sternness or severity of manner or attitude

An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant

coarsely abusive, vulgar or low (especially in language), foul-mouthed

very careful and exact, attentive to fine points of etiquette or propriety

scholarly, learned, bookish, pedantic

to criticize or punish severely

• privy

• surfeit

• castigate

• erudite

short-lived, as an image

• evanescent

• castigate

• erudite

• surfeit

an excessive amount of something

• privy

• surfeit

• plumb

• cynical

informed about something secret or not generally known

• surfeit

• evanescent

• surfeit

• privy

to examine deeply; determine the depth

• privy

• plumb

• cynical

• inimical