9673834303 | accusatory | indicating or suggesting that one believes a person has done something wrong. | 0 | |
9673834304 | allusive | (of a remark or reference) working by suggestion rather than explicit mention. | 1 | |
9673834305 | aloof | describes someone who is reserved in manner; uninvolved. | 2 | |
9673834306 | ambivalent | characterized by a mixture of opposite feelings or attitudes | 3 | |
9673836430 | apathetic | not interested; having no strong emotion towards | 4 | |
9673839008 | audacious | bold | 5 | |
9673839009 | callous | unfeeling; unsympathetic | 6 | |
9673839010 | candid | open and sincere | 7 | |
9673840659 | captious | tending to find and call attention to faults | 8 | |
9673840660 | censorious | severely critical | 9 | |
9673844181 | choleric | easily made angry, bad-tempered | 10 | |
9673844182 | clinical | efficient and unemotional; coldly detached. | 11 | |
9673844183 | condescending | displaying superiority; patronizing | 12 | |
9673846152 | contemplative | deeply or seriously thoughtful | 13 | |
9673848177 | contemptuous | expressing disdain; showing a lack of respect | 14 | |
9673848178 | delirious | in an acutely disturbed state of mind resulting from illness or intoxication and characterized by restlessness, illusions, and incoherence of thought and speech. | 15 | |
9673850675 | derivise | expressing contempt or ridicule. | 16 | |
9673850676 | detached | separate or disconnected, in particular. | 17 | |
9673852854 | didactic | intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive. | 18 | |
9673852855 | dispassionate | impartial; calm, free from emotion | 19 | |
9673855016 | dogmatic | inclined to lay down principles as incontrovertibly true | 20 | |
9673855017 | effusive | overflowing with words or feelings; gushing | 21 | |
9673855018 | elated | in high spirits, jubilant; extremely pleased | 22 | |
9673856781 | elegiac | mournful over what has passed or been lost; often used to describe tone | 23 | |
9673856782 | erudite | scholarly | 24 | |
9673856783 | esoteric | intended for or understood by only a select few, private, secret | 25 | |
9673858947 | euphemistic | using or of the nature of a euphemism; polite | 26 | |
9673858948 | flippant | not showing a serious or respectful attitude | 27 | |
9673858949 | frivolous | not important; silly; trivial | 28 | |
9673860981 | giddy | having a sensation of whirling and a tendency to fall or stagger; dizzy. | 29 | |
9674261401 | belligerent | given to fighting, warlike; combative, aggressive; one at war, one engaged in war | 30 | |
9674261402 | benevolent | kindly, charitable | 31 | |
9674279517 | caustic | severely critical or sarcastic | 32 |
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