Notes from Underground Word Search
Free Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky (1864) word search. We picked 12 themed words — characters, settings, and objects from the book — and laid them out on a 15×15 grid. Drag across the letters to find every word on the list.
Written by Fyodor Dostoevsky · First published 1864 · Philosophical Novel.
Words to find: UNDERGROUND, STPETERSBURG, DIARY, CONSCIENCE, IRRATIONAL, EXISTENTIAL, DESPAIR, REBELLION, NARRATOR, SHEEP, PROCRASTINATION, CONTRADICTION.
Words run in any of eight directions, backwards included — if one refuses to turn up, try reading the grid right to left.
Notes from Underground word list, defined
- UNDERGROUND /ˈʌndəɡraʊnd/ · adjective, noun, verb, adverb
- Below ground or beneath the surface; also, concealed, secret, or operating outside the mainstream. As a noun, it can mean an underground railway system, especially the London Underground, or a clandestine movement or cultural scene. Related: subterranean, belowground, subway, metro.
- DIARY /ˈdaɪəri/ · noun
- A book in which one keeps a daily record of events, experiences, and personal thoughts; also, a planner or datebook used to note appointments and engagements. Related: journal, daybook, logbook, memoir.
- CONSCIENCE /ˈkɒnʃəns/ · noun
- A person's inner sense of right and wrong, which guides their moral judgments and produces feelings of guilt or approval depending on one's actions. Related: moral sense, inner voice, scruples, consciences.
- IRRATIONAL /ɪˈræʃənəl/ · adjective
- Not based on reason, logic, or sound judgment; irrational behavior or beliefs are unreasonable, confused, or contrary to accepted principles. In mathematics, the term describes numbers and expressions that are not ratios of whole numbers. Related: unreasonable, illogical, unfounded, absurd.
- EXISTENTIAL /ˌɛɡzɪˈstɛnʃəl/ · adjective
- Relating to existence or the nature of being; in philosophy, concerning the immediate lived experience of the individual rather than abstract theory. In everyday use, relating to questions of life, death, meaning, or survival — often describing a threat or crisis that strikes at the very existence of something. Related: fundamental, philosophical, metaphysical, essential.
- DESPAIR /dɪˈspɛə/ · noun, verb
- The complete loss or absence of hope. As a verb, to lose all hope or confidence. Related: hopelessness, desperation, despondency, anguish.
- REBELLION /rɪˈbɛl.jən/ · noun
- An act or state of open resistance to an established authority, government, or social order. It can refer to a collective uprising, a prolonged armed conflict, or more broadly to persistent defiance of authority. Related: insurrection, uprising, revolt, mutiny.
- NARRATOR /ˈnærətər/ (British), /ˈnærətɚ/ (American) · noun
- A person who tells a story or narrates the action in a film, play, documentary, or other work. The narrator may also be an unseen or off-screen voice providing commentary and context. Related: storyteller, speaker, commentator, relater.
- SHEEP /ʃiːp/ · noun; verb
- A domesticated mammal, Ovis aries, kept for its wool, meat, and milk. As a verb, “to sheep” means to treat someone contemptuously or unfairly, especially by isolating or disregarding them. Related: ram, ewe, lamb.
- PROCRASTINATION /prəˌkræstɪˈneɪʃən/ · noun
- The act of delaying something, especially a task or action that should be done, often longer than necessary. It can also refer more broadly to the habit or tendency to postpone intended actions. Related: delay, postponement, deferment, putting off.
- CONTRADICTION /ˌkɒntrəˈdɪkʃn̩/ (British), /ˌkɑːntrəˈdɪkʃn̩/ (US) · noun
- A statement or situation in which two or more things assert opposite or incompatible ideas, such that both cannot be true at the same time; also, the act of denying or asserting the opposite of what someone else has said. Related: inconsistency, conflict, discrepancy, contrariety.
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