Across
- 2. to avoid (someone or something) by a sudden quick movement
- 5. to express an objection to what someone has said or done
- 7. comically or repulsively ugly or distorted
- 11. feelings of pity and sorrow for someone else's misfortune
- 17. to fall suddenly, clumsily
- 18. disgracefully bad or unpleasant
- 21. to move or cause to move at a great speed
- 22. to prevent them from continuing to a destination
- 23. a person of extremely or exceptionally small stature
- 24. a sudden, violent, irregular movement of a limb or of the body
Down
- 1. unable to think or react properly; bewildered
- 3. suffering from anxiety, sorrow, or pain
- 4. a substance diffused or suspended in the air
- 6. to happen; take place
- 8. to inflict severe pain or suffering on
- 9. the fastest pace of a horse or other quadruped
- 10. arousing intense distaste or disgust
- 12. a person or thing that is likely to cause harm
- 13. the line at which the earth's surface and the sky appear to meet
- 14. a fence or other obstacle that prevents movement or access
- 15. to confess to be true or to be the case, typically with reluctance
- 16. to be or come into a close group
- 19. compassion or forgiveness shown toward someone
- 20. very remarkable; extraordinary