| animus |
a feeling or attitude of enmity. |
| consternation |
surprise and alarm, leading to panic, deep disappointment, or total confusion. |
| contretemps |
an embarrassing or unfortunate happening; mishap; mischance. |
| discountenance |
to embarrass or disconcert. |
| epicene |
sharing the traits of both sexes. |
| equipoise |
a state of balance or equal weight, importance, or the like; equilibrium. |
| extrude |
to force out; expel. |
| flak |
(informal) irritating opposition, criticism, or dissent. |
| guru |
in a cult or religious movement, a spiritual guide or leader, sometimes believed to be divine. |
| hackneyed |
made trite or commonplace by overuse, as an expression or phrase. |
| imbroglio |
a difficult, confused, or complicated situation, often involving a misunderstanding, disagreement, or quarrel. |
| insinuate |
to suggest (something derogatory) subtly and indirectly. |
| obtrusive |
aggressive and self-assertive, or inclined to be so. |
| pliant |
easily flexed; supple. |
| quotidian |
happening every day or once a day. |