Pygmalion Vocabulary

attractive and impressive for reasons of color, gleam, or brilliance; dazzling

• petulant

• resplendent

• difficent

• impertinent

complaint, reproach, objection, qualm

• remonstrance

• impudence

• gumption

• mendacity

robotically, mechanically, in a way indicative of just going through the motions; done without emotion or personal investment

• dogmatically

• resolutely

• perfunctorily

• mendacity

assertiveness, initiative; guts, nerve, spunk

• cant

• mendacity

• impertinent

• gumption

in a patronizing or belittling way born from a belief in one's own superiority; in a way that "talks down to"

• perfunctorily

• dogmatically

• condescendingly

• diffident

jargon or language associated with a particular group; vows or pledges falsely committed to high ideals, goodness, or principles; hypocritcal claims

• cant

• remonstrance

• impudence

• presumptuous

unassertive, unsure, timid; indicative of a lack of confidence in one's own ability or worth

• diffident

• cant

• impertinent

• petulant

deceit; tendency to lie or intentionally mislead

• gumption

• remonstrance

• mendacity

• cant

childish, erratically cranky; characterized by sudden irritation --often over a small annoyance

• presumptuous

• impertinent

• petulant

• resplendent

to verbally put down or criticize; to belittle or to disparage

• deprecating

• impudence

• repudiate

• resolutely