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Adjective
▲
Unwilling or with reluctance
reluctant
unwilling
half-hearted
hesitant
unenthusiastic
begrudging
disinclined
envious
forced
jealous
resentful
bitter
complaining
loath
rancorous
sour
sulky
sullen
resistant
aggrieved
offended
indignant
embittered
wounded
demurring
hurt
acrimonious
discontented
sore
dissatisfied
scornful
contemptuous
disdainful
disaffected
disillusioned
acid
alienated
soured
venomous
estranged
upset
cross
nursing a grudge
full of hate
at daggers drawn
angered
enraged
furious
vexed
bothered
with a chip on your shoulder
riled
galled
ruffled
pained
stung
nettled
affronted
ireful
in a temper
rankled
ticked
fuming
rabid
wrathful
eggy
cheesed off
hot
livid
outraged
roiled
infuriate
ballistic
hopping
shirty
inflamed
enflamed
infuriated
foaming
choleric
apoplectic
grieved
steaming
horn-mad
riley
hoha
teed off
steamed
hacked off
annoying
afflicted
browned off
weighty
grieving
distressing
brassed off
steamed up
troubled
peed off
not best pleased
ticked off
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Unwilling to spend, give, or share
stingy
miserly
parsimonious
penurious
ungenerous
niggardly
tight
mean
mingy
close
cheap
sparing
tightfisted
uncharitable
grasping
illiberal
chintzy
stinting
greedy
closefisted
frugal
niggard
pinchpenny
spare
thrifty
scrimping
pinching
near
selfish
economical
covetous
saving
pennywise
skimping
cheeseparing
petty
chary
ungiving
curmudgeonly
churlish
costive
avaricious
penny-pinching
close-fisted
tight-fisted
Scrooge-like
cheese-paring
skinflinty
prudent
provident
economizingUS
unwasteful
economisingUK
miserable
grabby
cheapskate
canny
meagerUS
beggarly
scrimpy
hungry
meagreUK
careful
forehanded
abstemious
cautious
tightwad
efficient
cost-effective
time-saving
work-saving
money-saving
watchful
circumspect
on the rims
prudential
penny-wise
methodical
practical
money-conscious
careful with money
scant
inadequate
insufficient
sparse
slight
pinchfisted
puritanical
ascetic
masochistic
tight-wad
sensible
derisory
scrounging
abject
fuel-saving
fuel-efficient
energy-efficient
energy-saving
conserving
preserving
steal
stewardly
wary
venal
Scotch
usurious
cost-conscious
materialistic
grabbing
money-oriented
avid
moneygrubbing
coveting
possessive
prehensile
itchy
extorting
desirous
on the make
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Having narrow selfish attitudes
small-minded
petty
narrow-minded
intolerant
mean
blinkered
illiberal
narrow
bigoted
insular
parochial
petty-minded
provincial
short-sighted
ungenerous
close-minded
mean-minded
mean-spirited
myopic
uncharitable
conservative
conventional
dyed-in-the-wool
hidebound
inward-looking
localist
prejudiced
rigid
small-town
unimaginative
biased
diehard
inflexible
limited
reactionary
restricted
blimpish
dogmatic
entrenched
envious
Lilliputian
little
parish-pump
partisan
picayune
sectarian
small
claustral
jerkwater
opinionated
selfish
fundamentalist
tight
sordid
unenlightened
puritanical
authoritarian
tightfisted
niggardly
strict
oppressive
despotic
totalitarian
undemocratic
repressive
anti-democratic
parsimonious
miserly
alt-right
draconian
fascist
close-fisted
tyrannical
antiliberal
greedy
penny-pinching
partial
proscriptive
discriminatory
chauvinistic
racialist
racist
chauvinist
one-sided
fanatical
jaundiced
strait-laced
stuffy
unfair
uncompromising
sexist
closed-minded
anti-Semitic
parti pris
unsophisticated
unadventurous
moralistic
prim
prudish
priggish
starchy
ultra-conservative
prissy
shockable
warped
unjust
sectional
local
obdurate
puritan
dictatorial
anti-gay
homophobic
heterosexist
distorted
irritable
antipathetic
indignant
individualistic
irate
averse
fractious
doctrinaire
extreme
constricted
lopsided
one-eyed
short-term
improvident
introverted
nationalistic
shallow
regional
hick
pigheaded
unenlarged
twisted
closed
circumscribed
factional
contracted
secluded
sequestered
confined
separated
suburban
jingoistic
obstinate
clannish
cliquish
uninformed
slanted
schismatic
lacking foresight
inexorable
upcountry
corn-fed
brassbound
exclusive
extremist
fanatic
denominational
homespun
rude
unpolished
outmoded
pastoral
bucolic
simple
homegrown
unfashionable
ultraconservative
hard-line
orthodox
racially prejudiced
racially discriminatory
racially bigoted
button-down
old-fashioned
traditionalistic
intractable
buttoned-down
mossbacked
old-line
old-school
unprogressive
standpat
traditional
die-hard
paleoconservative
archconservative
communist
nar
inequitable
religious
scepticalUK
nonconforming
skepticalUS
dissident
nonconformist
splinter
non-objective
loaded
weighted
unobjective
influenced
colouredUK
ageist
disablist
conditioned
unsympathetic
prepossessed
classist
fattist
unforgiving
set in your ways
inclined
blind
presupposing
predisposed
intransigent
leaning
coloredUS
preconceived
unwilling
outraged
short-fuse
unindulgent
snappy
upset
worked-up
waspish
unforbearing
tilted
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Feeling or showing envy
envious
covetous
jealous
resentful
green-eyed
jaundiced
malicious
begrudging
spiteful
desirous
bitter
green
invidious
emulous
appetent
aspiring
coveting
craving
desiring
distrustful
fain
grasping
greedy
hankering
suspicious
umbrageous
watchful
wishful
yearning
green with envy
longing for
parti pris
predisposed
opinionated
unjust
slanted
influenced
racist
racialist
blinkered
chauvinistic
sexist
homophobic
chauvinist
anti-Semitic
heterosexist
anti-gay
skewed
inequitable
twisted
weighted
illiberal
small-minded
sectarian
subjective
dogmatic
swayed
narrow
inclined
xenophobic
interested
preferential
unbalanced
parochial
blind
embittered
uncompromising
inflexible
fanatical
discriminative
envying
jingoistic
uncharitable
obstinate
prejudicial
eating one's heart out
minded
disposed
angled
perverted
falsified
misrepresented
false
favorably inclined
factional
tampered with
exclusive
devoted
sympathetic
overzealous
fanatic
cliquish
zealous
unreasoning
diehard
denominational
limited
conspiratorial
adhering
accessory
unobjective
non-objective
loaded
ageist
disablist
conditioned
classist
myopic
fattist
intransigent
hidebound
extreme
doctrinaire
leaning
presupposing
closed-minded
more ❯
Adjective
▲
(of a person or their behaviour) Full of malice or spite
venomous
spiteful
vicious
malicious
vindictive
baleful
hostile
malignant
rancorous
bitter
malevolent
malign
poisonous
virulent
antagonistic
vitriolic
acrimonious
cruel
evil
hate-filled
menacing
nasty
pernicious
resentful
acerbic
acid
catty
evil-intentioned
sharp
tart
unfriendly
unkind
unpleasant
waspish
astringent
barbed
biting
caustic
cutting
malefic
razor-edged
savage
wounding
maleficent
cussed
destructive
dirty
hateful
mean
ornery
toxicant
viperish
viperous
vituperative
dripping venom
accidentally on purpose
full of gall
full of spleen
unrelenting
unforgiving
antipathetic
splenetic
mean-spirited
offended
begruding
acrid
sore
insulted
relentless
avenging
pitiless
hurtful
retaliatory
merciless
ruthless
out for revenge
wreakful
grim
scathing
sarcastic
trenchant
mordant
sardonic
stinging
acidulous
mordacious
corrosive
harsh
pungent
critical
incisive
snarky
satirical
satiric
acidic
scalding
keen
piercing
bad
acerb
devastating
smart-mouthed
smart-aleck
severe
smart-alecky
searing
pointed
wicked
despiteful
angry
penetrating
aggressive
rude
snide
withering
fierce
churlish
polemic
defamatory
evil-minded
abrasive
abusive
ferocious
sarky
harmful
bilious
pugnacious
wrathful
scornful
injurious
inconsiderate
truculent
adverse
belligerent
squint-eyed
intimidating
surly
rapier-like
rough
sour
blistering
ill-tempered
bad-tempered
sinister
disagreeable
envenomed
dangerous
unsympathetic
brutal
bellicose
noxious
obnoxious
shrewish
acute
inhospitable
militant
derisive
heartless
confrontational
combative
detrimental
bad-natured
deleterious
callous
inimical
cantankerous
mischievous
brusque
argumentative
uncongenial
hard
disapproving
unsociable
polemical
backbiting
ill-humoredUS
scrappy
cold
stern
dour
filthy
slanderous
ill-humouredUK
vitriolous
contentious
threatening
violent
damaging
mocking
horrid
irascible
salty
burning
crabbed
belittling
tough
lousy
baneful
prejudicial
nocuous
ill
unwelcoming
slashing
choleric
cynical
cross
forbidding
uncharitable
poignant
frightening
warlike
alien
adversary
adversarial
telling
annoying
sadistic
vile
murderous
unpropitious
contrary
jaundiced
negative
unreceptive
wretched
frightful
louring
offensive
testy
low
furious
hellish
dry
pithy
foul
snappy
beastly
full of hate
controversial
derogatory
derisory
disparaging
ironic
ireful
disputatious
rotten
disrespectful
corroding
spleenful
insidious
stabbing
joyless
troublesome
censorious
taunting
murder
poison
stringent
artful
perilous
curt
crisp
probing
clear-cut
ingoing
scathy
hazardous
bothersome
awful
gross
messy
cranky
indignant
irate
crabby
peevish
snappish
snippy
acetose
short
of evil intent
sharp-worded
peppery
double-edged
thoughtless
ungracious
uncool
envious
petty
foul-mouthed
lewd
provocative
salt
exciting
forceful
stimulating
racy
witty
depraved
salacious
dirty-minded
gossip-mongering
despicable
execrable
ignominious
sordid
ignoble
currish
dishonorableUS
contemptible
base
detestable
paltry
dripping with malice
deadly
unblunted
contemptuous
dishonourableUK
low-minded
low-down
edged
ominous
accurate
venomed
intimidatory
minatory
ruinous
pertinent
unsparing
scorching
wanton
minacious
bodeful
meaty
meaningful
right-on
insinuating
short-and-sweet
legit
pregnant
insightful
emphatic
cold-blooded
extremely critical
woeful
calamitous
laid on the line
right to it
in a nutshell
on the nose
boiled down
calling a spade a spade
on the button
unattractive
disillusioned
disaffected
unlikable
impolite
wild
alienated
soured
unlovable
barbaric
estranged
irritated
ghastly
unbearable
insufferable
irritating
fiery
untamed
feral
unloveable
unruly
fell
fearsome
bloodthirsty
ungentle
terrible
barbarous
rabid
steely
gruff
brute
unmerciful
unrestrained
with a chip on your shoulder
at daggers drawn
nursing a grudge
flinty
impetuous
raging
fiendish
convulsive
brutish
austere
delirious
monstrous
animalistic
incessive
frantic
inhumane
infuriated
crazed
cutthroat
mad
butcherly
horrible
remorseless
primitive
raving
rapacious
tigerish
stark
lowering
bestial
uncontrollable
inhuman
enraged
rugged
undomesticated
biffo
aggers
fearful
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Feeling or expressing resentment, disappointment, or anger
sour
bitter
disagreeable
embittered
crabbed
peevish
irritable
resentful
churlish
crabby
fractious
irascible
spiteful
waspish
cantankerous
cross
crotchety
curmudgeonly
fretful
pettish
petulant
complaining
grouchy
grumpy
huffy
moody
querulous
scratchy
snappish
sulky
sullen
surly
testy
tetchy
touchy
acrimonious
bilious
chippy
choleric
cranky
crusty
cynical
discontented
dyspeptic
liverish
snappy
splenetic
tart
bad
eggy
jaundiced
narky
peckish
ratty
shirty
sorehead
soreheaded
stroppy
uncongenial
whingeing
whingy
wicked
miffy
snaky
ungenerous
waxy
hostile
unfriendly
unhappy
bad-tempered
on edge
ill-humoredUS
ill-humouredUK
ill-natured
ill-tempered
sharp-tongued
nervous
jumpy
anxious
uneasy
twitchy
restive
restless
highly strung
nervy
worried
fidgety
jittery
not best pleased
unquiet
hypersensitive
ticklish
wired
ill at ease
vex
overwrought
violent
overstrung
peed off
apprehensive
defiant
warlike
disturbed
agonistic
discordant
insecure
assaultive
antsy
crook
stressed
wild
harassed
in a temper
keyed up
wound up
brassed off
unsettled
litigious
hysterical
faultfinding
flustered
disapproving
gladiatorial
dithery
queazy
tempestuous
impulsive
queasy
het up
unstable
hoha
melodramatic
brawly
wrath
mercurial
impetuous
stressy
explosive
uncomfortable
hung up
toey
distressed
bellyaching
contumacious
fearful
factious
unruly
warring
nagging
stormy
wrangling
adrenalized
battling
fighting
overemotional
bickering
inflammable
excited
turbulent
afraid
scunnered
criticizingUS
brittle
uncontrollable
shaky
intense
strung up
strung out
impassioned
hinky
goosey
atwitter
aflutter
brawling
forceful
wilful
willful
criticisingUK
ready for a fight
ferocious
shaken
raving
frenzied
a bundle of nerves
like a cat on a hot tin roof
in bad mood
prima donna-ish
whingey
destructive
loudmouthed
inimical
adversarial
stung
responsive
distraught
offensive
objecting
mighty
antipathetic
brief
scornful
bad-humored
protesting
quick
tempersome
wrought up
indocile
uncompliant
goaded
like a bear
stewed
terse
apt to fly off the handle
repining
weeping
dissenting
mourning
accusing
bewailing
regretting
charging
perturbable
dicey
hazardous
unsafe
wreck
rattled
unlikable
grizzly
naysaying
eristic
unindulgent
wired up
timorous
snide
scolding
spooked
timid
bundle of nerves
got up on wrong side of bed
backbiting
cattish
disappointed
discontent
defensive
panicky
weak
reactive
prim
stilted
harried
febrile
paranoid
crabbing
uncontent
kicking
ungratified
malcontented
kvetching
vixenish
steamed
angerful
having short fuse
ranting
hot under collar
psyched up
cold
convulsed
concerned
taut
scared
hassled
dramatic
conservative
snitty
loutish
aerated
rebellious
salty
frantic
steamed-up
hottempered
inflamed
strained
frightened
discomposed
out of joint
bad tempered
on tenterhooks
pushy
biffo
aggers
alarmed
vulgar
uncouth
have a bone to pick
having a chip on one's shoulder
self-assertive
ready to fight
itching to fight
all shook up
self-conscious
fraught
unrestful
embarrassed
discomfited
over-emotional
hyper-sensitive
wasted
hopped-up
blitzed
spaced
zonked-out
spaced-out
bombed
blasted
high
zonked
ripped
stoned
loaded
on pins and needles
in a paddy
easily hurt
easily affected
dismayed
tormented
anguished
perplexed
wrung
disquieted
suspicious
in turmoil
palpitant
all nerves
like a fish out of water
on the qui vive
in a bate
wiped out
tired
annoying
exasperating
wriggly
ungallant
ungentlemanly
ill-bred
squirmy
like a cat on hot bricks
controversial
polemical
polemic
dissentious
wiggly
ructious
arguesome
classless
unchivalrous
cloddish
clownish
war
volcanic
pesky
vexing
ignorant
vexatious
renitent
pervicacious
all wound up
knock-down-and-drag-out
blood-and-guts
paroxysmal
cyclonic
hot
hammer and tongs
convulsive
tumultuous
bang-bang
clodhopping
polite
bad-mannered
miserly
unpolished
rustic
lowbred
uncivilisedUK
uncultured
crass
uncivilizedUS
base
unneighborly
coarse
cramped
complex
bulky
discommodious
incommodious
disparaging
deprecating
have chip on shoulder
ebullient
fulminant
bursting
raging
consequential
fulminating
detonating
rampant
detonative
difficult to handle
pedantic
niggling
pettifogging
nit-picking
at the boiling point
hair-splitting
nitpicking
judgemental
judgmental
rejective
pernickety
pass-remarkable
severe
nitpicky
thorny
exceptive
exacting
unjust
unfair
hairsplitting
very critical
petty
trivial
cavillous
tricky
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
dissatisfied
discontented
disgruntled
displeased
disappointed
frustrated
unhappy
unfulfilled
unsatisfied
disquieted
fed up
malcontent
aggrieved
angered
angry
exasperated
irritated
ungratified
annoyed
disaffected
disapproving
discontent
regretful
resentful
restive
restless
vexed
begrudging
bothered
complaining
crabby
critical
ennuied
envious
faultfinding
fed-up
fretful
fretting
griping
grumbling
grumpy
insatiable
irked
jaundiced
jealous
kvetching
malcontented
not satisfied
offended
picky
plaintive
put-out
querulous
snivellingUK
snivelingUS
sulky
sullen
unappeased
unassuaged
unsated
browned off
cheesed off
brassed off
out of joint
not best pleased
ratty
crook
snaky
bad-tempered
ill-tempered
wound up
ropeable
seething
in a lather
worked up
in a frenzy
soreheaded
tetchy
snappy
irascible
touchy
on the warpath
beside oneself
stroppy
out of humour
aerated
waspish
as cross as two sticks
unimpressed
fractious
moody
narky
dark
wild
prickly
short-tempered
chippy
chafed
antagonizedUS
waxy
raging
incandescent
raving
frenzied
out of sorts
spare
ranting
needled
antagonisedUK
gnashing one's teeth
rattled
crotchety
snappish
cantankerous
crusty
perverse
glowering
short
mardy
pettish
slighted
moping
quick-tempered
very angry
in a paddy
dirty
unglued
filthy
in a bate
storming
with all guns blazing
hot and bothered
at daggers drawn
blown a gasket
beside yourself with rage
goaded
hassled
reproachful
wry
snitty
snubbed
crazy
concerned
tense
nervous
anxious
unamused
crackers
dishonoredUS
humiliated
insane
umbrageous
dishonouredUK
edgy
curmudgeonly
hacked
rousted
roused
curt
thin-skinned
ticklish
peckish
whingy
dogged
uptight
scandalizedUS
buffaloed
frantic
passionate
shocked
scandalisedUK
stewed
sensitive
like a bear with a sore head
menacing
in a rage
all steamed up
overcome with anger
bummed out
at end of one's rope
boiling mad
pushed too far
beside yourself
at boiling point
raging mad
rubbed the wrong way
in a filthy temper
threatening
mopey
belligerent
aggressive
malignant
malevolent
evil
wicked
malicious
vindictive
pouting
maleficent
baleful
mopish
scowling
malign
louring
poisonous
malefic
mumpish
pouty
aloof
fierce
black
evil-intentioned
hate-filled
frowning
withdrawn
dour
uncooperative
brooding
ornery
obstinate
sourpussed
sulking
unsociable
gruff
mean
down in the mouth
having a fit of the sulks
in a funk
in a mood
in the sulks
in a strop
disagreeable
captious
dyspeptic
fiery
snippy
snarky
snippety
liverish
raspy
stuffy
jumpy
cavilingUS
cavillingUK
out of humor
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Having the characteristics of a pig
hoggish
greedy
edacious
gluttonous
rapacious
ravenous
dirty
filthy
gross
mean
piggish
selfish
swinish
brutish
esurient
sordid
squalid
unclean
voracious
acquisitive
avaricious
avid
carnivorous
close
close-fisted
covetous
craving
desirous
devouring
eager
gobbling
gormandizing
grabby
grasping
gulping
guzzling
hungry
insatiable
insatiat
coveting
mercenary
moneygrubbing
rude
crude
piggy
boorish
tight
niggardly
tight-fisted
self-indulgent
prehensile
pennypinching
itchy
parsimonious
miserly
penurious
stingy
insatiate
intemperate
ravening
omnivorous
wolfish
gannet-like
gutsy
unquenchable
prodigious
unappeasable
keen
gourmandizing
gourmand
gorging
starving
starved
sating
uncontrollable
enthusiastic
yearning
empty
desiring
unsatisfied
starved to death
hoglike
uncontrolled
compulsive
predatory
excessive
ventripotent
ferocious
dog-hungry
could eat a horse
never full
very hungry
porcine
quenchless
unslakable
inappeasable
inextinguishable
wanting
importunate
clamorous
pressing
urgent
unsatisfiable
insistent
exigent
crying
limitless
demanding
never satisfied
unable to be satisfied
athirst
thirsty
longing
pining
hot
thirsting
aching
raring
antsy
anxious
itching
excited
hankering
crazy
ardent
agog
juiced
dying
impatient
enthused
pumped
wild
predatious
gagging
stoked
nuts
solicitous
with a yen
in need of
geeked
gung ho
hepped up
with an appetite
covetous of
in want of
lusting after
hopped-up
hungered
unfilled
hankering after
desirous of
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Done against someone's will
involuntary
forced
compulsory
mandatory
obligatory
required
coerced
requisite
coercive
compelled
exacted
imperative
unwilling
binding
constrained
demanded
imposed
incumbent
necessary
nonelective
ordained
peremptory
prescribed
unconsenting
reluctant
begrudging
de rigueur
will-less
unavoidable
inescapable
burning
acute
primary
foremost
constitutive
leading
capital
heavy
conventional
very important
standard
normal
customary
usual
preeminent
main
major
radical
deciding
focal
serious
meaningful
determinative
great
earth-shattering
life-or-death
much needed
meat-and-potatoes
weighty
lacking
king
lacked
telling
curricular
right-hand
basal
number one
assigned
everything
climacteric
official
strategic
mission-critical
business-critical
underlined
fatal
acceptable
correct
fitting
determining
nitty-gritty
world-shaking
name-of-the-game
characteristic
structural
influential
big
dominant
rudimental
profound
staple
natural
underlying
coal-and-ice
overruling
primal
premier
overriding
predominant
foundational
constitutional
elemental
constituent
salient
indissoluble
irrevocable
unalterable
climactic
grand
supreme
top
ruling
master
connected
component
outstanding
far-reaching
grave
desperate
conclusive
unbreakable
at the heart of
dire
importunate
emergency
extreme
immediate
drastic
intense
sore
impelling
crying
parlous
emergent
terrible
clamant
driving
permanent
regulation
orthodox
life and death
top-priority
very great
done
ubiquitous
bounden
comme il faut
socially obligatory
right
a must
au fait
conforming to accepted standards
counted upon
most important
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Not friendly
unfriendly
hostile
antagonistic
cold
disagreeable
chilly
sour
surly
aloof
distant
inimical
unsympathetic
cool
frosty
inhospitable
misanthropic
uncongenial
unsociable
aggressive
antisocial
frigid
ill-natured
unamicable
unneighbourly
unpleasant
unaffable
unkind
unsocial
unwelcoming
quarrelsome
reserved
stand-offish
unapproachable
withdrawn
disdainful
haughty
impersonal
indifferent
nasty
severe
stern
stiff
supercilious
uncommunicative
unforthcoming
adversarial
adversary
antipathetic
antiseptic
arctic
brittle
chill
clammy
cold-blooded
cold-eyed
coldish
discourteous
frozen
gelid
glacial
hard-eyed
icy
impolite
jaundiced
menacing
mortal
negative
obnoxious
rude
uncivil
uncordial
ungracious
unmannerly
winteryUK
wintryUS
cross
ill-disposed
Olympian
starchy
acrimonious
mumUK
momUS
coy
unassertive
unassuming
meek
humble
timorous
sheepish
controlled
recessive
calm
self-conscious
apprehensive
embarrassed
mousy
close-lipped
insecure
nervous
unexpressive
wary
unconfident
unobtrusive
moderate
unpretentious
incommunicable
fearful
temperate
conservative
hushed
tightlipped
sententious
blushing
incommunicative
sparing
uncommunicable
chary
unspeaking
unassured
cagey
down-to-earth
considerate
subdued
thoughtful
zipped
unpresuming
circumspect
soft
skittish
prudent
tentative
politic
repressed
inarticulate
cool, calm and collected
unruffled
unflappable
chaste
unexcitable
nice
judicious
prudish
aw-shucks
decorous
imperturbable
simple
reasonable
uneasy
voiceless
inconspicuous
faint-hearted
abashed
dour
steady
lowly
still
tactful
shamefaced
self-possessed
priggish
unostentatious
withdrawing
sensible
dried-up
level-headed
unaffected
objective
nonchalant
square
pure
alert
heedful
rabbity
rational
weak-kneed
quaking
uncurious
gingerly
safe
deadpan
tranquil
virginal
virtuous
soundless
not saying boo
watchful
vigilant
decent
attentive
calculating
flat
balanced
cowering
trembling
dummied up
lacking courage
easily frightened
low-pitched
low
muffled
hushful
unsure
disciplined
in check
cowardly
scared
unimpassioned
gutless
mannered
frightened
not talkative
inward-looking
wimpish
mousey
yellow
tremulous
chicken
fainthearted
yellow-bellied
sissy
strained
lost for words
awkward
cloistered
maidenly
enigmatic
deep
diplomatic
recreant
poor-spirited
unpretending
recluse
vague
coquettish
under control
uncomfortable
kittenish
prissy
anxious
unboastful
courteous
anchoritic
eremitical
mim
insensible
puritanical
niminy-piminy
jittery
fogeyish
leery
overmodest
lone
old-fashioned
equable
plain
solemn
insouciant
dumbstruck
wavering
of few words
dumbfounded
unbiased
untroubled
expressionless
toneless
hollow
dead
blank
bland
vacant
unprejudiced
bottled up
ill at ease
hardened
strict
unexpansive
prim and proper
pococurante
inobtrusive
discriminating
observant
precautious
nowhere
immovable
nonemotional
self-centredUK
fuddy-duddy
with reservations
stick-in-the-mud
easy
even
self-centeredUS
warm
uncommitted
nonvocal
struck dumb
on the lookout
with eyes peeled
spacey
spaced-out
of the old school
levelheaded
saying nothing
unable to get a word out
stony-eyed
out of it
unexcessive
bereft of speech
not given to excesses
unextreme
scary
fearsome
trepidatious
unnatural
forced
costive
sullen
frustrated
deliberate
tamed
restricted
limited
vestal
unsullied
self-reliant
faint
shuddering
undefiled
contrived
labouredUK
artificial
girlish
doubtful
camera-shy
arch
flirtatious
sequestered
kind
socially inhibited
punctilious
genuine
natural
low-keyed
respectful
hung up
immaculate
intact
individualistic
self-supporting
self-doubting
uncertain
retreated
aseptic
stodgy
docile
inaudible
whist
could hear a pin drop
quieted
stilled
unexpressed
tasteful
quiescent
unuttered
noiseless
ashamed
ingenuous
ordinary
artless
unambitious
apologetic
indrawn
simpering
complacent
perfunctory
dubious
blenching
flinching
unpoised
low-key
unaggressive
monastic
contemplative
self-interested
pensive
self-absorbed
unnoticeable
low-profile
uninquiring
laboredUS
not forward
cool-headed
hard-headed
not forthcoming
unimposing
ruminative
meditative
reflective
inner-directed
unagitated
secluse
hermetic
temporizingUS
equivocal
beige
indefinite
ambiguous
indistinctive
characterless
nondescript
vanilla
zipped one's lips
have tight chops
outside
unimpressionable
self-deprecating
free from vanity
keeping a low profile
non-partisan
open-minded
just
fair-minded
fair
cryptic
wise
strategic
obdurate
inexpressive
listless
coldhearted
marble
uncompassionate
blah
on-the-fence
even-steven
middle-of-the-road
middle-ground
shut away
ladylike
respectable
even-handed
unselfish
equitable
pokerfaced
undercover
backstairs
covert
sly
furtive
feline
mysterious
late
hesitating
sluggish
intelligent
judgmatical
judgmatic
discerning
stable
tolerant
regular
silentious
unheard
innocent
unfazed
inscrutable
buttoning up
clamming up
hidden
mum's the word
tight chops
zipping one's lips
buttoning one's lip
shocked
sagacious
softly-softly
kid-glove
delicate
goody-goody
old-maidish
under wraps
nonaggressive
corked up
in charge
chilled
on a leash
in control of yourself
lenient
abstinent
peaceable
straight-faced
temporisingUK
astounded
tardy
resigned
closed up
in private
in chambers
in privacy
aghast
dazed
thunderstruck
amazed
awake
civil
worldly-wise
considered
not excessive
compromising
troubled
with no axe to grind
lonely
alone
unimpressible
insusceptible
earnest
dependable
settled
reliable
in the background
in the dark
sober-minded
benign
even-tempered
sobersided
gobsmacked
flabbergasted
restless
tense
discomposed
edgy
unsettled
companionless
indurated
inexcitable
shell-shocked
along for the ride
going with the flow
rolling with the punches
on lookout
having foresight
not rash
dumbstricken
obmutescent
playing your cards close to your chest
mature
perturbed
unrelaxed
bothered
nervy
antsy
friendless
unaccompanied
knocked for six
cool as cucumber
astonished
aphonic
hit for six
like a clam
poised
responsible
sound
carefree
secure
unquiet
discomforted
disquieted
discomfited
unperturbed
blithe
lonesome
good
full of common sense
well balanced
calculable
serious-minded
unswerving
having both feet on the ground
medium
comfortable
checked
regulated
constant
curbed
relaxed
mindful
provident
aware
special
one-off
sole
unique
singular
one
only
unworried
deadly
musty
conformist
suspecting
scrupulous
shrewd
forethoughtful
lacking social skills
on edge
devil-may-care
happy-go-lucky
humourlessUK
fusty
by itself
unanxious
old-fogeyish
pusillanimous
keeping a weather eye on
all ears
walking on egg shells
thinking twice
keeping on one's toes
handling with kid gloves
on your guard
belt-and-braces
watching one's step
watching out
walking on eggs
on your toes
taking it slow
playing safe
hedging one's bets
on the qui vive
on guard
on the watch
with one's eyes peeled
genteel
narrow
magisterial
fetidUS
straitlaced
important
self-important
hot
bloated
humorlessUS
puffy
foetidUK
Victorian
smug
smoky
smelly
careless
lighthearted
slaphappy
gay
lightsome
oblivious
debonair
doubting
unattended
forsaken
sui generis
out-of-the-way
particular
deserted
by oneself
stag
separate
lorn
on its own
verecund
blushful
recoiling
nonplussed
lily-livered
unbothered
not bothered
forgetful
feckless
inattentive
lackadaisical
blind
supine
deaf
without a care in the world
at ease
not giving a toss
heedless
undisturbed
negligent
undaunted
easily embarrassed
cringey
spineless
wimpy
irresolute
unheroic
pigeonhearted
craven
pigeon-hearted
panicky
non-committal
as dry as dust
submissive
dismayed
intimidated
shaky
vacillating
cowed
wet
Milquetoast
capricious
bullied
unnerved
browbeaten
daunted
weak
feeble
overcareful
canny
overcautious
having cold feet
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Unnatural, artificial or fake in nature
forced
artificial
false
strained
affected
contrived
unnatural
wooden
feigned
simulated
stiff
insincere
labouredUK
fake
phoneyUK
pseudo
stilted
assumed
bogus
hollow
mechanical
mock
overdone
overworked
phonyUS
plastic
pretended
put-on
sham
spurious
studied
unconvincing
factitious
mannered
pretend
begrudging
binding
bound
coercive
conscripted
constrained
forcible
inflexible
laboredUS
rigid
slave
stringent
put on
self-conscious
beyond all bounds
delusive
deceiving
delusory
inaccurate
unfounded
erroneous
deluding
beguiling
mistaken
distorted
untruthful
unsound
fishy
inexact
illusory
sophistical
mythical
off
flawed
imprecise
made up
copied
dishonest
fictional
fanciful
faulty
illogical
casuistic
worthless
unsubstantiated
chimerical
baseless
counterfactual
misguided
fantastic
visionary
truthless
fabulous
trumped up
pirated
sophistic
tricky
misrepresentative
illusive
without foundation
crooked
supposititious
dodgy
way off
fantasied
chimeric
phantom
fantastical
ideal
notional
mythic
phantasmal
imaginal
phantasmic
in error
dissembling
double-dealing
unreliable
equivocal
ambiguous
groundless
unproven
disingenuous
unsupported
ungrounded
fantasy
mad
unreasoned
Hollywood
plant
brummagem
crock
fantasizedUS
dream
duplicitous
pseudo-
knock-off
dreamed-up
fancied
improper
dicey
reasonless
won't fly
soft shell
iffy
pinchbeck
two-faced
coloredUS
treacherous
fictive
underhand
nonnatural
colouredUK
suppositious
falsie
crafty
guileful
out
cooked-up
off beam
bad
shady
sharp
vain
full of holes
copy
play-play
shifty
unscrupulous
mendacious
unprincipled
duplicate
fast
underhanded
rogue
fantasisedUK
plausible
nugatory
representative
economical with the truth
non-existent
bootlegged
unverified
dubious
legendary
unauthenticated
doubtful
questionable
irrational
unqualified
repro
uncanonical
glib
miniature
illusionary
cooked up
devised
non-natural
debatable
confusing
made
makeshift
constructed
copycat
evasive
low-grade
low-quality
poor-quality
shoddy
inferior
prepared
mythological
allonymous
ostensive
semi-
nominal
unoriginal
amiss
misinformed
experimental
unsatisfactory
substandard
adulterated
unfactual
nonfactual
off the mark
contrary to fact
terminologically inexact
near
reported
foundationless
casuistical
lookalike
gingerbread
not accurate
not exact
not true
ill-founded
uncorroborated
unstraightforward
wide of the mark
awry
askew
defective
abroad
off target
mock-up
not the case
without basis
off base
way out
knock off
sly
sneaky
cunning
untrustworthy
scheming
misconceived
null
wrong number
all wet
all off
perfidious
Machiavellian
bewildering
distracting
perplexing
mistakable
demagogic
confounding
puzzling
way off beam
empty
likely
captious
colorable
presumable
credible
probable
sophisticated
flattering
presumptive
idle
insubstantial
quixotic
null and void
void
nonvalid
nonbinding
inoperative
subtle
slippery
foxy
slim
hollow-hearted
seemingly correct
not binding
uncollectible
double-faced
Punic
false-hearted
plausible but wrong
apparently right
insidious
rascal
roguish
designing
serpentine
oblique
slick
astucious
indirect
wily
acted
swindling
criminal
corrupt
illicit
dishonourableUK
unlawful
Janus-faced
defrauding
dirty
unjust
unethical
shonky
knavish
bamboozling
dishonorableUS
against the law
more ❯
Noun
▲
A mean action
meanness
belittling
cheating
coveting
deceiving
defaming
defrauding
degrading
dishonouringUK
dishonoringUS
grovellingUK
grovelingUS
quarrellingUK
quarrelingUS
scolding
shaming
sneaking
Noun
▲
A feeling of discontented or resentful longing aroused by someone else's possessions, qualities, or luck
envy
covetousness
jealousy
resentment
enviousness
bitterness
resentfulness
spite
desire
green-eyed monster
hatred
invidiousness
malice
discontent
malignity
backbiting
coveting
greed
grudge
grudgingness
heartburn
lusting
malevolence
maliciousness
opposition
prejudice
rivalry
evil eye
jaundiced eye
ill will
jealousness
the green-eyed monster
begrudging
desirousness
overprotectiveness
suspicion
suspiciousness
insecurity
green in the eye
possessiveness
Verb
▲
Present participle for to resent or envy the success or possessions of
begrudging
resenting
minding
coveting
envying
regretting
complaining
denying
loathing
objecting to
pinching
refusing
stinting
feeling aggrieved about
feeling bitter about
giving reluctantly
giving resentfully
giving stintingly
giving unwillingly
taking exception to
holding against
holding back
eating one's heart out
giving stingily
having hard feelings about
bearing a grudge about
“Maximising profit is in the nature of the animal, and if we want democratic choice, we cannot grudge commercial media exercising theirs.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to feel resentful that (someone) has achieved (something)
begrudging
envying
minding
resenting
disliking
taking umbrage at
taking offence at
objecting to
bearing a grudge about
hating
feeling aggrieved about
feeling aggrieved at
taking exception to
taking amiss
feeling envious of
not liking
taking offense
feeling jealous of
feeling bitter
frowning at
feeling sore
feeling aggrieved
taking exception
railing against
harbouring a grudge against
taking umbrage
feeling bitter about
taking amiss to
having hard feelings
having hard feelings about
taking as an insult
taking something ill
harboring a grudge
bearing a grudge
showing antipathy towards
harbouring a grudge about
getting nose out of joint
“Ah well, I don't grudge her that moment of bitter victory.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to deliberately hurt, annoy, or offend (someone)
spiting
annoying
vexing
galling
injuring
hurting
piquing
provoking
irritating
nettling
offending
peeving
aggravating
distressing
harming
putting out
riling
upsetting
wounding
bothering
bugging
chafing
displeasing
eating
exasperating
foiling
frosting
frustrating
getting
grating
griping
irking
itching
narking
needling
persecuting
rasping
ruffling
thwarting
discomfiting
miffing
begrudging
besetting
burning up
crabbing
hacking off
harassing
cramping style
getting even
hanging up
lousing up
upsetting the apple cart
putting someone's nose out of joint
Verb
▲
Present participle for be very economical or mean about spending or providing something
stinting
limiting
begrudging
economisingUK
economizingUS
restricting
saving
scrimping
skimping on
withholding
holding back
scrimping on
confining
defining
economizing on
holding back on
penny-pinching
pinching
pinching pennies
restraining
scraping
skimping
sparing
squirrelingUS
stashing
cutting corners
rolling back
socking away
tightening belt
going easy on
making ends meet
saving for rainy day
spoiling the ship for a ha'porth of tar
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