behoove
be appropriate or necessary

Calamity - an event resulting in great loss and misfortune

dearth
an insufficient quantity or number

Fervour - intense and passionate feeling.

Gobsmacked - utterly astonished; astounded.

hypocritical - professing feelings or virtues one does not have

Imbroglio - an extremely confused, complicated, or embarrassing situation.
"the Watergate imbroglio"

Kitsch - art, objects, or design considered to be in poor taste because of excessive garishness or sentimentality, but sometimes appreciated in an ironic or knowing way.
"the lava lamp is an example of sixties kitsch"

Martinet - a strict disciplinarian, especially in the armed forces.
"the woman in charge was a martinet who treated all those beneath her like children"

Obdurate - stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or course of action.
"I argued this point with him, but he was obdurate"