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Esoteric Adjectives: Lexical Depths Explored is a hard crossword puzzle with 17 clues covering . Play it online for free below, or create your own crossword with our free crossword maker.
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Esoteric Adjectives: Lexical Depths Explored
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- 1. Mournful to an exaggerated degree, like theatrical sorrow
- 2. Full of worm-like marks or patterns (technical descriptive)
- 3. Characteristic of a deceitful or untrustworthy person
- 4. Habitually dishonest or lying in nature
- 8. Drained of color or vitality; literally bloodless
- 9. Pertaining to a confused mixture — used adjectivally in literary contexts
- 13. To render obscure or unintelligible (used adjectivally)
- 15. Conveying or conferring honor
- 16. Ill-defined, vague, or cloud-like in form
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- 5. Hard to please, often quarrelsome or surly
- 6. Marked by carefree unconcern or indifference
- 7. Describing the scent of earth after rain (rarely adjectival; poetic usage)
- 10. Placed side by side, usually for contrasting effect
- 11. Describing depths that plunge beyond sunlight's reach
- 12. Having a coarse, grainy texture at microscopic level
- 14. Very sheer and light, almost translucent
- 17. Given to complaining or peevish faultfinding
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