4850375933 | Artificial | Not natural or real; made, produced, or done to seem natural | 0 | |
4850377264 | Bombastic | High sounding, but has little meaning; pretentious or pompous sounding | 1 | |
4850377265 | Colloquial | to speak in an informal way | 2 | |
4850377266 | Concrete | relation to specific people, things, or actions rather than general ideas | 3 | |
4850378579 | Connotative | relating to an idea or quality that a word makes you think about in addition to its meaning | 4 | |
4850378580 | Cultured | having or showing good education and manners | 5 | |
4850380747 | Detached | separating from something larger | 6 | |
4850380748 | Emotional | relating to emotions | 7 | |
4850380761 | Esoteric | hard to understand for one of normal intelligence; only understood by members of a certain group | 8 | |
4850382722 | Euphemistic | pleasant word or phrase used instead of one that is unpleasant or offensive | 9 | |
4850382723 | Figurative | used with a meaning that is different from the basic meaning and that expresses an idea in an interesting way | 10 | |
4850382724 | Formal | involving outward form, structure, or arrangements of elements rather than content; according with established custom | 11 | |
4850384779 | Grotesque | extremely unusual, ugly, or distorted | 12 | |
4850384780 | Homespun | plain and simple | 13 | |
4850384781 | Idiomatic | relation to expressions that cannot be understood from the meaning of its separate words but that has a separate meaning of its own | 14 | |
4850385808 | Informal | friendly or relaxed quality | 15 | |
4850385809 | Insipid | dull or boring | 16 | |
4850385810 | Jargon | special terms relating to a certain field; confused unintelligible language | 17 | |
4850385811 | Learned | characterized by or associated with learning; used to describe something because of learning or experience | 18 | |
4850385812 | Literal | ordinary or usual meaning of a word | 19 | |
4850387112 | Moralistic | having or showing strong opinions about what is right behavior and what is wrong behavior | 20 | |
4850387113 | Obscure | not well known by most people | 21 | |
4850387114 | Obtuse | stupid; not able to think clearly or to understand what is obvious | 22 | |
4850387115 | Ordinary | normal or usual | 23 | |
4850389109 | Pedantic (2 definitions) | narrowly, stodgily, and often ostentatiously learned, corrects minor details; unimaginitave, dull | 24 | |
4850389110 | Picturesque | very pretty or charming; telling about something in a way that makes it very easy to imagine | 25 | |
4850390679 | Plain | having no pattern or decorations | 26 | |
4850390680 | Poetic | having a beautiful or graceful quality | 27 | |
4850390681 | Precise | very accurate and exact; careful to the details | 28 | |
4850392295 | Provincial | making unjustified or excessive claims; having or showing the unpleasant quality of people; a person of local or restricted interests or outlook; a person lacking urban polish or refinement | 29 | |
4850392296 | Scholarly | relating to formal study or research | 30 | |
4850393742 | Sensuous | affecting the senses in a pleasing way | 31 | |
4850395301 | Simple | not hard to understand | 32 | |
4850395302 | Slang | words that aren't considered part of the standard vocabulary of a language and that are used very informally | 33 | |
4850395303 | Symbolic | expressing an idea without using words | 34 | |
4850395304 | Trite | not effective because of being used too often | 35 | |
4850396572 | Vulgar | not having or showing good manners | 36 | |
4850401688 | Amiable | friendly and pleasant | 37 | |
4850401689 | Amused | make someone laugh or smile; to entertain | 38 | |
4850401690 | Appreciative | having or showing appreciation | 39 | |
4850402970 | Authoritative | showing impressive knowledge of a subject | 40 | |
4850402971 | Benevolent | kind and generous; organized to do good things for others | 41 | |
4850402972 | Brave | feeling or showing no fear | 42 | |
4850406503 | Calm | quiet and peaceful state or condition | 43 | |
4850406504 | Cheerful | showing happiness; willing to do something without complaints | 44 | |
4850406505 | Cheery | having happy feelings; merry or bright in manner or effect | 45 | |
4850410773 | Complimentary | expressing praise or admiration for someone or something | 46 | |
4850410774 | Confident | feeling that you can do something well or succeed at something; certain that something will happen or come true | 47 | |
4850411899 | Consoling | to try to make someone less sad; to comfort | 48 | |
4850411900 | Content | pleased and satisfied; not needing more | 49 | |
4850413901 | Dreamy | pleasant, peaceful, relaxing; having a quality which shows or suggests that you're not noticing what is going on | 50 | |
4850413902 | Ecstatic | feeling or showing ecstasy; very happy or excited | 51 | |
4850413903 | Elated | very happy and excited; marked by high spirits | 52 | |
4850415143 | Elevated | having an intelligent and usually formal tone | 53 | |
4850415144 | Encouraging | causing a hopeful feeling | 54 | |
4850415145 | Energetic | involving a lot of effort; showing a lot of energy | 55 | |
4850416361 | Enthusiastic | strong excitement about something | 56 | |
4850419054 | Excited | cause enthusiastic feelings in someone; to make someone feel energetic and eager to do something | 57 | |
4850419055 | Exuberant | very lively, happy, or energetic; exciting in large amounts | 58 | |
4850419056 | Fanciful | coming from the imagination; unusual and appealing | 59 | |
4850420291 | Friendly | acting like a friend; kind and helpful; showing support or approval | 60 | |
4850420292 | Happy | 61 | ||
4850420293 | Hopeful | full of hope | 62 | |
4850421343 | Impassioned | showing or feeling strong emotions, great warmth, or intensity of feelings | 63 | |
4850421344 | Jovial | full of joy and happiness; markedly good-humored | 64 | |
4850421345 | Joyful | full of joy | 65 | |
4850421346 | Jubilant | very happy, joyful; expressing joy with shouting | 66 | |
4850423048 | Lighthearted | cheerful or happy nature, not serious; free from care or anxiety | 67 | |
4850423049 | Loving | showing love; careful and thorough | 68 | |
4850423050 | Optimistic | belief that good things will happen in the future; belief that this world is the best possible world | 69 | |
4850424584 | Passionate | expressing strong emotions (sexual or romantic sometimes); capable of, or affected by intense feelings | 70 | |
4850426255 | Peaceful | quiet and calm, without noise; not involved in violence; untroubled by conflict | 71 | |
4850426256 | Playful | eager to play, full of energy; showing you're having fun and not being serious | 72 | |
4850426257 | Pleasant | friendly and likeable; causing a feeling of happiness and pleasure | 73 | |
4850426258 | Proud | very happy because of something you've done, someone you know, or something you own; showing attitude of people who think they're more important than others | 74 | |
4850427699 | Relaxed | calm or free from stress, worry, anxiety; informal, but comfortable; not strict or controlled | 75 | |
4850427700 | Reverent | showing a lot of respect | 76 | |
4850427701 | Romantic | relating to love between 2 people; thinking about love and doing and saying things to show that you love someone | 77 | |
4850427702 | Soothing | producing feelings of comfort or relief | 78 | |
4850428762 | Surprised | feeling caused by something unexpected or unusual; without awareness | 79 | |
4850428763 | Sweet | gentle, kind, or friendly; generalized term of approval | 80 | |
4850428764 | Sympathetic | showing concern about someone who is in a bad situation; showing support and sensitivity to others' emotions | 81 | |
4850430311 | Vibrant | showing great life, activity, energy, bright, loud, giving the sense of life, vigor, and action | 82 | |
4850430312 | Whimsical | unusual in a playful or amusing way; lightly fanciful | 83 | |
4850431942 | Accusing | To blame someone for something wrong | 84 | |
4850431943 | Aggravated | To make someone angry | 85 | |
4850433571 | Agitated | To disturb or anger someone | 86 | |
4850433573 | Apathetic | To not showing much emotion | 87 | |
4850434686 | Arrogant | To have an offensive attitude of superiority | 88 | |
4850438535 | Audacious | Very confident and daring | 89 | |
4850438536 | Belligerent | Angry and aggressive | 90 | |
4850438537 | Bitter | Angry, hurt, or resentful because of one's bad experiences | 91 | |
4850439726 | Brash | Rude or harsh | 92 | |
4850439727 | Childish | Lacking maturity | 93 | |
4850439728 | Choleric | Easily angry | 94 | |
4850439729 | Coarse | Rude or offensive | 95 | |
4850441082 | Cold | Lacking affection or warmth feeling | 96 | |
4850441083 | Condemnatory | Having strong disapproval | 97 | |
4850442288 | Condescending | Showing that you are more intelligent or better than others | 98 | |
4850442289 | Contradictory | Information that disagrees with other information | 99 | |
4850442290 | Critical | Expressing criticism or disapproval | 100 | |
4850442291 | Desperate | Very upset because of little or no hope | 101 | |
4850443655 | Disappointed | Feeling unhappy because something was not as good as expected | 102 | |
4850443656 | Disgruntled | To be unsatisfied or angry | 103 | |
4850443657 | Disgusted | Strong dislike for something that is unpleasant | 104 | |
4850445209 | Disinterested | Not influenced by personal feelings, interests, or concerns | 105 | |
4850445210 | Facetious | Speech meant to be funny but instead regarded as improper | 106 | |
4850445212 | Harsh | severe or cruel | 107 | |
4850446907 | Haughty | Insulting attitude of people who think that they are better, smarter, or more important than others | 108 | |
4850446908 | Hateful | causing or deserving hate | 109 | |
4850446909 | Hurtful | causing injury or emotional pain | 110 | |
4850448248 | Indignant | Having anger because of something that is unfair or wrong | 111 | |
4850448249 | Inflammatory | causing anger | 112 | |
4850448250 | Insulting | disrespectful or scornfully abusive | 113 | |
4850450147 | Irritated | Annoyed | 114 | |
4850450148 | Manipulative | Dishonest control of a situation or person | 115 | |
4850451782 | Obnoxious | unpleasant in a way that makes people feel offended, annoyed, or disgusted | 116 | |
4850451783 | Outraged | extremely angered | 117 | |
4850453317 | Passive | someone who accepts what others do or decide without trying to change anything | 118 | |
4850453318 | Quarrelsome | ready or likely to argue or disagree | 119 | |
4850453319 | Shameful | bad enough to make someone ashamed | 120 | |
4850454715 | Smooth | happening or done without any problems | 121 | |
4850454716 | Snooty | insulting attitude of people who think that they are better, smarter, or more important than others | 122 | |
4850454717 | Superficial | concerned only with what is obvious or apparent | 123 | |
4850456061 | Surly | rude and unfriendly | 124 | |
4850456062 | Testy | becoming angry or annoyed easily | 125 | |
4850456063 | Threatening | hostile or deliberately frightening | 126 | |
4850456078 | Tired | bored or annoyed by something because you have heard it, seen it, done it, etc., for a long time | 127 | |
4850458599 | Uninterested | not interested | 128 | |
4850458600 | Wrathful | full of extreme anger | 129 | |
4850484354 | Bantering | to speak to or address in a witty and teasing manner | 130 | |
4850484385 | Caustic | very harsh and critical | 131 | |
4850486671 | Comical | causing laughter especially by being unusual or unexpected | 132 | |
4850486673 | Contemptuous | having deep hatred or disapproval | 133 | |
4850488259 | Cynical | believing that people are generally selfish and dishonest | 134 | |
4850488260 | Disdainful | dislike of someone or something you think does not deserve respect | 135 | |
4850499387 | Droll | having an odd and amusing quality | 136 | |
4850499389 | Flippant | lacking proper respect or seriousness | 137 | |
4850501012 | Giddy | playful and silly | 138 | |
4850503371 | Humorous | causing laughter | 139 | |
4850503372 | Insolent | rude or impolite | 140 | |
4850503373 | Ironic | strange or funny because something is different from what you expected | 141 | |
4850504946 | Irreverent | lack of respect for someone or something that is usually treated with respect | 142 | |
4850504947 | Joking | something said or done to cause laughter | 143 | |
4850504948 | Malicious | having or showing a desire to cause harm to another person | 144 | |
4850508485 | Mock-heroic | imitating the style of heroic literature in order to satirize an unheroic subject. | 145 | |
4850508486 | Mocking | making fun of someone or something in a cruel way | 146 | |
4850508487 | Mock-serious | pretending to be serious as a joke | 147 | |
4850509845 | Partronizing | speaking down to others, acting as though you are smarter, classier, or better than others | 148 | |
4850509846 | Pompous | speaking or behaving in a formal way because they believe that they are better, smarter, or more important than others | 149 | |
4850509847 | Quizzical | showing that you find something strange or amusing | 150 | |
4850509848 | Ribald | referring to sexual matters in an amusingly rude or unrespectful way | 151 | |
4850511311 | Ridiculing | making fun of someone or something in a cruel or harsh way | 152 | |
4850511313 | Sarcastic | using irony in order to mock or convey contempt | 153 | |
4850512610 | Sardonic | showing that you disapprove of or do not like someone or something; disdainfully or skeptically humorous, derisively mocking | 154 | |
4850512611 | Satiric | using humor to show that someone or something is foolish, weak, bad, etc. | 155 | |
4850512612 | Scornful | feeling or expressing contempt or derision | 156 | |
4850512613 | Sharp | sudden and quick | 157 | |
4850513763 | Silly | foolish or stupid | 158 | |
4850513764 | Taunting | provoke or challenge (someone) with insulting remarks | 159 | |
4850513765 | Teasing | laugh at and criticize (someone) in a way that is either friendly and playful or cruel and unkind | 160 | |
4850518404 | Wry | using or expressing dry, especially mocking, humor | 161 | |
4850584347 | Anxious | afraid or nervous | 162 | |
4850585807 | Apologetic | feeling/showing regret | 163 | |
4850587562 | Apprehensive | afraid that soemthing bad/unpleasant is going to happen | 164 | |
4850587563 | Concerned | feeling worry or concern; having an interset/involvement in something | 165 | |
4850587564 | Confused | unable to understand/think clearly; not clearly organized/expressed | 166 | |
4850589335 | Dejected | sad bc of failure or loss | 167 | |
4850589336 | Depressing | feeling sad; economic depression - low growth and few jobs | 168 | |
4850589337 | Despairing | feeling very sad without hope | 169 | |
4850593294 | Disturbed | showing signs of mental/emotional illness; worried and unhappy | 170 | |
4850593295 | Embarrassed | feeling confused/foolish in front of other people | 171 | |
4850593296 | Fearful | feeling fear | 172 | |
4850593441 | Foreboding | a feeling that somthing bad is going to happen | 173 | |
4850595918 | Gloomy | dark; sad, depressed, not hopeful | 174 | |
4850595919 | Grave | serious/likely to produce a great harm or danger | 175 | |
4850597291 | Hollow | worthless/useless | 176 | |
4850598724 | Hopeless | having/feeling no hope; incapable of solution/improvement | 177 | |
4850598725 | Horrific | havng the power to horrify; appalling, atrocious | 178 | |
4850598726 | Horror | painful/intense fear, dread, or dismay | 179 | |
4850598727 | Melancholy | a pensive/thoughtful/sad mood; characterized by depression or bad temper | 180 | |
4850600406 | Miserable | being distressed/unhappy; inadequate/meager | 181 | |
4850600407 | Morose | sullen or gloomy | 182 | |
4850600408 | Mournful | with sorrow or melancholy | 183 | |
4850600409 | Nervous | easily excited or irritated | 184 | |
4850600522 | Numb | deviod of emotion/sensation | 185 | |
4850602019 | Ominous | foreshadowing evil | 186 | |
4850602020 | Paranoid | suspiciousness; fearful | 187 | |
4850603648 | Pessimistic | having lack of hope, expecting bad things to happen | 188 | |
4850603649 | Pitiful | deserving pity or contempt | 189 | |
4850603650 | Poignant | strong feeling of sadness or regret, painfully affecting the feelings | 190 | |
4850605296 | Regretful | feeling sad or sorry about something | 191 | |
4850605297 | Remorseful | apologetic, regretful, repentant | 192 | |
4850605298 | Resigned | to accept as inevitable, to give up deliberately/quit | 193 | |
4850606789 | Sad | unhappy | 194 | |
4850606790 | Serious | thoughtful or subdued; not joking or trifling | 195 | |
4850606791 | Sober | marked by temperance or seriousness; sensible | 196 | |
4850610703 | Solemn | very serious or formal, sad; marked by ceremony | 197 | |
4850610704 | Somber | very sad or serious; gloomy | 198 | |
4850610705 | Staid | serious, boring, old-fashioned; not joking or playful in mood or manner | 199 | |
4850610706 | Upset | to trouble mentally/unemotionally; to defeat unexpectedly | 200 | |
4850610707 | Lugubrious | full of sadness/sorrow in an exaggerated/insincere way | 201 | |
4850612440 | Admonitory | warning, cautioning | 202 | |
4850612441 | Allusive | an implied/indirect reference to something | 203 | |
4850616361 | Baffled | completely confused | 204 | |
4850616362 | Callous | feeling no emotion/sympathy/concern for others | 205 | |
4850616363 | Candid | honest and sincere; without bias, prejudice or malice | 206 | |
4850616364 | Ceremonial | with ceremony; without real power or influence | 207 | |
4850617866 | Clinical | analytical or coolly dispassionate | 208 | |
4850621589 | Contemplative | involving deep thought; devoted to religious thought/prayer | 209 | |
4850623617 | Conventional | common/traditioanl and ordinary, lacking originality | 210 | |
4850623619 | Didactic | designedto teach people something, preachy and moralistic | 211 | |
4850628164 | Disbelieving | not believing | 212 | |
4850628165 | Dramatic | sudden and extreme; attracting attention | 213 | |
4850629746 | Earnest | serious, intent, sincere | 214 | |
4850629747 | Expectant | looking forward to something that will happen | 215 | |
4850629748 | Factual | based on fact | 216 | |
4850629749 | Fervent | having/showing very strong feelings | 217 | |
4850631544 | Forthright | clear, honest, direct | 218 | |
4850631545 | Frivolous | not serious or important | 219 | |
4850635966 | Histrionic | too emotional or dramatic in a theatrical way | 220 | |
4850638805 | Humble | not proud or haughty; of low rank | 221 | |
4850638806 | Incredulous | not able/willing to believe something | 222 | |
4850638807 | Informative | giving information | 223 | |
4850641141 | Inquisitive | curious, asking many questions | 224 | |
4850641142 | Instructive | providing knowledge or instructions | 225 | |
4850641143 | Intimate | having a very close relationship; to say something in an indirect way; to announce | 226 | |
4850641144 | Judgemental | judging people too quickly or critically | 227 | |
4850648007 | Loud | high in volume or showiness | 228 | |
4850651718 | Lyrical | beautiful or expressive | 229 | |
4850651719 | Matter-of-Fact | starightforward, unemotional | 230 | |
4850653287 | Meditative | very thoughtful | 231 | |
4850653288 | Nostalgic | wistful/yearning for the past | 232 | |
4850653289 | Objective | without bias or emotion | 233 | |
4850654846 | Obsequious | marked by fawning attentivess to someone with authority; sucking up | 234 | |
4850654847 | Patriotic | strong support for your country | 235 | |
4850656592 | Persuasive | able to persuade/convince | 236 | |
4850656593 | Pleading | begging | 237 | |
4850656594 | Pretentious | expressing exaggerated importance/worth/stature | 238 | |
4850659439 | Provocative | serving to excite or stimulate thought/argument | 239 | |
4850659479 | Questioning | doubting something | 240 | |
4850661139 | Reflective | reflecting sound/light, thinking carefully about something | 241 | |
4850661140 | Reminiscent | reminding you of someone/something else; thinking about the past | 242 | |
4850664152 | Restrained | showing self-control; not too colorful or fancy | 243 | |
4850666012 | Seductive | making someone do/want something; allure | 244 | |
4850666013 | Sentimental | appealing to emotions; v emotional | 245 | |
4850668615 | Shocking | hard to believe | 246 | |
4850668616 | Sincere | genuine, without malice | 247 | |
4850668617 | Unemotional | without emotion | 248 | |
4850668618 | Urgent | very important and needing immediate attention | 249 | |
4850670154 | Vexed | annoyed/frustrated or worried | 250 | |
4850670155 | Wistful | full of yearning/desire tinged with melancholy/sadness | 251 | |
4850670485 | Zealous | feelin strong and energetic support for | 252 |
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