Across
- 1. characterized by an ostentatious display of dignity or importance
- 7. showing or expressing disdain/scorn
- 8. elevated in style, tone, or sentiment OR arrogantly or condescendingly superior\
- 10. overbearing; tyrannical
- 12. domineering in a haughty manner; dictatorial; overbearing
- 14. given to excessive moralizing; self-righteous
- 15. decisive; assertive; domineering
- 17. highly elated; jubilant; triumphant
Down
- 1. unwarrantedly or impertinently bold; forward
- 2. very serious OR gloomy, depressing, or dismal
- 3. indicating evil or harm; foreboding; threatening
- 4. mournful or gloomy, especially in an exaggerated or unrelieved manner
- 5. high-sounding; high-flown; inflated; pretentious
- 6. uneasy or fearful about something that might happen
- 7. patronizing, disdainful, supercilious; implying superiority
- 9. inflated; overblown, or pompous; bombastic
- 11. characterized by a narrow, often ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules
- 13. smarmy, ingratiating, obsequious, servile
- 14. pert; boldly smart
- 15. intense,sincere, heartfelt
- 16. gloomy or sullenly ill-humored