ELA wordsBrett Minor

Benevolent

• characterized by or expressing goodwill or kindly feelings: a benevolent attitude

• Synonyms good, kind

Compassionate

• a feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is stricken by misfortune, accompanied by a strong desire to alleviate the suffering.

• Synonyms commiseration, mercy

Complimentary

• an expression of praise, commendation, or admiration

• Synonyms kudos, tribute

Forthright

• going straight to the point; frank; direct; outspoken

• Synonym focused

Serene

• calm, peaceful, or tranquil; unruffled

• Synonyms undisturbed, imperturbable

Sympathetic

• harmony of or agreement in feeling, as between persons or on the part of one person with respect to another

• —Synonyms concord, understanding

Objective

• something that one's efforts or actions are intended to attain or accomplish; purpose; goal; target

• —Synonyms 1. object, destination

Bewildered

• to confuse or puzzle completely; perplex• —Synonyms

mystify, nonplus

Condescending

• showing or implying a usually patronizing descent from dignity or superiority

• —Synonyms falling, sinking

Desolate

• barren or ravage• —Synonyms. • desert laid waste; devastated

Haughty

• disdainfully proud; snobbish• —Synonyms • lordly, disdainful

Indignant

• feeling, characterized by, or expressing strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or base

• Synonyms angry, resentful

Melancholy

• a gloomy state of mind, especially when habitual or prolonged

• —Synonyms sadness, dejection

Mocking

• to attack or treat with ridicule, contempt, or derision.

• —Synonyms deride; taunt

Ominous

• portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious

• —Synonyms Ominous, portentous

Pessimistic

• pertaining to or characterized by pessimism; gloomy

• —Synonyms despairing, hopeless

Severe

• harsh; unnecessarily extreme: severe criticism; severe laws.

• —Synonyms strict, hard

Solemn

• grave, sober, or mirthless, as a person, the face, speech, tone, or mood

• —Synonyms unsmiling, serious

Somber

• gloomily dark; shadowy; dimly lighted• —Synonyms

dusky, murky

Suspicious

• tending to cause or excite suspicion; questionable

• —Synonyms suspect, dubious

Irreverent

• not reverent; manifesting or characterized by irreverence; deficient in veneration or respect

• —Synonyms irreligious, impious, profane