to tread heavily and noisily, often indicating anger or frustration
strange
adjective / streynj / stranger / strangely / stranger / strangest unfamiliar as a result of being out of one’s natural environment or not yet part of one’s experience Isn’t it strange How people can change From strangers to friends Friends into lovers And strangers again? Celeste (Strange)
surly
adjective / sur-lee / surlier / surliest / surliness (Atmospheric) having a darkly domineering appearance that is meant to intimidate and deter something or someone’s actions Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earthAnd danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings.Sunward I’ve climbed and joined the tumbling mirthOf sun-split clouds – and done a hundred thingsYou have not dreamed of – wheeled and soared and swungHigh in the sunlit silence. Hov’ring there,I’ve chased the shouting wind along and flungMy eager […]
sweltered
verb / swel-terd / swelt / swelter / sweltering / swelteringly (Touching) oppressed and suffering from excessive heat A thousand people sweltered in the gymThen I heard someone whisper hey, that’s himThat’s when the crowd let out this deafening soundIt was the night Hank Williams came to town Johnny Cash (The Night Hank Williams Came to Town)