ADJECTIVE - NOUN RHYME IV

The Word's The Thing 

Dr. Louis D. Appel

Can you think of an adjective-noun phrase to answer each clue in which the two words rhyme? For example, given the clue Heavenly fabric, the adjective-noun rhyming phrase could be Ethereal material. 

 

1. A surly snub

2. A haughty, disdainful pirate

3. An unsatisfying, dull melody

4. A buried ornithological specimen

5. An inborn characteristic of personality

6. A genuinely difficult or trying experience 

7. A cheerful person with preternatural vision

8. A  person who requires insulin and travels a lot

9. Physically and morally spent distinguished group

10. An obsessed person who is able to attract followers

 

Answers:

 

1. Gruff rebuff

2. Cavalier buccaneer

3. Jejune tune

4. Interred bird

5. Innate trait

6. Real ordeal

7. Buoyant clairvoyant

8. Peripatetic diabetic

9. Effete elite

10. Charismatic fanatic