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4773083379AcerbicAcidic; bitter; sharp0
4773088280AdmonitoryServing to admonish; warning1
4773088781AffableFriendly2
4773088782BiasedBrejudiced towards one side3
4773089429BombasticLanguage with a theatricality of style far too powerful for the meaning expressed4
4773089430BrusqueRudely abrupt5
4773089853CausticBitingly sarcastic or witty6
4773089854ClinicalHighly objective; scientific7
4773093017CondescendingTreating people as weak or inferior8
4773093556ConfusedPerplexed or bewildered9
4773093557ContemptuousExpressing contempt; a lack of respect10
4773094282ContentiousQuarrelsome, tending to argument or strife11
4773094283CynicalBitterly or sneeringly distrustful, contemptuous, or pessimistic12
4773094849DespoticExercising absolute power; tyrannical13
4773094850DictatorialDomineering; oppressively overbearing14
4773095553DidacticIntended for instruction; can be a bit preachy15
4773095554DisdainfulTo regard or treat with contempt; to look down on16
4773096084DisingenuousNot straightforward; insincere17
4773096085DisparagingTo speak of in a negative way; belittling18
4773097087DogmaticStubbornly adhering to unproved beliefs19
4773097088EbullientIntense enthusiasm20
4773097670EffusiveEmotionally unrestrained; gushy21
4773097671EnigmaticPuzzling; baffling; cryptic22
4773098218EruditeCharacterized by great knowledge; scholarly23
4773098219FacetiousPlayfully humorous24
4773098757FlippantLacking proper respect25
4773098758FrankOpen and sincere in expression; straightforward26
4773099467GrandioseCharacterized by pretended greatness; pompous27
4773099468HaughtyArrogant; vainly proud28
4773099951IconoclasticAttacking traditional or popular ideas29
4773099952ImpartialNot in favor of one side or the other; unbiased30
4773100400ImperiousArrogantly domineering or overbearing31
4773100401IndignantAttitude of being angry because of an injustice or unworthiness32
4773100831IndifferentNot caring one way or the other33
4773091458InsipidWithout distinctive, interesting, or stimulating qualities; dull34
4773129248IronyA subtle form of mockery in which an intended meaning is obliquely conveyed35
4651358068IronyA subtly form of mockery in which an intended meaning is obliquely conveyed.36
4651358067InsolentBoldly rude or disrespectful.37
4770305371IrreverentLacking seriousness.38
4770419502LaconicExpressing much in few words; concise; succinct.39
4770419503LanguidLacking in vigor or vitality.40
4770419504LucidEasily understood; clear.41
4770419505MelancholyCausing sadness or gloom.42
4770419506MoralisticCharacterized by a narrow and conventional moral attitude.43
4770419507NostalgicA wistful desire to return to a former time or place.44
4770419508ObdurateStubborn; inflexible.45
4770419509ObsequiousFawning; overly obedient.46
4770419510PatronizingTo behave in an offensively condescending way.47
4770419511PedanticCharacterized by a narrow, often ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules.48
4770419512PedestrianLacking in vitality, imagination distinction; prosaic or dull.49
4770419513PithyBrief, forceful, and meaningful in expression.50
4770419514PlaintiveExpressing sorrow of melancholy.51
4770419515PoignantProfoundly moving; touching.52
4770419516PragmaticPractical.53
4770419517PrecociousUnusually advanced in mental development.54
4770419518PretentiousLanguage purposefully inflated to impress.55
4770419519ProsaicMatter of fact; dull; ordinary.56
4770419520RibaldVulgar or indecent speech; coarsely mocking; irreverent.57
4770419521SaccharineOverly sweet.58
4770419522SanctimoniousHypocritical show of religious devotion.59
4770419523SarcasticBitter, caustic, taunting ridicule that is meant to hurt someone or something.60
4770419524SardonicDisdainfully or ironically humorous; harsh, butter, or caustic; mocking and often cynical.61
4770419525SentimentalAppealing to tender emotions and feelings.62
4770419526SomberGloomily dark.63
4770419527SophomoricImmature and overly confident.64
4770419528SuperciliousDisdainful; haughtily contemptuous.65
4770419529TurgidExcessively ornate or complex in style or language; bombastic.66
4770419530VociferousCharacterized by loudness and vehemence.67
4770419531WistfulFull of wishful yearning.68
4770419532WhimsicalSubject to erratic behavior; unpredictable.69

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