Tough Adjectives 11

Question 1

Tangled up ( physically – strings, cords, etc )

Confused, mixed up ( thoughts, ideas )

Answer 1

Enchevêtré 7

s’enchevêtrer dans ses explications - to get mixed up trying to explain something

Question 2

wrung out, drip dried, drained

Answer 2

égoutté 7

Question 3

fleshy

[discours] jam-packed, meaty

[catalogue, palmarès] substantial

Answer 3

étoffé 7

Question 4

Crippling

Answer 4

( pain, effect ) paralysant 6

( debt, cost / financial blow ) écrasant

Question 5

Trivial, forgettable, frivolous, “meh”

Answer 5

anodin(e) 5

ce n’est pas un acte anodin - it’s not a trivial

s’il a dit cela, ce n’est pas anodin - if he said that, he meant something by it

Question 6

Documented, recorded
( sickness, cases, etc )

Answer 6

Répertorié 7
Memento, 40:06

Question 7

( douleur ) shooting

( souvenir, musique ) haunting

( question, doute ) nagging, lingering

Answer 7

lancinant 7
Inception, 2:00:28
Amélie, 38:27

Question 8

Quilted / covered

Answer 8

molletonné 7
Amélie, 13:19

Question 9

Scalded, burnt by water

Answer 9

Ébouillanté 7

Question 10

Unfathomable, unimaginable, immense

Answer 10

insondable 7
Renfield, 44:26

Question 11

Shriveled, over dried

Answer 11

rabougri, desséché 7

Question 12

Frantic, wild, unbridled, frenzied

Answer 12

Effréné 7
Renfield, 51:43

Question 13

Trivial, paltry, insignificant

Answer 13

dérisoire 7
( MORE!! )

Question 14

Bathed in, covered in, dripping / pouring with

bathed in sunshine

the sweat/blood was pouring down his face

streaming with tears

Answer 14

Inondé de 7

inondé de soleil

La sueur/le sang inondait son visage

inondé de larmes

Question 15

Singed, scorched, burnt a bit

Answer 15

roussi 7

Question 16

Faded ( fleur, couleur, peinture )

Worn ( tissu )

Answer 16

défraîchi

Question 17

Worn ( garment )

Answer 17

Usé

Question 18

Faded ( couleur )

Answer 18

Décoloré, défraîchi

Question 19

Caduque

Answer 19

Caduque

Question 20

Unusual ( formal )

Answer 20

Inusité