(by behaviour etc)

  • 111overlook — verb (T) 1 to not notice something: It is easy to overlook a small detail like that. 2 to ignore and forgive someone s mistake, bad behaviour etc: I ll overlook your mistake this time. 3 if a building, room, or window overlooks a place, you can… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 112over-the-top abbreviation OTT — adjective BrE informal remarks, behaviour etc that are over the top are so exaggerated (exaggerate) or unreasonable that they seem stupid or offensive: It s a bit over the top to call him a fascist …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 113patient — 1 / peISFnt/ noun (C) someone receiving medical treatment from a doctor 2 adjective able to wait calmly for a long time or to accept difficulties, people s annoying behaviour etc without becoming angry (+ with): Louise was very patient with me… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 114pea — noun (C) 1 a large round green seed that is cooked and eaten as a vegetable: frozen peas | garden peas | pea soup | shell peas (=take them out of their seed container) 2 a plant that produces long green pods that contain these seeds 3 like two… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 115ritualistic — adjective ritualistic words, types of behaviour etc always follow the same pattern, especially because they form part of a ritual: ritualistic incantations | I got tired with the boring, almost ritualistic weekly meetings. ritualistically / kli/… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 116snobbish — also snob.by adjective having attitudes, behaviour etc that are typical of a snob snobbishly adverb snobbishness noun (U) …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 117suggestive — adjective 1 a remark, behaviour etc that is suggestive makes you think of sex 2 reminding you of something: suggestive of sth: an abstract painting suggestive of a desert landscape suggestively adverb suggestiveness noun (U) …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 118well-documented — adjective well documented events, behaviour etc definitely exist and people have written a lot about them: the well documented problems faced by prisoners families …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 119westernized — also ised BrE adjective copying the customs, behaviour etc typical of the US or Europe …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 120baffle — UK [ˈbæf(ə)l] / US verb [transitive] Word forms baffle : present tense I/you/we/they baffle he/she/it baffles present participle baffling past tense baffled past participle baffled if a problem, someone s behaviour etc baffles you, you cannot… …

    English dictionary