

Stacked modifiers exasperate readers.Ībhorrent, abominable, abysmal, appalling, atrocious, awful, beastly, contemptible, dastardly, deplorable, despicable, detestable, disgraceful, disgusting, distasteful, dreadful, foul, heinous, hideous, horrendous, horrible, horrid, ignoble, ill-natured, iniquitous, insufferable, intolerable, loathsome, low, malevolent, malicious, malignant, monstrous Exercise caution with multiple descriptors, though. Instead of hateful consider these adjectives. “A date with that loser? You gotta be kidding. Why couldn’t you find a job in California or Arizona?” “Why did we have to move to Alaska? It’s too freakin’ cold. “Look, miss, I asked for the pasta without mushrooms. “How many times have I asked you not to play country-and-western music while I’m driving? Turn it off. Really? Time to switch realtors.Ĭonversation often provides the most direct route to convey character emotion:
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And the carpet - who in their right mind would ever install a wall-to-wall leopard-print shag? To say nothing of the gaudy family room and rusty plumbing. The wallpaper in the living room reeked of cigarette smoke and mold.

He couldn’t bring himself to wring its neck, but he could certainly throw it outside with the rest of its mangy kin. Walter picked up the cat by the scruff of the neck and held it as far from his body as his short arms could reach. Wouldn’t it be karma for Donald if the runny-nosed customer had COVID? He never seemed to notice, so today she upped the ante and poured his café au lait into a dirty mug previously used by a sniffling customer with a cough. Stephanie, who was the only server on the diner’s early shift, spit in Donald’s coffee every time she prepared it. Do you recognize the dislike or hate in each one? (As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.)
