Bill O'Reilly: Words of the Day

Words of the Day

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verecund

[ver-i-kuhnd] bashful; modest.

Featured on May 23, 2019

prissy

[ pris-ee ] excessively proper; affectedly correct; prim.

Featured on May 22, 2019

caterwaul

[ kat-er-wawl ] to utter a similar sound; howl or screech.

Featured on May 21, 2019

pettifogger

[ pet-ee-fog, -fawg ] to bicker or quibble over trifles or unimportant matters.

Featured on May 20, 2019

abrasive

[ uh-brey-siv, -ziv ] tending to annoy or cause ill will; overly aggressive.

Featured on May 16, 2019

choleric

[ kol-er-ik ] extremely irritable or easily angered; irascible.

Featured on May 15, 2019

jejune

[ ji-joon ] without interest or significance; dull; insipid.

Featured on May 14, 2019

petulant

[ pech-uh-luhnt ] moved to or showing sudden, impatient irritation, especially over some trifling annoyance.

Featured on May 13, 2019

supercilious

[ soo-per-sil-ee-uhs ] haughtily disdainful or contemptuous, as a person or a facial expression.

Featured on May 09, 2019

varlet

[ vahr-lit ] a knavish person; rascal.

Featured on May 08, 2019

pawky

[ paw-kee ] Cunning. Sly.

Featured on May 07, 2019

sociopath

[soh-see-uh-path]
a person with a psychopathic personality whose behavior is antisocial, often criminal, and who lacks a sense of moral responsibility or social conscience.

Featured on May 06, 2019

nebulous

[ neb-yuh-luh s ] hazy, vague, indistinct, or confused.

Featured on May 02, 2019

meretricious

[ mer-i-trish-uhs ] alluring by a show of flashy or vulgar attractions; tawdry.

Featured on May 01, 2019

miscreant

[ mis-kree-uh nt ] depraved, villainous, or base.

Featured on April 30, 2019

myopic

[ mahy-op-ik ] unable or unwilling to act prudently; shortsighted.

Featured on April 29, 2019

jackanapes

[jak-uh-neyps] an impertinent, presumptuous person, especially a young man; whippersnapper.

Featured on April 17, 2019

popinjay

[pop-in-jey] a person given to vain, pretentious displays and empty chatter; coxcomb; fop.

Featured on April 16, 2019

picayune

[pik-ee-yoon] of little value or account; small; trifling.

Featured on April 15, 2019

forlorn

[fawr-lawrn] desolate or dreary; unhappy or miserable, as in feeling, condition, or appearance.

Featured on April 11, 2019

meretricious

[mer-i-trish-uhs] alluring by a show of flashy or vulgar attractions; tawdry.

Featured on April 10, 2019

whittling

[hwit-ling] the act of a person who whittles.

Featured on April 09, 2019

chrulish

[chur-lish] niggardly; mean.

Featured on April 08, 2019

codswallop

[kodz-wol-uh p] nonsense; rubbish.

Featured on April 04, 2019

bunkum

[buhng-kuh m] insincere talk; claptrap; humbug.

Featured on April 03, 2019