6635659548 | Accusatory | Charging of wrongdoing | ![]() | 0 |
6635659549 | Admonitory | Serving to warn | ![]() | 1 |
6635659550 | Allusive | Full of allusions | ![]() | 2 |
6635659551 | Apathetic | Indifference due to lack of concern or energy | ![]() | 3 |
6635659552 | Bantering | Good-natured teasing or joking | ![]() | 4 |
6635659553 | Benevolent | Doing or inclined to do good | ![]() | 5 |
6635659554 | Burlesque | Broadly comic or satirical imitation of a writing or play; low comedy | 6 | |
6635659555 | Callous | Unfeeling, insensitive to the feelings of others | 7 | |
6635659556 | Candid | Frank, outspoken; open and sincere | 8 | |
6635659557 | Caustic | Intense use of sarcasm; stinging, biting | ![]() | 9 |
6635659558 | Choleric | Hot-tempered, easily angered | ![]() | 10 |
6635659559 | Clinical | Purely scientific; impersonal | ![]() | 11 |
6635659560 | Condescending | Dealing with others in a proud or haughty way | ![]() | 12 |
6635659561 | Contemptuous | Expressing disdain, scorn, or intense disgust | ![]() | 13 |
6635659562 | Cynical | Denying the sincerity of people's motives and actions | ![]() | 14 |
6635659563 | Derisive | Ridiculing, mocking | ![]() | 15 |
6635659564 | Didactic | Intended for teaching/instruction | ![]() | 16 |
6635659565 | Earnest | Intense or sincere state of mind | 17 | |
6635659566 | Elegiac | Sad; mournful; plaintive | ![]() | 18 |
6635659567 | Elusive | Hard to grasp or retain mentally | ![]() | 19 |
6635659568 | Erudite | Learned, polished, scholarly | ![]() | 20 |
6635659569 | Facetious | Joking or being silly; especially at an inappropriate time | ![]() | 21 |
6635659570 | Flippant | Frivolous and disrespectful; impertinent | ![]() | 22 |
6635659571 | Grating | Irritating or persistently annoying | ![]() | 23 |
6635659572 | Halcyon | Calm and peaceful; tranquil | ![]() | 24 |
6635659573 | Haughty | Proud and vain to the point of arrogance | ![]() | 25 |
6635659574 | Impartial | Without prejudice or bias | ![]() | 26 |
6635659575 | Indignant | Expressing anger or scorn | ![]() | 27 |
6635659576 | Inflammatory | Likely to rouse excitement, anger, or violence | ![]() | 28 |
6635659577 | Informative | Educational; instructional | ![]() | 29 |
6635659578 | Irreverent | Disrespectful; lack of love or awe for something sacred | ![]() | 30 |
6635659579 | Ironic | Contrary to what is expressed or usual | 31 | |
6635659580 | Insolent | Arrogant; audaciously rude or disrespectful; impertinent | ![]() | 32 |
6635659581 | Insipid | Without flavor; tasteless; not exciting or interesting | ![]() | 33 |
6635659582 | Intimate | Very familiar | ![]() | 34 |
6635659583 | Jovial | Happy | ![]() | 35 |
6635659584 | Lugubrious | Very sad or mournful to an exaggerated or ridiculous extent | ![]() | 36 |
6635659585 | Malicious | Purposely hurtful | ![]() | 37 |
6635659586 | Melancholic | Sad, depressed; gloomy; pensively reflective | ![]() | 38 |
6635659587 | Moralistic | Adhering to a system of morals or imposing this system on others | 39 | |
6635659588 | Morose | Gloomy, sullen, despondent | ![]() | 40 |
6635659589 | Obsequious | Polite and obedient in order to gain something | 41 | |
6635659590 | Patronizing | To treat in a condescending manner | 42 | |
6635659591 | Pedantic | To stress minor or trivial points of learning | ![]() | 43 |
6635659592 | Petty | Relatively worthless; trivial; minor | 44 | |
6635659593 | Pretentious | Making claims to some importance | ![]() | 45 |
6635659594 | Quizzical | Odd, eccentric, amusing | ![]() | 46 |
6635659595 | Ribald | Offensive in speech or gesture | ![]() | 47 |
6635659596 | Ridiculing | Slightly contemptuous banter; making fun of | ![]() | 48 |
6635659597 | Sanguineous | Optimistic, cheerful | ![]() | 49 |
6635659598 | Sardonic | Characterized by bitter or scornful derision | ![]() | 50 |
6635659599 | Turgid | Overblown or pompous; bombastic | ![]() | 51 |
6635659600 | Vibrant | Throbbing with life; vigorous, energetic, radiant | ![]() | 52 |
6635659601 | Whimsical | Unpredictable, fanciful | ![]() | 53 |
6635659602 | Zealous | Marked by active interest and enthusiasm | ![]() | 54 |
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