Father Christmas Glossary

by Raymond Briggs

Father Christmas Glossary

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Written by Julia Wolf

Bleak

Grim, cheerless

Forlorn

Miserable, unhappy

Reprimand

Reproach, blame

Pensive

Thoughtful, sad

Pervasive

Spreading, wide-reaching

Guileful

Disloyal, betrayal

Maladroit

Clumsy, awkward

Sacrilege

Violation, misuse of the sacred

Debacle

Catastrophe, disaster

Ambush

Surprise, trap

Precipitation

Hastiness, rush

Animosity

Bitterness, enmity

Feasible

Possible, likely

Connive

Conspire, allow

Jaunty

Merry, lively

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