adjective

25 of 60

Bad / Hostile

hostile - To be unfriendly towards someone you see as an enemy

In couples therapy, the first thing Emily tried to do was to get both people to feel less hostile towards each other.

noun

26 of 60

Bad / Angry

hothead - Someone who reacts with anger quickly and impulsively without thinking carefully first

Jack's nature was to be a hothead, and his therapist told him he must learn to act strategically and deliberately, or he might do things he would always regret.

noun

27 of 60

Bad / War

hostage - A person who is captured and held prisoner and is threatened with injury if a demand is not met

The revolutionaries said that the hostages would be released only after $20 million was deposited in their anonymous Bitcoin account.

noun

28 of 60

Bad / Dangerous

Url

hysteria - A state of extreme excitement, fear or anger in which a person, or a group of people, loses control of their emotions and starts to cry, laugh, etc.

There was almost mass hysteria when the band played their final song and some in the crowd rushed towards the stage.

adjective

29 of 60

Bad / Bad

horrible - Very bad or unpleasant

Brad ran for the bus, and just missed it, and mud splattered all over his clothes - the beginning of a horrible day.

verb

30 of 60

Other / Light

ignite - To cause something to catch fire or become inflamed.

Historians discuss and search for the event that ignited the French Revolution.

noun

31 of 60

Bad / Dishonest

hypocrite - Someone who acts in a way that contradicts what they say they believe in

Barry claimed that he believed in honesty, but the way he usually lied when it was convenient showed that he was just a hypocrite

noun

32 of 60

Other / Sound

hush - A silence

A hush came over the election-night crowd as the disappointing results came in.

verb

See noun

33 of 60

Other / Squeeze

huddle - To come close together in a group

After the tragedy, the family members huddled together to give emotional support and comfort to each other.

noun

34 of 60

Bad / Stupid

ignoramus - An ignorant or stupid person

Casey's coworkers regarded him as an ignoramus, because whenever they asked him questions about his job and what he was doing, he threw up his hands and said, "How would I know that?"

adjective

35 of 60

Bad / Pain

humiliated - To feel ashamed after someone embarrasses you in front of others.

When Jim revealed to everyone at the party that Marty hadn't even finished 6th grade, Marty felt humiliated.

adjective

36 of 60

Other / Body

husky - Big and strong

Arnold's husky body helped him as a football player.

// Auto-focus search input when modal opens var searchModal = document.getElementById('searchModal'); if (searchModal) { searchModal.addEventListener('shown.bs.modal', function () { var inp = searchModal.querySelector('input[name=search]'); if (inp) inp.focus(); }); }