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