ATTITUDE VOCABULARY

Wrathful – full of or characterized by intense anger.

Sentence – My mother was wrathful with my lying.

Whimsical – playfully quaint or fanciful

Sentence – He has a wonderful whimsical sense of humour.

Testy – easily irritated

Sentence – No wonder these people are feeling testy.

Superficial – existing or occurring at or on the surface.

Sentence – A superficial injury is not serious.

Solemn – formal and dignified.

Sentence – I was awed by her solemn words.

Snooty – showing disapproval, especially those considered to belong to a lower social class.

Sentence – She’s so snooty; she never speaks to the neighbours.

Scornful – feeling or expressing contempt

Sentence – He was scornful of such ‘female’ activities as cooking.

Sardonic – grimly mocking or cynical.

Sentence – She raised a sardonic brow.

Pompous – affectedly grand, self-important.

Sentence – Don’t be so pompous.

Morose – sullen and ill-tempered.

Sentence – Why are you so morose these days?

Jovial – cheerful and friendly.

Sentence – He was in the jovial mood.

Irreverent – showing a lack of respect for people or things that are generally taken seriously.

Sentence – She has an irreverent attitude towards marriage.

Childish – silly and immature.

Sentence – Don’t behave childish you are in the public place.

Callous – having an insensitive and cruel disregard

Sentence – Her callous attitude repels me.

Choleric – bad-tempered or irritable.

Sentence – He was impatient and choleric.