English 9 Vocab Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 2. Offensive in speech or gesture
  2. 4. Learned, polished, scholarly
  3. 9. Mournful; marked by regret
  4. 11. Directly frank without hesitation (frank = open, honest, candid)
  5. 15. Indifferent due to lack of energy or concern
  6. 17. An unbiased view; able to leave personal judgments aside
  7. 20. Studying, thinking, reflecting on an issue
  8. 21. Characterized by strong feelings of what is right and what is wrong; can be narrow sense of morality (comes off as judgmental)
  9. 25. Very confident and daring, perhaps recklessly so; Original and bold; Contemptuous of law, religion, or decorum
  10. 27. Ridiculing to show weakness in order to make a point, teach
  11. 28. Rude or impolite; showing disregard for people
  12. 29. Painfully affecting the feelings; emotionally cutting piercing, touching; Designed to make an impression
  13. 30. Full of sorrow or sadness; sad in an exaggerated or insincere manner
Down
  1. 1. Annoyed or worried
  2. 3. Speaker or author attempts to educate or instruct the reader
  3. 5. Expressing feelings of gratitude, approval, or pleasure in an unrestrained or heartfelt manner
  4. 6. Treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor; flippant
  5. 7. Slightly sarcastic in a humorous way; clever with a bit of irony
  6. 8. Odd, strange, fantastic; fun
  7. 10. Optimistic and cheerful
  8. 12. With fearful apprehension
  9. 13. Not interesting or exciting; dull or boring
  10. 14. Having or showing a lack of respect for something or someone that is usually treated with respect; satiric
  11. 16. Displaying knowledge or wealth that is meant to attract attention, admiration, or envy
  12. 18. Scornfully and bitterly sarcastic
  13. 19. Marked by usage of words that mean the opposite of what you really think/feel in order to be funny or deceptive/manipulative
  14. 22. Scornful, feeling or belief that something or someone is worthless or despicable
  15. 23. Unimaginative and dull; Narrowly or stodgily (very old-fashioned) or often very ostentatiously learned
  16. 24. Intense use of sarcasm; stinging or biting (inducing emotional pain)
  17. 26. Questioning the basic sincerity and goodness of people