creepy unpleasant, annoying, weird, a little bit scary, makes you feel uncomfortable Do you know that creepy guy who works in our office? He's always staring at me, and sometimes when I turn round, he's standing right next to me, but I never hear anything - he's just suddenly there! hypocritical pretending to have beliefs or principles that you do not actually possess, or acting against the beliefs which you say you have My brother told me to stop smoking, but he smokes 20 a day himself - how hypocritical! insincere not honest or genuine in the expression of feelings He wasn't a real gentleman. His false charm and cold smile made him seem very insincere. malicious often doing bad things in order to hurt people It's just his determination and wanting to win and sometimes he gets a bit over-excited, but he isn't at all malicious. materialistic much more concerned with material things than with spiritual, intellectual, or cultural values Those girls are greedy and materialistic: they measure their success in terms of how many pairs of shoes and designer handbags they have. mercenary motivated by a desire for money He's so mercenary - he doesn't care what he has to do at work, as long as the pay is good. ruthless without pity or mercy He was so ruthless in his criticism of their performance that most of them started to cry. snobbish a person who admires people of high rank or social class, and dislikes people in a lower class than him/herself He's so snobbish. He was very friendly towards Jane until he found out her dad was a taxi driver. Now he hardly speaks to her. spiteful wanting to do something bad to someone, usually because of a belief that they have done something bad to you She's so spiteful. When she saw that I had got the last piece of cake, she pushed me, to make me drop it. stubborn resistant to change, especially of opinions and ideas, even if others are negatively affected Izzy is so stubborn. Everybody could see she was tired, but she wouldn't let anybody else help her. |