Blatant - (of bad behavior) done openly and unashamedly.

craven: lacking courage

Duplicitous - deceitful, "treacherous, duplicitous behavior"

effete: having lost one’s original power; barren; worn out; exhausted

factotum -handyman; person who does all kinds of work

grouse : complain; fuss; grumble; grouch

Hullabaloo- a commotion; a fuss

ineffable =unutterable; not to be uttered; taboo

Juxtapose - place or deal with close together for contrasting effect

knave: untrustworthy person; rogue; scoundrel; jack

Languid-   Lazy/relaxed or frail/weak

Mar (v): To damge, deface, or spoil.

Nickel-and-dime - to treat (a person or situation) by paying excessive attention to small amounts of money often with a detrimental effect

obdurate: stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or course of action, inflexible, inexorable

Presage - a sign or warning that something, typically something bad, will happen; an omen or portent.