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indefatigable
: incapable of being fatigued
Concomitant
Occurring or existing concurrently; attendant: synonym: contemporary.
“poverty and its concomitant social problems.”
Similar: contemporary
Accompanying; conjoined; attending
Jejune
Jejune means lacking in substance or interest; it can also refer to being naive or simplistic. The term originates from the Latin word “jejunus,” which means empty or hungry.
Ennui
Listlessness and dissatisfaction resulting from lack of interest; boredom.
A feeling of weariness and disgust; dullness and languor of spirits, arising from satiety or want of interest; tedium.
Similar: tedium
A gripping listlessness or melancholia caused by boredom; depression (Wikipedia).
Acedia
Spiritual torpor and apathy; ennui.
Apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins
Irremissible
not remissible: such as
a
: impossible to overlook or forgive : unpardonable
irremissible crimes
b
: impossible to refrain from or escape : obligatory
irremissible duties
intransigent
Refusing to moderate a position, especially an extreme position; uncompromising.
Refusing compromise; uncompromising; inflexible; irreconcilable.
acrimonious
Bitter and sharp in language or tone; rancorous.
“an acrimonious debate between the two candidates.”
Acrid; corrosive.
“acrimonious gall”
Similar: acridcorrosive
Caustic; bitter-tempered’ sarcastic.
“acrimonious dispute, language, temper”
meretricious
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meretricious
adjective
mer·e·tri·cious ˌmer-ə-ˈtri-shəs
Synonyms of meretricious
1
a
: tastelessly showy and falsely attractive
The paradise they found was a piece of meretricious trash.
—Carolyn See
b
: superficially (see superficial sense 2) significant : pretentious
Sereni’s poetry is quiet, musical, slightly melancholy most of the time, devoid of meretricious ornament.
—Roderick Beaton
2
: of or relating to a person who engages in sex acts and especially sexual intercourse in exchange for pay
tumescent
Somewhat tumid.
Becoming swollen; swelling.
Slightly tumid; swollen, as certain moss capsules.
macédoine
confused mixture : medley
2
: a mixture of fruits or vegetables served as a salad or cocktail or in a jellied dessert or used in a sauce or as a garnish
impecunious
Having little or no money.
Not having money; habitually without money; poor.
intemperate
Not temperate or moderate, especially in rhetoric or tone; unrestrained: synonym: excessive.
“an intemperate denunciation.”
Similar: excessive
Given to excessive drinking of alcoholic beverages.
Indulging any appetite or passion to excess; immoderate in enjoyment or exertion.
deleterious
Having a harmful effect; injurious.
“the deleterious effects of smoking.”
Hurtful; noxious; destructive; pernicious.
“a deleterious plant or quality; a deleterious example.”
Similar: hurtfulnoxious
alacrity
Cheerful willingness; eagerness.
Speed or quickness; celerity.
A cheerful readiness, willingness, or promptitude; joyous activity; briskness; sprightliness.
malapropos
Out of place; inappropriate.
Of an inappropriate or incorrectly applied nature.
lassitude
state or feeling of weariness, diminished energy, or listlessness. synonym: lethargy.
Similar: lethargy
A condition of the body, or mind, when its voluntary functions are performed with difficulty, and only by a strong exertion of the will; languor; debility; weariness.
bellicose
favoring or inclined to start quarrels or wars
Escahton
n
Last thing; used in theology to refer to the climax of history, culminating in the Last Judgement.
(New Testament) day at the end of time following Armageddon when God will decree the fates of all individual humans according to the good and evil of their earthly lives
