6680159207 | angry | wild and stormy; wrath; indignation; rage; ire; vitriol, fume | 0 | |
6680159208 | apologetic | an acknowledging and expressing regret for a fault, injury, insult, etc.; sorry, remorseful | 1 | |
6680159211 | bitter | causing or showing sorrow, discomfort, or pain; grievous; sardonic; acrimonious, embittered | 2 | |
6680159213 | candid | honest, outspoken; unbiased, impartial; frank, genuine | 3 | |
6680159215 | clinical | purely scientific; dispassionately curious; objective, detached | 4 | |
6680159217 | colloquial | words, phrases or idioms as used in conversation; informal, vernacular | 5 | |
6680159218 | compassionate | to have sorrow for suffering with helpful intent; pity, deep sympathy | 6 | |
6680159220 | factual | having te nature of something true; genuine, accurate | 7 | |
6680159222 | formal | high level of language utilizing high vocabulary, complex syntax, etc.; academic, pomp | 8 | |
6680159227 | humorous | funny; amazing; amusing; comical; droll; waggish, ribald | 9 | |
6680159228 | impartial | favoring none more than another; without prejudice; just; fair, unbiased | 10 | |
6680159229 | incisive | cutting into; sharp; keen; piercing; acute; trenchant, poignant | 11 | |
6680159230 | indignant | anger or scorn from injustice, cruelty, etc.; resentment, animus | 12 | |
6680159231 | inflammatory | rousing or likely to rouse excitement or violence; vehement, fiery | 13 | |
6680159232 | informal | casual, easy, unceremonious, or relaxed; colloquial, offhand | 14 | |
6680159233 | informative | giving instruction, knowledge or education; advisory, illuminating | 15 | |
6680159235 | benevolent | doing or inclined to do good; charitable | 16 | |
6680159238 | concerned | interested; troubled or anxious | 17 | |
6680159239 | condescending | graciously willing to do something regarded as beneath one's dignity; to deal with others in a proud or haughty way | 18 | |
6680159240 | confident | assured; certain; trustful | 19 | |
6680159243 | cynical | denying the sincerity of people's motives and actions | 20 | |
6680159245 | didactic | intended for teaching/instruction; too much inclined to teach others | 21 | |
6680159246 | disdainful | treating or regarding as beneath one's dignity; aloof contempt or scorn | 22 | |
6680159249 | elegiac | sad; mournful; plaintive | 23 | |
6680159253 | irreverent | disrespect; lack of love or awe for something sacred | 24 | |
6680159254 | ironic | contrary to what is expressed or usual | 25 | |
6680159258 | moralistic | adhering to a system of morals or perhaps imposing this system on others | 26 | |
6680159259 | objective | without bias or prejudice; detached; impersonal | 27 | |
6680159260 | patronizing | to treat in a condescending manner | 28 | |
6680159261 | pedantic | to stress minor or trivial points of learning | 29 | |
6680159266 | satiric | use of ridicule, sarcasm, irony to expose, attack or deride vices, follies, stupidities or abuses | 30 | |
6680159267 | scornful | filled with extreme indignant contempt; disdain; refusing or rejecting as wrong/disgraceful | 31 | |
6680159268 | sentimental | having or showing tender, gentle, or delicate feelings, but sometimes in an excessive or maudlin way; influenced more by emotion than reason | 32 | |
6680159269 | somber | dark and gloomy; earnest and solemn | 33 | |
6680159270 | sympathetic | looking upon with favor | 34 | |
6680159271 | taunting | challenging or reproachfull in a sarcastic, insulting or jeering manner | 35 | |
6680159273 | urgent | calling for hast; insistent | 36 | |
6680159274 | vibrant | throbbing with life; vigorous, energetic, radiant | 37 | |
6680159275 | whimsical | unpredictable, fanciful | 38 | |
6680159276 | pitiful | sorrow felt for another's suffering or misfortune; commiserate; condoling, sympathetic | 39 | |
6680159277 | playful | fond of fun; sportive; humorous, joking, or merry; fralicsome, waggish | 40 | |
6680159278 | proud | delight or satisfaction of oneself, achievements, possessions, etc. (can be haughty); arrogant, superior | 41 | |
6680159280 | sarcastic | intent to hurt by taunting with mocking ridicule, veiled snickers, etc.; sardonic, caustic | 42 | |
6680159281 | seductive | tending to persuade to do wrong or evil; lead astray; tempting, enticing | 43 | |
6680159283 | shocked | any sudden disturbance or agitation of the mind or emotions (surprise, disgust, etc.); dazed, flabbergasted | 44 | |
6680159285 | intimate | most private or personal; very close or familiar | 45 | |
6680159291 | nostalgic | a wishing for something that happened long ago or is now far away; a bittersweet longing for things, persons, or situations or the past | 46 | |
6680159292 | peaceful | free from strife; lacking noise or disorder; quiet | 47 | |
6680159293 | solemn | deeply earnest, serious, and sober | 48 | |
6680159298 | zealous | motivated or filled by enthusiastic devotion or strong diligence; fervent; showing great emotion | 49 |
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