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| Description of cacophonous (adjective) sounding jarring; discordant Samples of cacophonous The cacophonous sound from the bending metal sent shivers up our spines.
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| Description of maudlin (adjective) foolishly and tearfully sentimental; weepy; emotional Samples of maudlin The maudlin affair consisted of three speeches in honor of the benefactor.
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| Description of impropriety (noun) incorrectness; unsuitableness Samples of impropriety The medieval church was divided on the issue of whether there was impropriety in the mimetic representation of holy personages on stage.
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| Description of devastation (noun) widespread ruin; destruction Samples of devastation This was clearly a response to the devastation of war but in general the public commissions that have provided work for our artist craftsmen and women since then have tended to be bland and factual.
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| Description of sally (noun) witty remark; assault; journey Samples of sally Grunte then asked them whether they had heard the one about the Norwegian woman who had bought her son three shoes, having been told he had grown a foot; a sally which was met by universal groans.
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| Description of scourge (verb) to whip severely; to flog; to lash; to chastise Samples of scourge Perhaps the worst scourge is the thought that you might have listened and might have understood if I had managed to tell you what had happened. Certainly it can be concluded that the circumstances of Sisson's early life fuelled his salutary hatreds and helped form the outsider's perspective which now makes him a scourge of the age's insidious orthodoxies.
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| Description of diffident (adjective) timid; lacking self-confidence; shy Samples of diffident The director is looking for a self-assured actor, not a diffident one. Her diffident sister couldn't work up the courage to ask for the sale.
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| Description of sanctimonious (adjective) pretending to be religious; self-righteous Samples of sanctimonious Power and money with a bit of sanctimonious charity thrown in to square their consciences - that's what your Victorian gentry cared about.
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| Description of impugn (verb) to attack with words; to question the truthfulness or integrity; to challenge Samples of impugn The defense lawyer impugned the witness's testimony, which set back the prosecution's case. If I believe the man is a fraud I will impugn his comments.
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| Description of truculence (noun) cruelty; ferocity; harshness Samples of truculence There was a gulf between the truculence of his views and the introversion of his behavior.
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