| blithe |
indifferent or casual; unconcerned. |
| disheveled |
not neat; messy. |
| facetious |
not serious; humorous or frivolous. |
| flout |
to show scorn or contempt for, especially by openly or deliberately disobeying. |
| froward |
unwilling to agree or obey; stubborn; perverse. |
| goad |
something that spurs a person to action; stimulus. |
| harbinger |
someone or something that signals or foreshadows a later arrival or occurrence; herald; forerunner. |
| oblique |
not direct or straightforward in intent, means, or achievement; indirect or devious. |
| panegyric |
a formal speech or piece of writing devoted to publicly praising a person or thing. |
| pinchbeck |
false, sham, or counterfeit. |
| raffish |
carelessly unconventional or disreputable, sometimes appealingly so. |
| redoubtable |
inspiring fear; formidable. |
| repine |
to express or feel unhappiness; complain; fret. |
| risible |
provoking laughter; laughable or funny. |
| stickler |
one who must observe or conform to something (usually followed by "for"). |