Personalities & People description Flashcards
7 drawfs
Sneezy Sleepy Happy Doc Grumpy Dopey (bobo/lerdo) Bashful (timid, introvert)
Bashful
shy , retiring, reserved , timid, humble , modest , abashed, diffident, reticent, self-conscious, embarrassed , stammering, demure, shrinking , introverted, coy , unassuming, withdrawn , unsociable, unsocial, timorous
Slammer
stutter , stumble over your words, trip over your words, hesitate , falter , speak with a stammer, speak with a stutter, hem and haw (US), hum and haw (UK), sputter, speak haltingly
whiner
(quejica)
fans who are always whining about the poor officiating.
1. The act of whining: the dog’s whine for food.
2. A whining sound: the whine of the dentist’s drill.
3. A complaint uttered in a sustained, high-pitched tone: decided to ignore the children’s whines.
Sinomyms
high-pitched noise, whining , whining sound, whining noise, hiss , shrill sound, screech , shriek , squeak , squeaking, squeal , mewl, mewling, mewling sound, cry
Glummer
glum - moody and melancholic
dejected - affected or marked by low spirits; “is dejected but trying to look cheerful”
triste, aflijido
glowering, moody, morose, sullen, saturnine, dour, dark, sour
Gloomy
- (= dark) [place] → sombrío, lúgubre; [day, weather] → triste, sombrío
- (= sad) [atmosphere] → triste, lúgubre
he’s a bit of a gloomy character → es un tipo un poco sombrío
to feel gloomy (= sad) → estar bajo de moral, sentirse deprimido - (= pessimistic) [person] → pesimista; [forecast, assessment] → pesimista, nada prometedor
to be gloomy about sth → ser pesimista acerca de algo
no wonder shopkeepers are feeling gloomy → no es de extrañar que los comerciantes se sientan pesimistas
things are looking gloomy for the England team → la cosa no se presenta muy halagüeña para el equipo inglés
the outlook for next year is gloomy → las perspectivas para el próximo año no son nada prometedoras
he paints a very gloomy picture → pinta la cosa muy negra
he takes a gloomy view of everything → tiene una visión muy negativa de todo
Jovial
adjective
cheerful, happy, jolly, animated, glad, merry, hilarious, buoyant, airy, jubilant, cheery, cordial, convivial, blithe, gay, mirthful, jocund, jocose Father
Ex: Whittaker appeared to be in a jovial mood.
Opposites: solemn, grumpy, unfriendly, antisocial, morose, doleful
Swarthy
(of a person or their skin) dark:
a swarthy face/complexion
a swarthy fisherman
Ruddy
Español
ruddy adj (reddish, rosy) rojizo/a adj
rubicundo/a adj
colorado/a adj
Her cheeks turned a ruddy color at the mention of her name.
Sus mejillas se pusieron rojizas cuando mencionaron su nombre.