Across
- 2. very unpleasant, causing a feeling of disgust:
- 5. expecting to be obeyed immediately and without any questions:
- 8. giving too much attention to small details and wanting everything to be correct and perfect:
- 10. to refuse to accept something or someone as true, good, or reasonable:
- 12. to make unpleasant feelings less strong:
- 14. skill in making correct decisions and judgments in a particular subject, such as business or politics:
- 18. causing you to lose confidence, hope, and energy:
- 19. returning to a previous and less advanced or worse state or way of behaving:
- 20. dishonest talk or behaviour, especially by saying different things to two people:
Down
- 1. to avoid something, especially cleverly or illegally:
- 3. extremely bad or unacceptable:
- 4. larger and containing more detail than necessary, or intended to seem important or great:
- 6. the belief that war is wrong, and, therefore, that to fight in a war is wrong
- 7. to criticize or scold someone severely:
- 9. a person who has very strong opinions about something, and tries to make other people have them too:
- 11. to get something, especially after an effort:
- 13. the quality of being empty, simple, or clear, especially without decoration or anything that is not necessary:
- 15. showing no interest or energy and unwilling to take action, especially over something important:
- 16. using very few words to express what you mean:
- 17. to take control of a position of power, especially without having the right to: