10530588432 | Abhorrent | Hateful | 0 | |
10530588433 | Acrimonious | Stinging, bitter in temper or tone | 1 | |
10530588434 | Allusive | working by suggestion rather than explicit mention | 2 | |
10530588435 | Angst-ridden | Seriously affected by a feeling of dread or anxiety | 3 | |
10530588436 | Antipathy | Strong dislike | 4 | |
10530588437 | Audacious | Bold, adventurous, recklessly daring | 5 | |
10530588438 | Aversive | Irritating or unpleasant | 6 | |
10530588439 | Benevolent | Kindly; favorable towards | 7 | |
10530588440 | Brusque | (adj.) abrupt, blunt, with no formalities | 8 | |
10530588441 | Burlesque | Involving ludicrous or mocking treatment of a solemn subject | 9 | |
10530588442 | Bewildered | Perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements | 10 | |
10530588443 | Caustic | Severely critical or sarcastic | 11 | |
10530588444 | Choleric | (adj.) easily made angry, bad-tempered | 12 | |
10530588445 | Colloquial | Informal language | 13 | |
10530588446 | Conciliatory | Appeasing; soothing; showing willingness to reconcile | 14 | |
10530588447 | Contemptuous | Haughty; scornful | 15 | |
10530588448 | Credulous | gullible; ready to believe anything | 16 | |
10530588449 | Callous | Emotionally hardened; insensitive; unfeeling | 17 | |
10530588450 | Contrite | Extremely apologetic, remorseful, repentant | 18 | |
10530588451 | Derisive | Expressing ridicule | 19 | |
10530588452 | Didactic | intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive | 20 | |
10530588453 | Diffident | lacking self-confidence | 21 | |
10530588454 | Disconsolate | Hopelessly sad | 22 | |
10530588455 | Dismal | miserable, dreary | 23 | |
10530588456 | earnest | marked by deep sincerity and serious intent | 24 | |
10530588457 | effusive | emotionally unrestrained; gushy | 25 | |
10530588458 | elegiac | expressing sorrow often for something past | 26 | |
10530588459 | erudite | scholarly, learned, bookish, pedantic | 27 | |
10530588460 | euphonious | pleasing in sound | 28 | |
10530588461 | exhortative | intending to give urgent advice, recommendations, or warnings | 29 | |
10530588462 | facetious | (adj.) humorous, not meant seriously | 30 | |
10530588463 | fatuous | silly, foolish | 31 | |
10530588464 | fervent | characterized by intense emotion | 32 | |
10530588465 | flippant | (adj.) lacking in seriousness; disrespectful, saucy | 33 | |
10530588466 | funereal | solemn as befitting a funeral | 34 | |
10530588467 | grave | serious; dignified; formal | 35 | |
10530588468 | grim | gloomy, harsh, and frightening | 36 | |
10530588469 | haughty | arrogant, condescending | 37 | |
10530588470 | hostile | unfriendly; unfavorable; warlike, aggressive | 38 | |
10530588471 | idyllic | charming in a rustic way; naturally peaceful | 39 | |
10530588472 | imperious | arrogantly domineering or overbearing | 40 | |
10530588473 | inane | (adj.) silly, empty of meaning or value | 41 | |
10530588474 | incisive | sharp; keen; cutting straight to the heart of the matter | 42 | |
10530588475 | incredulous | (adj.) disbelieving, skeptical | 43 | |
10530588476 | indignant | feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment | 44 | |
10530588477 | insipid | lacking flavor; dull; not at all stimulating | 45 | |
10530588478 | insolent | boldly rude or disrespectful | 46 | |
10530588479 | irascible | irritable, easily angered, cranky, cross | 47 | |
10530588480 | intimate | marked by close acquaintance | 48 | |
10530588481 | jingoistic | overly patriotic | 49 | |
10530588482 | jocund | cheerful and lighthearted | 50 | |
10530588483 | laudatory | containing or expressing praise | 51 | |
10530588484 | lugubrious | excessively mournful | 52 | |
10530588485 | lyrical | Songlike; characterized by emotions, subjectivity, and imagination. | 53 | |
10530588486 | macabre | (adj.) grisly, gruesome; horrible, distressing; having death as a subject | 54 | |
10530588487 | maudlin | overly emotional | 55 | |
10530588488 | morose | (adj.) having a gloomy or sullen manner; not friendly or sociable | 56 | |
10530588489 | nostalgic | wishing for a return to the way things used to be; longing for the past; homesick | 57 | |
10530588490 | narcissistic | conceited; having excessive self-love or admiration | 58 | |
10530588491 | obsequious | overly submissive and eager to please | 59 | |
10530588492 | pedantic | marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects | 60 | |
10530588493 | pensive | engaged in, involving, or reflecting deep or serious thought | 61 | |
10530588494 | petulant | (adj.) peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset | 62 | |
10530588495 | pithy | (adj.) short but full of meaning and point | 63 | |
10530588496 | patronizing | treating with condescension; acting superior | 64 | |
10530588497 | pretentious | pretending to be important, intelligent or cultured | 65 | |
10530588498 | qualmish | adj. slightly ill | 66 | |
10530588499 | rancorous | showing deep-seated resentment | 67 | |
10530588500 | repugnant | (adj.) offensive, disagreeable, distasteful | 68 | |
10530588501 | reticent | not revealing one's thoughts or feelings readily | 69 | |
10530588502 | ribald | (adj.) irreverently mocking; coarse, vulgar, or indecent in language | 70 | |
10530588503 | sanguine | cheerful; optimistic | 71 | |
10530588504 | sardonic | cynical; scornfully mocking | 72 | |
10530588505 | saturnine | gloomy; sluggish | 73 | |
10530588506 | scathing | harshly critical | 74 | |
10530588507 | sullen | (adj) silent or brooding because of ill humor, anger, or resentment; slow moving, sluggish. | 75 | |
10530588508 | servile | submissive or fawning in attitude or behavior | 76 | |
10530588509 | simpering | wearing a childish grin | 77 | |
10530588510 | taunting | sarcastically challenging or insulting | 78 | |
10530588511 | terse | brief and to the point | 79 | |
10530588512 | timorous | timid, fearful | 80 | |
10530588513 | trepidation | fear, apprehension | 81 | |
10530588514 | vehement | forceful; furious | 82 | |
10530588515 | vexed | troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances | 83 | |
10530588516 | vitriolic | bitter, sarcastic | 84 | |
10530588517 | vivacious | lively, sprightly, full of energy | 85 | |
10530588518 | vituperative | using or containing harsh, abusive censure | 86 | |
10530588519 | venerating | regard with great respect | 87 | |
10530588520 | wistful | vaguely longing, sadly thoughtful | 88 | |
10530588521 | zealous | fervent; fanatical | 89 |
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