agog
highly excited by eagerness, curiosity, anticipation

bilge
stupid talk or writing; nonsense

blatherskite
a person given to voluble, empty talk

blooter
a fool; an oaf; a blunderer

bloviate
to speak pompously

cantankerous
ill-tempered and quarrelsome; disagreeable

chameleon
a changeable, fickle, or inconstant person

churlish
boorish; rude

codswallop
nonsensical talk or writing

couillon
a stupid or silly person; a dolt

curmudgeon
a bad-tempered, difficult, cantankerous person

dumbledore
a busybody

dunderhead
a dunce; a blockhead

feckless
generally incompetent and ineffectual

flapdoodle
foolish talk; nonsense

foppish
excessively refined and fastidious in taste and manner

fuddy-duddy
a person who is fussy or picayune about details

harridan
a scolding, vicious woman

incubus
someone who depresses or worries others

jabberwocky
an example of writing or speech consisting of or containing meaningless words

jackanapes
a conceited or impudent person

jejune
not interesting; dull

jobbernowl
a blockhead

Luddite
one who opposes technical or technological change

lugubrious
mournful, dismal, or gloomy

malevolent
malicious

maudlin
foolishly sentimental

mendacious
dishonest; lying; untruthful

meretricious
based on pretense, deception, or insincerity

misanthrope
one who hates or mistrusts humankind

morose
sullenly melancholy; gloomy

nebbish
a person regarded as weak-willed or timid

nefarious
extremely wicked or villainous

ninnyhammer
a fool or simpleton

nitpick
to criticize by focusing on inconsequential details

nitwit
a slow-witted, stupid, or foolish person

palter
to talk or act insincerely or deceitfully

pawky
shrewd and cunning

pecksniffian
sanctimonious

pejorative
disparaging; belittling

perspicacious
having keen mental perception and understanding; discerning

pettifogger
one who raises annoying petty objections

poltroon
characterized by complete cowardliness

popinjay
a vain and talkative person

pugnacious
eager or quick to quarrel or fight

puzzlewit
one who is puzzled; a stupid or silly person

rapscallion
one who is playfully mischievous; a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel

sagacious
acutely insightful and wise

shpilkes
nervous energy; to be feeling "antsy," to be "sitting on pins and needles"

siren
an enticing, dangerous woman

snollygoster
a clever, unscrupulous person

supercilious
having or showing arrogant superiority to, and disdain of, those one views as unworthy

surly
unfriendly or hostile

tendentious
having or showing a bias

terse
concise; brief and pithy

truculent
brutally harsh; vitriolic; scathing

umbrage
a feeling of anger caused by being offended

vainglorious
characterized by or exhibiting excessive vanity; boastful

virago
a loud-voiced, ill-tempered, scolding woman; shrew