schoolmarmish

adjective

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as in dour

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  1. dour
  2. anal
  3. indignant
  4. angry
  5. morose
  6. uptight
  7. exasperated
  8. sullen
Adjective
  • Apocalyptic, yeah, but never dour — more like a call to arms.
    — Debby Wolfinsohn, Entertainment Weekly, 7 July 2026
  • The dour feeling that this book produces is the exact opposite of the invigorating excitement that Scorsese conveys when discussing movie magic.
    — Michael O’Donnell, The Atlantic, 2 July 2026
Definition of dour
Adjective
  • Over an 18-month period, fishers at two major fish markets in Puerto Rico submitted nearly 400 shark anal fins as part of a collaborative monitoring program.
    — Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • The model and actress was diagnosed with anal cancer in 2006 and was declared cancer-free on her 60th birthday in 2007, per the Farrah Fawcett Foundation.
    — Alyssa Modos, PEOPLE, 25 June 2026
Definition of anal
Adjective
  • The book-club members roundly disliked it, indignant that the character was being driven mad by perimenopause, as if hormone-replacement therapy didn’t exist.
    — Melanie Thernstrom, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
  • Judge Timothy Mazzei asked him Wednesday in a loud, indignant voice.
    — Philip Marcelo, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2026
Definition of indignant
Adjective
  • Bowles told jurors Millete was angry at May over her yearlong affair with another man and likely poisoned her with the toxic plant hemlock.
    — Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 July 2026
  • Yet over our two days together in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, El-Sayed rarely comes across as angry.
    — Nik Popli, Time, 8 July 2026
Definition of angry
Adjective
  • To two first-timers, the bar’s fittingly morose, all-black exterior cut an unassuming figure on the quiet block.
    — Marina Harss, New Yorker, 10 July 2026
  • Life without either, the pair determine, has left Leonora morose, maladjusted and desperate to claw her way back to the road not taken.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 June 2026
Definition of morose
Adjective
  • For about half of this day, feelings are a bit uptight while the Moon passes over Saturn.
    — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 7 July 2026
  • Anna and Tom’s daughter, Natalie (Lily Collias), views Cady as a source who might finally tell her the truth about her uptight mother and avoidant stepfather.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 26 June 2026
Definition of uptight
Adjective
  • Lopez gets calls from exasperated merchants dealing with vandalism and with people blocking their storefronts.
    — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
  • For a variety of reasons that weren’t immediately entirely clear, there was a comprehensive and fundamental breakdown in access to the stadium that left many exasperated or furious.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 17 June 2026
Definition of exasperated
Adjective
  • The idea of his sullen son as a permanent visitor in his house was more than Will could bear.
    — Emily Ruskovich, The Atlantic, 7 July 2026
  • The great speculators became talkative and communicative or dull, sullen, silent, and peevish.
    — Owen Lamont, Fortune, 2 July 2026
Definition of sullen
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