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Austere
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Severe or strict in manner, attitude, or appearance. SYN: severe, stern, strict, rigid, dour, grim
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Beneficent
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Generous or doing good or something resulting in goodSYN: charitable, beneficial, benevolent
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Cadaverous
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Resembling a corpseSYN: ghastly; extremely thin, pale, bony.
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Concoct
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To make something, create, or deviseSYN: invent, fabricate, contrive, manufacture, make up, prepare
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Crass
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Lacking sensitivity, refinement, or intelligenceSYN: gross, coarse, thick, dense, insensitive
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Debase
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Reduce something or someone in quality or valueSYN: degrade, abase, humiliate, deteriorate
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Descrate
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Treat a sacred place or thing with violent disrespectSYN: violate, profane, defile, pollute
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Desist
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Cease; abstainSYN: cease, stop, quit, discontinue
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Disconcert
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Disturb the composure of; unsettleSYN: confuse, embarrass, disturb
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Grandiose
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Impressive or magnificent appearance or style; excessively grand or ambitiousSYN: grand, magnifient, pompous
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Inconsequential
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Not important or significantSYN: insignificant, trivial
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