| reticent(adjective, person, quiet, feelings, modest) |
| rough(adjective, characteristic, mean, poor, inferior) |
| severe(adjective, characteristic, mean, poor, inferior) |
| silence(verb, action, put, shame, humiliate) |
| soft(adjective, nature, temper, shy, meek) |
| squash(verb, action, upset, crush, put) |
| strike dumb(verb, expression, idiom, action, put) |
| subordinate(adjective, mean, simple, gentle, poor) |
| trivial(adjective, characteristic, mean, weak, slight) |
| uncouth(adjective, characteristic, mean, poor, inferior) |
| unrefined(adjective, characteristic, mean, poor, base) |
| wretched(adjective, characteristic, mean, obscure, poor) |
| beggarly(adjective, characteristic, mean, obscure, poor) |
| belittle(verb, activity, action, ridicule, behaviour) |
| compliant(adjective, quiet, gentle, shy, meek) |
| cut to the quick(verb, expression, idiom, action, put) |
| devoted(adjective, piety, servile) |
| dishonor(verb, reduce, destroy, crush, damage) |
| free from vanity(expression, adjective, character, personality, characteristics) |
| homely(adjective, simple, clean, plain, pure) |