schoolmarmish

adjective

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as in dour

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for schoolmarmish
  1. dour
  2. anal
  3. indignant
  4. angry
  5. morose
  6. uptight
  7. exasperated
  8. sullen
Adjective
  • That started with Tanya Reynolds as coach Alice Chilton, a dour character who’s not a fan of Ted’s arrival — and quickly threatens to quit.
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Day three of Chiefs training camp opened under dour skies and temperate conditions that belied the typical July weather associated with preseason practices in northern Missouri.
    — Pete Grathoff July 31, Kansas City Star, 31 July 2026
Definition of dour
Adjective
  • Over 6,000 participants used anal devices and a smartphone app for ten days, recording 360,192 farts.
    — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 28 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
  • But if state Democratic leaders simply chose a new nominee on their own, voters might be indignant.
    — Elaine Godfrey, The Atlantic, 22 July 2026
  • 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
Definition of indignant
Adjective
  • Apart from the payment issues, many health workers and facilities have been attacked by rebels and angry mobs.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The report said that the 5-year-old cousin urinated on the floor, which made Gonzalez angry.
    — Ana Maria Soler, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of angry
Adjective
  • The first leg will be the ever-popular third-place playoff, in which a couple of morose losers compete for no trophy at all and a chance to show off the superior sourness of their grapes.
    — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 17 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
  • With Mason Gooding, Chase Sui Wonders, Daveed Diggs, and pop star Charli XCX playing against type as Elliot’s uptight girlfriend.
    — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 31 July 2026
  • Could anyone else be as uptight as Alan Ruck’s Cameron in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off?
    — Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 21 July 2026
Definition of uptight
Adjective
  • These were voices—complaining, confiding, exasperated, distressed—that had not been heard before, as if the novel were a speaking tube cued to an underground rumble.
    — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Jack Loder, a clearly exasperated digital content producer for the Giants’ flagship station KNBR, posted a two-minute video on X shortly after the game that singled out Webb for criticism.
    — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
Definition of exasperated
Adjective
  • The pilot is charming and funny, immediately drawing me into the dynamic of its two characters — Romy is a bit more gregarious and sarcastic, Bobby more sensitive and sullen.
    — Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 17 July 2026
  • Some Redditors have reported the same problem in sullen language.
    — Pedro Moura, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026
Definition of sullen
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