Categorized Words
Words I like sorted into categories.
Dictionary that explains words practically.
Index:
- Appearances- the mask you wear | deceit
- Types of people
- Conflict
- Friendly
- Vitality
- Lack of energy
- Slow it down/Rest
- Stasis
- Human figure descriptors
- Skin descriptors
- Weakness
- Strength
- Contempt
- Removal
- Day-to-day
- Empty
- Sound
- Moving about
- Loitering
- Appetite/eating
- Admiration
- Relating to movement/flexibility
- Of varying truths
- Skill & of the hands
- Of connections
- Death & Dying
Appearances- the mask you wear | deceit:
- artifice
- veneer
- veil
- visage
- vestige
- shrouded
- furtive (secret)
- dissemble (hide)
- duplicitous/duplicity (deceit)
- malinger (exaggerate illness)
- cajole (sweet talk convincing)
- clandestine (secret act, usually immoral)
- posturing
disposition:
- blithe
- affable
- fallible
- insouciant
- languid
- listless
- blasé
- demure
- spitfire
- stoic
- pragmatic (sensible, realistic)
- lackadaisical, nonchalant
- unflappable
- cocksure
- debonair
- hammy (Goro Akechi)
- histrionic
- unforthcoming
- raffish (unconventional, unacceptable but intriguing)
- aplomb (poised)
- austere (stern)
Types of people:
- sycophant (dick rider)
- misanthrope
- miscreant
- androgyne
- debutante (debut, usually into formal society)
- zealot
- pariah
- abberation
- interlocutor (person engaging in conversation)
- progeny (offspring, successory)
Conflict:
Verbs:
- admonish
- bewilder
- deride
- affront/ed (insult)
- bristle
- reproach (criticize)
- repudiate (refusal to accept)
- capitulate (surrender, yield)
- malevolent
- vex (annoy)
- needling
- goading
- prodding
- perturbed
- miffed
Descriptors:
- corrosive
- callous
- uncouth
- terse
- prickly
- derision
- acrid/acrimonious
- indignant (anger at percieved injustice)
- sordid
- dissemble
- tenuous
- trite
- vitriol
- peppery (easily annoyed)
- wry (bad sit. a little funny)
- sardonic (mean-spirited, derisive humor)
- rancorous (bitter grudge)
- conniption (rage, hysteria)
- penitent (expressing apology)
- unrepentent (not sorry)
- un/ruffled
- reticent (reluctant)
- recrimination (argument with mutual blame)
- self-castigation (chastisement, corrective punishment)
Friendly
- amicable
- affable
Vitality:
- virile
- ardent
- fervent
- mirth
- propulsive (propel forward)
Lack of energy:
- vapid (dull)
- insipid (dull and boring)
- sterile (lacking creativity)
- perfunctory (mechanical, lacking energy)
- dispassionate
Slow it down/Rest:
- linger
- languid
- langorous (pleasant tiredness)
- somnolence (sleepy)
- knackered (tired, exhausted)
- malaise
- reprieve
Stasis:
- catatonic
- latent (present but inactive)
- obdurate (obstinate, unchanging)
Human figure descriptors
- wiry
- spidery
- gaunt
- lithe (flexible; athletic)
Skin descriptors:
- doily-skinned
- "gray tinged skin"
- ashen-faced
- flushed
- mottled
Weakness:
- feckless
- impotent*
- flaccid*
- feeble
- tepid
Strength:
- resolution
- resolve
- obstinate
- indomitable
- tenacious
- enduring
Contempt:
- ire (rage)
- ilk
- wicked
- pariah
- abhor
- abberation
Removal:
- expunge
- excise
- cull (slaughter/do off with the weak)
Day-to-day:
- banal/ity
- minutia
- menial
Empty
- vacant
- vacuous
Sound:
- tinny
- percussive
- cacophonous
Moving about:
- ambulate
- saunter
- traipse (bored walks)
- pad
- slink
Loitering:
- traipse
- meander
- putter
- waffling
- prattling
Appetite/eating
- masticate
- sated/satiated
- salacious
- voracious
- slake (satisfying literal and figurative thirst)
- unquenchable
Admiration
- revere/nt
- venerate (revere)
- adulation
Relating to movement/flexibility:
- spry (quick movement; energetic)
- pliant
- taut
Of varying truths:
- truism (blatantly true)
- platitude (tired saying)
Skill & of the hands:
- deft
- practiced
- tact
Of connections:
- un/moored (untethered to that which was once tethered)
- un/tethered
Death & Dying:
- putrefaction (breaking down of dead body)
* Can be sexual, or not.