optimistic and positive in a difficult situation

"I am sanguine about my selection in SSC"

Synonyms:optimistic, bullish, hopeful

blood red colour

walk in a slow, relaxed manner

"I sauntered into the room"

Synonyms:stroll, amble, wander, meander

taste (good food or drink) and enjoy it to the full

Synonyms:taste

enjoy or appreciate (something pleasant) to the full

"I wanted to savour every moment of life"

Synonyms:relish, enjoy

shock or horrify

"Their lack of manners scandalized their hosts"

Synonyms:appal

Synonyms:fall guy, whipping boy, patsy

very hot

Synonyms:searing, blazing, flaming, fiery

Antonyms:cool

a feeling and expression of contempt or disdain for someone or something

"I do not wish to become the object of scorn"

Synonyms:despise, mockery, derision, disdain, irreverence

a dishonest who often cheats

Synonyms:rogue, rascal, swindler

to cause great suffering to people

"The country has been scourged by famine in recent years"

Synonyms:afflict, torment, plague

shabby and untidy or dirty

"Scruffy clothes"

Synonyms:shabby, worn, shoddy, ragged

a feeling that prevents you from doing something that is morally wrong

Synonyms:compunction, qualms

careful, thorough, and attentive to details

"The research has been carried out with scrupulous attention to detail"

Synonyms:diligent, careful, meticulous, painstaking, assidious, sedulous, conscientious

very concerned to avoid doing wrong

"The scrupulous judge considered all the evidence before making a decision"

Synonyms:honest, honourable, upright, righteous

Synonyms:vituperative, abusive, derogatory, disparaging

be filled with intense but unexpressed anger

"We found ourselves in the middle of a seething crowd"

Synonyms:agitated, infuriated, enraged, incensed

trying to appear wise, intelligent, and important

"The document was sententious and pompous"

Synonyms:pompous, pontifical

to break or separate, especially by cutting

Synonyms:cleave, hack off, cut off

to walk slowly and awkwardly, without lifting you feet correctly

"Sick patients shambled along the hospital corridors"

showing or feeling embarrassment from shame or a lack of self-confidence

Synonyms:embarrassed, uncomfortable, ashamed

postpone or set aside temporarily

"I've had to shelve my plans to buy a new car, because I can't afford it at the moment"

Synonyms:suspend, postponse, put off

high-pitched and piercing voice or sound

Synonyms:high-pitched, piercing

Antonyms:mellow