Typography Word List
Thin Red Line Book Project 1
grim, stark, powerful, lonely, gripping, tragic, dreary, sad, compelling, compassionate, heretical,
significant, deep, moving, poignant, hideous, coarse, cadaverous, horrible, intellectual, Exquisite,
brawny, crass, clever, observant, fatuous, honest, straightforward, foul, infamous, tactile, terrifying,
heroic, desolate, brave, unique, tempermental, familiar, idealistic, honorable, agnostic, depraved,
corrupt, degenerate, Blasphemous, Skeptical, exemplary, contradictory, reverent, amiable, Cynical,
scared, anti-social, ribald, altruistic
Definitions:
grim: ghastly: shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
tragic: very sad; especially involving grief or death or destruction
Poignant: keenly distressing to the mind or feelings
cynical: believing the worst of human nature and motives; having a sneering disbelief in e.g.
selflessness of others
Blasphemous: grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred;
Stark: blunt: devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment
tactile: tangible; perceptible to the sense of touch
agnostic: uncertain of all claims to knowledge
depraved: deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good;
Altruistic: showing unselfish concern for the welfare of others
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