reservation.
For Example: I am hesitant to recommend him as a manager because he has a short temper.
horrible
- A thing that causes horror; a terrifying thing, particularly a prospective bad consequence asserted as likely to result from an act.
- A person wearing a comic or grotesque costume in a parade of horribles.
- Causing horror; terrible; shocking.
- Tremendously bad.
hostile
- (chiefly in the plural) An enemy.
- Not friendly, appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence, or a desire to thwart and injure
For Example: a hostile country - Aggressive, antagonistic.
- Unwilling
- Of a hostile takeover.
For Example: Microsoft may go hostile in its bid for Yahoo as soon as Friday, according to a published report.
hot
- (with up) To heat; to make or become hot.
- (with up) To become lively or exciting.
- (of an object) Having a high temperature.
For Example: He forgot that the frying pan was hot and burned his hand. - (of the weather) Causing the air to be hot.
For Example: It is hotter in summer than in winter. - (of a person or animal) Feeling the sensation of heat, especially to the point of discomfort.
For Example: Aren’t you hot with that thick coat on? - (of a temper) Easily provoked to anger.
For Example: Be careful, he has a hot temper and may take it out on you. - Feverish.
- (of food) Spicy.
For Example: Before moving to India, I never ate hot food. The Indians love spicy food. - Very good, remarkable, exciting.
For Example: He’s a hot young player, we should give him a trial. - Stolen.
For Example: hot merchandise - Electrically charged.
For Example: a hot wire - Radioactive.
- (of a person) Very physically and/or sexually attractive.
For Example: That stripper is hot! - Sexual or sexy; involving sexual intercourse or sexual excitement.
- Sexually aroused; randy.
For Example: Enough foreplay! You’ve gotten me so hot already! - (with for) Attracted to.
For Example: hot for her English teacher - Popular; in demand.
For Example: This new pickup is so hot we can’t keep it in stock! - Of great current interest; provoking current debate or controversy.
For Example: a hot topic - Very close to finding or guessing something to be found or guessed.
For Example: Am I warm yet? ‚Äî You’re hot! - Performing strongly; having repeated successes.
- Fresh; just released.
- Uncomfortable, difficult to deal with; awkward, dangerous, unpleasant.
- Used to emphasize the short duration or small quantity of something
For Example: He was finished in a hot minute. - Characterized by police presence or activity.
For Example: I wouldn’t speed through here if I was you. This area is hot this time of night. - (of a draft/check) Not covered by funds on account.
For Example: I wouldn’t trust him. He gave me a hot check last week.
humdrum
- The quality of lacking variety or excitement.
- A stupid fellow.
- Lacking variety or excitement; dull; boring.
hurt
- An emotional or psychological humiliation or bad experience.
For Example: how to overcome old hurts of the past - A bodily injury causing pain; a wound or bruise.
- Injury; damage; detriment; harm
- A roundel azure (blue circular spot).
- A band on a trip-hammer helve, bearing the trunnions.
- A husk.
- To be painful.
For Example: Does your leg still hurt? / It is starting to feel better. - To cause (a creature) physical pain and/or injury.
For Example: If anybody hurts my little brother, I will get upset. - To cause (somebody) emotional pain.
- To undermine, impede, or damage.
For Example: This latest gaffe hurts the legislator’s reelection prospects still further. - Wounded, physically injured.
- Pained.
impatient
- Restless and intolerant of delays.
- Anxious and eager, especially to begin something.
- Not to be borne; unendurable.
- Prompted by, or exhibiting, impatience.
For Example: impatient speeches or replies
indifferent
- A person who is indifferent or apathetic.
- Not caring or concerned; uninterested, apathetic.
For Example: He was indifferent to the proposal, since it didn’t affect him, either way. - Indicating or reflecting a lack of concern or care.
For Example: She responded with an indifferent shrug. - Mediocre (usually used negatively in modern usage).
For Example: The long distance and the indifferent roads made the journey impossible. - Having no preference or bias, being impartial.
For Example: I am indifferent between the two plans. - Not making a difference; without significance or importance.
For Example: Even if one appliance consumes an indifferent amount of energy when left on stand-by overnight, together they can represent 10
intense
- Strained; tightly drawn.
- Strict, very close or earnest.
For Example: intense study;  intense thought - Extreme in degree; excessive.
- Extreme in size or strength.
- Stressful and tiring.
- Very severe.
- Very emotional or passionate.
For Example: The artist was a small, intense man with piercing blue eyes.
irate
- Extremely angry; wrathful; enraged.
irked
- To irritate; annoy; bother
- Annoyed.
irritated
- To provoke impatience, anger, or displeasure in.
- To cause or induce displeasure or irritation.
- To induce pain in (all or part of a body or organism).
- To render null and void.
- Experiencing a feeling of irritation.
- Inflamed and painful.
jealous
- Suspecting rivalry in love; troubled by worries that one might have been replaced in someone’s affections; suspicious of a lover’s or spouse’s fidelity.
- Protective, zealously guarding, careful in the protection of something one has or appreciates.
For Example: For you must not worship any other god, for the Lord, whose name is Jehovah, is a jealous God. —Exodus 34:14 (NET) - Envious; feeling resentful or angered toward someone for a perceived advantage or success, material or otherwise.
- Suspecting, suspicious.
jittery
- Nervy, jumpy, on edge
- Having jitter, or unwanted signal characteristics.
For Example: jittery video playback
lazy
- A lazy person.
- Sloth (animal).
- To laze, act in a lazy manner.
- Unwilling to do work or make an effort; disinclined to exertion.
For Example: Get out of bed, you lazy lout! - Causing or characterised by idleness; relaxed or leisurely.
For Example: I love staying inside and reading on a lazy Sunday. - Showing a lack of effort or care.
For Example: lazy writing - Sluggish; slow-moving.
For Example: We strolled along beside a lazy stream. - Lax:
- (of a cattle brand) Turned so that (the letter) is horizontal instead of vertical.
- Employing lazy evaluation; not calculating results until they are immediately required.
For Example: a lazy algorithm - Wicked; vicious.
leery
- Cautious, suspicious, wary, hesitant, or nervous about something; having reservations or concerns.
For Example: Since he was bitten by a dog when he was young, he has always been leery of animals.
lethargic
- Sluggish, slow
- Indifferent, apathetic
listless
- Lacking energy, enthusiasm, or liveliness.
lonely
- Unhappy because of feeling isolated from contact with other people.
- (of a place or time) Unfrequented by people; desolate.
- (of a person) Without companions; solitary.
mad
- To be or become mad.
- To madden, to anger, to frustrate.
- Insane; crazy, mentally deranged.
For Example: He’s got this mad idea that he’s irresistible to women. - (chiefly US; informal in UK) Angry, annoyed.
For Example: Are you mad at me? - Bizarre; incredible.
For Example: It’s mad that I got that job back a day after being fired. - Wildly confused or excited.
For Example: to be mad with terror, lust, or hatred - Extremely foolish or unwise; irrational; imprudent.
- (usually with for or about) Extremely enthusiastic about; crazy about; infatuated with; overcome with desire for.
For Example: Aren’t you just mad for that red dress? - (of animals) Abnormally ferocious or furious; or, rabid, affected with rabies.
For Example: a mad dog - (chiefly Northeastern US) Intensifier, signifies an abundance or high quality of a thing; very, much or many.
For Example: I gotta give you mad props for scoring us those tickets.   Their lead guitarist has mad skills.   There are always mad girls at those parties. - (of a compass needle) Having impaired polarity.
- Intensifier; to a large degree; extremely; exceedingly; very; unbelievably.
For Example: He seems mad keen on her.
mean
- To lament.
- To intend.
- To convey (a meaning).
- To have conviction in (something said or expressed); to be sincere in (what one says).
For Example: Does she really mean what she said to him last night? - To cause or produce (a given result); to bring about (a given result).
For Example: One faltering step means certain death. - (usually with to) To be of some level of importance.
For Example: Formality and titles mean nothing in their circle.
miserable
- A miserable person; a wretch.
- In a state of misery: very sad, ill, or poor.
- Very bad (at something); unskilled, incompetent.
For Example: He's good at some sports, like tennis, but he's just miserable at football. - Wretched; worthless; mean.
For Example: a miserable sinner - Causing unhappiness or misery.
- Avaricious; niggardly; miserly.
morose
- Sullen, gloomy; showing a brooding ill humour.
mournful
- Filled with grief or sadness; being in a state in which one mourns.
- Fit to inspire mourning; tragic.
nervous
- Of sinews and tendons.
- Of nerves.
nettled
- Of the nettle plant and similar physical causes, to sting, causing a rash in someone.
For Example: The children were badly nettled after playing in the field. - To pique, irritate, vex or provoke.
- Annoyed; offended
numb
- To cause to become numb (physically or emotionally).
For Example: The dentist gave me novocaine to numb my tooth before drilling, thank goodness. - To cause (a feeling) to be less intense.
For Example: He turned to alcohol to numb his pain. - To cause (the mind, faculties, etc.) to be less acute.
- To become numb (especially physically).
- Physically unable to feel, not having the power of sensation.
For Example: fingers numb with cold - Emotionally unable to feel or respond in a normal way.
For Example: numb with shock; numb with boredom - Causing numbness.
overwhelmed
- To engulf, surge over and submerge.
For Example: The dinghy was overwhelmed by the great wave. - To overpower, crush.
For Example: In December 1939 the Soviet Union attacked Finland with overwhelming force. - To overpower emotionally.
For Example: He was overwhelmed with guilt. - To cause to surround, to cover.
panicky
- In a state of panic.
pessimistic
- Marked by pessimism and little hopefulness; expecting the worst.
For Example: a pessimistic view of the future - Pertaining to the worst-case scenario.
For Example: a pessimistic estimate - Taking out exclusive locks on data to prevent conflicts with other processes that might modify it.
For Example: pessimistic concurrency; pessimistic locking
puzzled
- To perplex (someone).
- To think long and carefully, in bewilderment.
For Example: We puzzled over the curious-shaped lock, but were unable to discover how the key should be inserted. - To make intricate; to entangle.
- Confused or perplexed.
rancorous
- Full of rancor; bitter; unforgiving.
For Example: rancorous speech
reluctant
- Opposing; offering resistance (to).
- Not wanting to take some action; unwilling.
For Example: She was reluctant to lend him the money - Tending to match as little text as possible.
repelled
- To turn (someone) away from a privilege, right, job, etc.
- To reject, put off (a request, demand etc.).
- To ward off (a malignant influence, attack etc.).
- To drive back (an assailant, advancing force etc.).
- To force away by means of a repulsive force.
- To cause repulsion or dislike in; to disgust.
- To save (a shot).
resentful
- Inclined to resent, who tends to harbor resentment, when wronged.
- Harboring resentment, full of resentment, at a given moment.
restless
- Not allowing or affording rest.
For Example: The night before his wedding was a restless one. - Without rest; unable to be still or quiet; uneasy; continually moving.
For Example: He was a restless child. - Not satisfied to be at rest or in peace; averse to repose; eager for change; discontented.
For Example: A restless ambition. - Deprived of rest or sleep.
For Example: They remained restless, sitting by the window the entire night.
sad
- To make melancholy; to sadden or grieve (someone).
- (heading) Emotionally negative.
- Sated, having had one's fill; satisfied, weary.
- Steadfast, valiant.
- Dignified, serious, grave.
- Naughty; troublesome; wicked.
- Unfashionable; socially inadequate or undesirable.
For Example: I can't believe you use drugs; you're so sad! - Soggy (to refer to pastries).
- Heavy; weighty; ponderous; close; hard.
For Example: sad bread
scared
- To frighten, terrify, startle, especially in a minor way.
For Example: Did it scare you when I said “Boo!”? - Feeling fear; afraid, frightened.
sensitive
- A person with a paranormal sensitivity to something that most cannot perceive.
- Having the faculty of sensation; pertaining to the senses.
- Responsive to stimuli.
- (of a person) Easily offended, upset or hurt.
For Example: Max is very sensitive; he cried today because of the bad news. - (of an issue, topic, etc.) Capable of offending, upsetting or hurting.
For Example: Religion is often a sensitive topic of discussion and should be avoided when dealing with foreign business associates. - Meant to be concealed or kept secret.
For Example: These are highly sensitive documents. - (of an instrument) Accurate; able to register small changes in some property.
- Having paranormal abilities that can be controlled through mesmerism.
shaky
- Shaking or trembling.
For Example: a shaky hand - Nervous, anxious.
For Example: He’s a nice guy but when he talks to me, he acts shaky. - (of wood) Full of shakes or cracks; cracked.
For Example: shaky timber - Easily shaken; tottering; unsound.
For Example: a shaky constitution - Wavering; undecided.
shocked
- To cause to be emotionally shocked, to cause (someone) to feel surprised and upset.
For Example: The disaster shocked the world. - To give an electric shock to.
- To meet with a shock; to collide in a violent encounter.
- To collect, or make up, into a shock or shocks; to stook.
For Example: to shock rye - Surprised, startled, confused, or taken aback.
- Suffering from shock.
For Example: Patient is shocked.
skeptical
- Having, or expressing doubt; questioning.
For Example: I can see why people are so skeptical [sic] about him, but I think he's on to something here. (regarded by organizations such as the BBC as an error) - Of or relating to philosophical skepticism or the skeptics.
sleepy
- The gum that builds up in the eye; sleep, gound.
- Tired; feeling the need for sleep.
- Suggesting tiredness.
- Tending to induce sleep; soporific.
For Example: a sleepy drink or potion - Dull; lazy; heavy; sluggish.
- Quiet; without bustle or activity.
For Example: a sleepy English village
sorrowful
- (of a person) exhibiting sorrow; dejected; distraught.
- Producing sorrow; causing grief.
For Example: sorrowful accident
sorry
- The act of saying sorry; an apology.
- (of a person) Regretful for an action; grieved or saddened, especially by the loss of something or someone.
For Example: I am sorry I stepped on your toes. It was an accident. - Poor, pitifully sad or regrettable.
For Example: The storm left his garden in a sorry state. - Pathetic and inferior to the point of causing others disgust.
For Example: Bob is a sorry excuse for a football player. - Expresses regret, remorse, or sorrow.
For Example: Sorry! I didn't see that you were on the phone. - Used as a request for someone to repeat something not heard or understood clearly.
For Example: Sorry? What was that? The phone cut out. - Used to correct oneself in speech.
For Example: There are four — sorry, five — branches of the store locally.
spiritless
- Lacking energy, drive, motivation or emotion. Enervated.
For Example: The team played a spiritless first half, just going through the motions. But the realization they were playing for their sick friend energized them for the second half.
startled
- To move suddenly, or be excited, on feeling alarm; to start.
For Example: a horse that startles easily - To excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension; to frighten suddenly and not seriously; to alarm; to surprise.
- To deter; to cause to deviate.
- Surprised and slightly frightened.
- Extremely shocked.
surprised
- To cause (someone) to feel unusually alarmed or delighted by something unexpected.
For Example: It surprises me that I owe twice as much as I thought I did. - To do something to (a person) that they are not expecting, as a surprise.
For Example: He doesn’t know that I’m in the country – I thought I’d turn up at his house and surprise him. - To undergo or witness something unexpected.
For Example: He doesn’t surprise easily. - To cause surprise.
- To attack unexpectedly.
- To take unawares.
- Caused to feel surprise, amazement or wonder, or showing an emotion due to an unexpected event.
suspicious
- Arousing suspicion.
For Example: His suspicious behaviour brought him to the attention of the police. - Distrustful or tending to suspect.
For Example: I have a suspicious attitude to get-rich-quick schemes. - Expressing suspicion
For Example: She gave me a suspicious look.
tepid
- Lukewarm; neither warm nor cool.
For Example: I’m drinking a cup of tepid water. - Uninterested; exhibiting little passion or eagerness.
For Example: He gave me a tepid response to the proposal.
tired
- To become sleepy or weary.
- To make sleepy or weary.
- To become bored or impatient (with).
For Example: I tire of this book. - To bore.
- To dress or adorn.
- To seize, pull, and tear prey, as a hawk does.
- To seize, rend, or tear something as prey; to be fixed upon, or engaged with, anything.
- In need of some rest or sleep.
- Fed up, annoyed, irritated, sick of.
For Example: I’m tired of this - Overused, clich√©.
For Example: a tired song - Ineffectual; incompetent
troubled
- To disturb, stir up, agitate (a medium, especially water).
- To mentally distress; to cause (someone) to be anxious or perplexed.
For Example: What she said about narcissism is troubling me. - In weaker sense: to bother or inconvenience.
For Example: I will not trouble you to deliver the letter. - To take pains to do something.
For Example: I won’t trouble to post the letter today; I can do it tomorrow. - To worry; to be anxious.
- Anxious, worried, careworn.
uncomfortable
- Not comfortable; causing discomfort.
For Example: The class squirmed and fidgeted in the uncomfortable new chairs. - Experiencing discomfort.
- Uneasy or anxious.
For Example: Sharing a house with them made me uncomfortable. - Put off or disgusted.
unconcerned
- Indifferent and having no interest; aloof.
- Not worried, anxious or apprehensive.
- Having no involvement.
For Example: unconcerned in the business
uneasy
- Not easy; difficult.
unglued
- To separate that which was held by glue
For Example: we had to use warm water and solvent to unglue all the joints we put in yesterday. - To cease to adhere to or follow attentively
For Example: parents are looking for new ways to unglue their children from their screens - Not secured with glue.
For Example: The unglued joints all fell apart in shipment, but the properly joined piece survived intact. - Insane, upset.
For Example: He was calm at first, then suddenly he came unglued and started screaming. He completely lost it.
unhappy
- An individual who is not happy.
- Not happy; sad.
- Not satisfied; unsatisfied.
For Example: An unhappy customer is unlikely to return to your shop. - Not lucky; unlucky.
For Example: The doomed lovers must have been born under an unhappy star. - Not suitable; unsuitable.
unnerved
- To deprive of nerve, force, or strength; to weaken; to enfeeble.
For Example: to unnerve the arm - To make somebody nervous, upset, alarm, shake the resolve of.
For Example: I was greatly unnerved by the news that my attacker was back in the country. - Deprived of courage, strength, confidence, self-control, etc
unsteady
- To render unsteady, removing balance.
- Not held firmly in position, physically unstable.
For Example: A slightly unsteady item of furniture. - Lacking regularity or uniformity.
- Inconstant in purpose, or volatile in behavior.
upset
- Disturbance or disruption.
For Example: My late arrival caused the professor considerable upset. - An unexpected victory of a competitor or candidate that was not favored to win.
- (automobile insurance) An overturn.
For Example: “collision and upset”: impact with another object or an overturn for whatever reason. - An upset stomach.
- An upper set; a subset (X,‚â§) of a partially ordered set with the property that, if x is in U and x‚â§y, then y is in U.
- The dangerous situation where the flight attitude or airspeed of an aircraft is outside the designed bounds of operation, possibly resulting in loss of control.
- To make (a person) angry, distressed, or unhappy.
For Example: I’m sure the bad news will upset him, but he needs to know. - To disturb, disrupt or adversely alter (something).
For Example: Introducing a foreign species can upset the ecological balance. - To tip or overturn (something).
- To defeat unexpectedly.
For Example: Truman upset Dewey in the 1948 US presidential election. - To be upset or knocked over.
For Example: The carriage upset when the horse bolted. - To set up; to put upright.
- To thicken and shorten, as a heated piece of iron, by hammering on the end.
- To shorten (a tire) in the process of resetting, originally by cutting it and hammering on the ends.
- (of a person) Angry, distressed or unhappy.
For Example: He was upset when she refused his friendship. - (of a stomach or gastrointestinal tract, referred to as stomach) Feeling unwell, nauseated, or ready to vomit.
For Example: His stomach was upset, so he didn’t want to move.
uptight
- An uptight person.
- Excessively concerned with rules and order, always serious.
For Example: Don’t be so uptight! You won’t go to jail for crossing the street against the light. - Emotionally repressed; nervous and tense.
- Sexually repressed.
For Example: He came from a very uptight religious background, but you wouldn’t know that now! - Unfriendly and rude.
vexed
- To trouble aggressively, to harass.
- To annoy, irritate.
- To cause (mental) suffering to; to distress.
- To twist, to weave.
- To be irritated; to fret.
- To toss back and forth; to agitate; to disquiet.
- Annoyed, irritated or distressed
For Example: She became more and more vexed as she struggled to cope with the demands of the job. - Much debated, discussed or disputed
withdrawn
- To pull (something) back, aside, or away.
- To stop talking to, or interacting with, other people and start thinking thoughts that are not related to what is happening around.
- To take back (a comment, etc); retract.
For Example: to withdraw false charges - To remove, to stop providing (one’s support, etc); to take out of service.
- To extract (money from an account).
- To retreat.
- To be in withdrawal from an addictive drug etc.
- Removed from circulation
For Example: a withdrawn library book - Introverted; not inclined to interact with other people
For Example: a withdrawn child
woeful
- Full of woe; sorrowful; distressed with grief or calamity.
- Bringing calamity, distress, or affliction.
For Example: a woeful event - Lamentable, deplorable.
- Wretched; paltry; poor.
worried
- Thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen; feeling afraid and unhappy.
For Example: She was worried about her son who had been sent off to fight in the war. - To be troubled; to give way to mental anxiety or doubt.
For Example: Stop worrying about your test, it’ll be fine. - Disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress.
For Example: Your tone of voice worries me. - To harass; to irritate or distress.
For Example: The President was worried into military action by persistent advisors. - To seize or shake by the throat, especially of a dog or wolf.
For Example: Your dog’s been worrying sheep again. - To touch repeatedly, to fiddle with.
- To strangle.
afraid
- (usually used predicatively, not attributively, be afraid) Impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear.
For Example: He is afraid of death. - Regretful, sorry.
For Example: I am afraid I cannot help you in this matter. - (used with for) Worried about, feeling concern for, fearing for (someone or something).
confused
- To puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder (somebody).
- To mix up, muddle up (one thing with another); to mistake (one thing for another).
- To mix thoroughly; to confound; to disorder.
- To make uneasy and ashamed; to embarrass.
- To rout; discomfit.
- To be confused.
- (of a person) unable to think clearly or understand
- (of a person or animal) disoriented
- Chaotic, jumbled or muddled
- Making no sense; illogical
- Embarrassed
guilty
- A plea by a defendant who does not contest a charge.
- A verdict of a judge or jury on a defendant judged to have committed a crime.
- One who is declared guilty of a crime.
- Responsible for a dishonest act.
For Example: He was guilty of cheating at cards. - Judged to have committed a crime.
For Example: The guilty man was led away. - Having a sense of guilt.
For Example: Do you have a guilty conscience? - Blameworthy.
For Example: I have a guilty secret.
passive
- (grammar) The passive voice of verbs.
- (grammar) A form of a verb that is in the passive voice.
- A customer who is satisfied with a product or service, but not keen enough to promote it by word of mouth.
- Any component that consumes but does not produce energy, or is incapable of power gain.
- Being subjected to an action without producing a reaction.
- Taking no action.
For Example: He remained passive during the protest. - (grammar) Being in the passive voice.
- Being inactive and submissive in a relationship, especially in a sexual one.
- Not participating in management.
- Without motive power.
For Example: a passive balloon; a passive aeroplane; passive flight, such as gliding and soaring - Of a component: that consumes but does not produce energy, or is incapable of power gain.
harried
- Stressed, rushed, panicked, overly busy or preoccupied.
For Example: The entire place teemed with harried executives who had no time to talk to one another. - Harassed.
- To plunder, pillage, assault.
- To make repeated attacks on an enemy.
- To strip, lay waste, ravage.
- To harass, bother or distress with demands, threats, or criticism.
perplexed
- To cause to feel baffled; to puzzle.
- To involve; to entangle; to make intricate or complicated.
- To plague; to vex; to torment.
- Confused or puzzled.
- Bewildered.
weary
- To make or to become weary.
- Having the strength exhausted by toil or exertion; tired; fatigued.
For Example: A weary traveller knocked at the door. - Having one’s patience, relish, or contentment exhausted; tired; sick.
For Example: soldiers weary of marching, or of confinement;‚ÄÉ I grew weary of studying and left the library. - Expressive of fatigue.
For Example: He gave me a weary smile. - Causing weariness; tiresome.
wistful
- Full of longing or yearning.
For Example: His eyes grew wistful as he recalled his university days. - Sad and thoughtful.
wretched
- Very miserable; feeling deep affliction or distress.
For Example: I felt wretched after my wife died. - Worthless; paltry; very poor or mean; miserable.
For Example: The street was full of wretched beggars dressed in rags. - Hatefully contemptible; despicable; wicked.
- Used to express dislike of or annoyance towards the mentioned thing.
For Example: Will you please stop playing that wretched trombone!