schoolmarmish

adjective

Definition of schoolmarmishnext
as in dour

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for schoolmarmish
  1. dour
  2. anal
  3. indignant
  4. angry
  5. morose
  6. uptight
  7. sullen
  8. exasperated
Adjective
  • The combo looks smart and professional, but the colors are a little on the dour side, at least by Kornacki standards.
    Jen Chaney, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2024
  • For as bleak as some of the material reads as poetry, however, the performances never felt dour.
    Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of dour
Adjective
  • This test evaluates whether the nerves that work with the anal muscles are functioning correctly.
    Cristina Mutchler, Health, 3 Nov. 2024
  • Practice good anal hygiene by showering with a perianal cleansing product or a hand shower.
    Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 28 Oct. 2024
Definition of anal
Adjective
  • With her heavy black bangs and penchant for dressing like a paper doll from the 1960s, the comedian is loud, indignant, and ready to entrap both spirits and audience members.
    Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2024
  • Western capitals were indignant, of course, but failed to notice that the Turkish leader had voiced a sentiment shared widely at home.
    Piotr Zalewski, Foreign Affairs, 2 Nov. 2014
Definition of indignant
Adjective
  • However, what violent extremists perceive as a tacit nod of approval — based on Trump’s own violent rhetoric — could lead to a surge in domestic terrorism in a country that remains anxious, angry and well-armed.
    Colin P. Clarke, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
  • But his future was in question after the party suffered its worst election defeat in more than a decade, losing support from voters angry about corruption scandals and the rising cost of living.
    Arata Yamamoto, NBC News, 11 Nov. 2024
Definition of angry
Adjective
  • The flamboyant conceptual artist is talking to her stepdaughter, Lydia (Winona Ryder), who’s grown from the morose teenager of Beetlejuice (1988) into the middle-aged star of a hokey ghost-hunting reality show.
    Alison Willmore, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2024
  • Amelio uses the surging epidemic to bring all three protagonists together again, shifting locations to a morose quarantine facility where Giulio has basically been sentenced to die.
    Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Sep. 2024
Definition of morose
Adjective
  • Eisenberg, who co-stars here with Kieran Culkin, wrote himself a role that suits him ever so well, playing the by-the-book, uptight David, a married man with a reliable job and a reliable life.
    Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
  • But Reba is her usual sitcom-esque spitfire self: sharp, uptight, on her game, and loaded with zingers.
    Marc Berman, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of uptight
Adjective
  • The New Daughter has an interesting, sullen mood and looks fantastic, but that just further accentuates how out of place Costner seems.
    Will Leitch, Vulture, 1 July 2024
  • One of the migrants looks at the camera with sullen eyes and a rugged beard.
    Kunal Sehgal, CNN, 22 Oct. 2024
Definition of sullen
Adjective
  • The bans follow an onslaught of viral TikTok memes showing exasperated teens re-creating slipping on Crocs and tripping in their school hallways—a trend even Crocs acknowledged on the social media platform.
    Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2024
  • The mighty Roosevelt Johnson pulls a dual role as the exasperated ghost of Pap and the despicable Uncle Rev.
    Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press, 25 Oct. 2024
Definition of exasperated
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