Definition Dictionary

Showing an unfeeling disregard for other people's difficulties.

Inexperienced and immature.

Open and honest expression.

To stop resisting and accept another side's demands.

Disposed to find petty faults or raise objections.

To criticize or reprimand severely.

Absolute and without qualification or exception.

Sharply critical or sarcastic; literally, able to burn or corrode.

Showing a careless or dismissive attitude toward an important matter.

To express strong disapproval or issue a formal reprimand.

Following a winding or indirect route; also indirect in expression or action.

To place limits or restrictions on something.

To get around a difficulty, obstacle, or rule.

To come together to form a whole.

Aware of or having knowledge of something.

The quality of parts holding together as a unified whole.

Characteristic of ordinary informal conversation.

Corresponding in size, degree, or value to something else.

Strongly persuasive or holding close attention.

Self-satisfied to the point of overlooking problems or needed effort.

Covering the important parts of a subject thoroughly.

To admit a point or yield something after resistance.

To reduce hostility and gain goodwill by persuasion or resolving differences.

Expressing the needed information in few words.