June 19: Thursday Thirteen #1

Alright, here’s my first stab at the Thursday Thirteen.

13 new words to try out

I tend to over-use certain words in my writing. I am not proud of this and hereby promise to put more effort into peppering my posts with new-and-improved descriptions. Here are thirteen of these over-used words and some possible replacements.

1. Cool/awesome: splendid, ace, capital, breathtaking, magisterial
   “Our long-awaited sunny weather is splendid.”
   
2. Bad/crappy: abominable, rank, frowzy,
   “The refrigerator was frowzy beyond belief. I am totally going to fire that maid.”
   
3. Mean/evil: demoniacal, viperous, ogreish, detestable
   “Grandma was even more demoniacal during our last visit than she was on Christmas Day.”
   
4. Love/adore: worship, revere, exalt, cherish
   “My husband is to be revered, as he reminds me frequently.”
   
5. Hate: despise, loathe, revile
   “I loathe being reminded that I should revere my husband.”
   
6. Favorite: pet, choice, darling
   “When the son is a despicable grouch, the daughter is easily our darling.”
   
7. Beautiful: captivating, fetching, heavenly
   “The diamonds my husband gave me for no reason whatsoever are captivating.”
   
8. Unattractive: beastly, repellent, toady
   “The neighbor’s yard upkeep is repellent, but it makes ours look less beastly.”
   
9. Delicious/yummy: gustable, ambrosial, nectareous
   “The new chef they hired for us prepares perfectly ambrosial meals.”
   
10. Sweet/nice/loving: winsome, fetching, precious
    “Because ‘precious’ is typically reserved to describe ugly babies, I’ll use ‘fetching’ more frequently.”
    
11. Naughty: disorderly, ill-behaved, obstreperous, ungovernable
    “The children were particularly obstreperous when I was sleeping off my hangover this morning.”
    
12. Child: moppet, nipper, bantling
    “Whoever said nippers should be cherished never tried to sleep off a hangover with them in the next room.”
    
13. Eager/excited: bursting, athirst, agog
    “I am bursting to use these words in my future writing adventures.”