| banal |
lacking originality or liveliness; disappointingly ordinary; commonplace; trite. |
| belabor |
to continue excessive efforts on or excessive discussion of. |
| calumny |
a harmful statement, known by the maker to be false. |
| coddle |
to simmer in water that is almost at the boiling point. |
| gadfly |
a persistent critic, especially of established institutions and policies. |
| inadvertent |
not planned or intended; unintentional. |
| indistinct |
not clearly perceived or perceiving. |
| insularity |
the condition of being closed to new ideas or outside influences; narrow-mindedness. |
| jejune |
lacking interest or liveliness; dull. |
| obtrude |
to thrust or force (oneself, one's concerns, or one's opinions) on another or others without being asked. |
| raffish |
carelessly unconventional or disreputable, sometimes appealingly so. |
| rapacious |
capable of capturing and eating live prey; predacious. |
| sententious |
using or marked by pompous, high-flown moralizing. |
| stanch1 |
to cause (a liquid, especially blood) to stop flowing. |
| untoward |
unexpected and unfortunate. |