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81The Critic (play) — The Critic: or, a Tragedy Rehearsed is a satire by Richard Brinsley Sheridan. The last of his plays, it was first staged at Drury Lane Theatre in 1779. It is a burlesque on stage acting and play production conventions, and Sheridan considered the …
82cross — crossable, adj. crossability, n. /kraws, kros/, n., v., adj., crosser, crossest. n. 1. a structure consisting essentially of an upright and a transverse piece, upon which persons were formerly put to death. 2. any object, figure, or mark… …
83querulous — adjective Often complaining; suggesting a complaint in expression; fretful, whining. There are no crimes and no criminals in these days, he said, querulously. What is the use of having brains in our profession. I know well that I have it in me to …
84tooth — n. 1) to cut, get teeth (babies are often fretful when they are cutting teeth) 2) to brush (esp. AE), clean one s teeth 3) to cap; drill; extract, pull, take out; fill a tooth 4) to pick one s teeth 5) to clench, gnash, grind, grit one s teeth 6) …
85cranky — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. irritable (see irascibility). Ant., amiable, good natured. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. cross, testy, crotchety, fretful; see irritable . See Synonym Study at irritable . III (Roget s 3… …
86impatient — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. eager, hurried, restive, restless; anxious, uneasy, intolerant. See excitability,haste, desire. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Irritable] Syn. excitable, quick tempered, fretful; see bothered ,… …
87petulant — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. fretful, irritable, complaining, peevish. See irascibility. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. grouchy, testy, cross; see irritable . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) a. [PECH uh lunt]… …
88uneasy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. restless, restive; disturbed, perturbed, disquieted, uncomfortable; anxious, apprehensive, fearful; constrained; fidgety, jittery, on edge, jumpy; uncertain, unstable, touch and go. See agitation,… …
89peevish — a. 1. Fretful, petulant, querulous, irritable, waspish, snappish, pettish, captious, cross, crusty, snarling, testy, churlish, crabbed, acrimonious, spleeny, ill natured, ill tempered. 2. Discontented, fretful, captious. 3. Self willed, stubborn …
90impatient — impatient, nervous, unquiet, restless, restive, uneasy, fidgety, jumpy, jittery are comparable when they mean manifesting signs of unrest or an inability to keep still or quiet. Impatient implies an inability to bear some trial (as delay,… …
