Across
- 2. puzzle, bewilder
- 3. to stir up; excite
- 7. to look upon with scorn
- 9. fearful, anxious
- 11. to crouch or shrink away
- 13. belittling or insulting
- 14. inclined, to fight
- 16. self-satisfied
- 19. to handle or use roughly
- 20. unfavorable, threaten
Down
- 1. sink, settle down, become less active
- 4. deserving blame, punishment
- 5. ridicule, contemptuous
- 6. deficient in size
- 8. to wrinkle the brow
- 10. unexpectedly sudden
- 12. great mental suffering, distress or pain
- 15. evil, bad
- 17. to soft, soothe
- 18. distant physically