• Characterized by tending to : awesome, tiresome
• Indicating a group of a specified number of members: threesome

The subjunctive is used to refer to situations that are not real (but are desirable) or hypothetical situations.

• CROSS:

Please don´t get cross with me. I didn't mean to hurt your feelings.

• AS (conjunction) : Adjective + as + subject + verb = although

Angry as he was, he couldn't help smiling ⇔ Angry though he was, he couldn't help smiling

The prefix out can be added to many verbs, especially action verbs, to mean "more or greater than".