Terse: rudely brief
• After all that I said, her
reply to me seemed terse.
Suspenseful: a feeling of excited waiting
• Every western has a suspenseful scene involving a shootout.
Wince: to flinch in pain
Exasperated: extremely annoyed
Hysterical: a state of uncontrolled emotion
(acting like you’re “going crazy”)
Vicinity: the general area
• I lobbed the grenade into the vicinity of the bad guys.
Looming: appearing to be huge; ominous
• I saw the storm cloud looming over the horizon.
• The mountains loomed right over our shoulders
Impending: about to happen
The man was unaware of his impending doom.
Meticulous: precise; paying extreme attention
to details
Ominous: creepy; foreboding; threatening