4317664526 | absurd | silly, ridiculous | 0 | |
4317666483 | ambivalent | undecided, having mixed emotions, unsure | 1 | |
4317668880 | apathetic | lacking concern, showing little or no interest | 2 | |
4317673193 | amused | entertained, finding humor, expressed by a smile or laugh | 3 | |
4317694592 | angry | enraged, very mad, incensed, threatening or menacing | 4 | |
4317697599 | arrogant | haughty, acting with false superiority | 5 | |
4317699657 | bitter | resentful, having strong animosity or rancor | 6 | |
4317702714 | cheerful | jovial, happy, in good spirits | 7 | |
4317704333 | comic | humorous, funny | 8 | |
4317705988 | compassionate | sympathetic, having feeling for others, showing pity, empathy | 9 | |
4317709422 | complex | complicated, having many varying characteristics | 10 | |
4317711968 | condescending | patronizing, stooping to the level of one's inferiors | 11 | |
4317715316 | critical | disapproving | 12 | |
4317717813 | cruel | causing suffering or pain | 13 | |
4317720591 | cynical | scornful of the motives or virtues of others, bitterly mocking | 14 | |
4317724336 | depressed | dejected, sad, unhappy, troubled | 15 | |
4317726260 | detached | uninvolved, having no interest or feelings, objective | 16 | |
4317730015 | distressed | upset | 17 | |
4317730016 | earnest | sincere, showing deep felling, seriousness | 18 | |
4317732605 | formal | accepting rules, stiff, using textbook style, factual | 19 | |
4317735665 | gentle | considerate, mild, soft, kind | 20 | |
4317738909 | hard | unfeeling, hard-hearted, unyielding | 21 | |
4317742564 | incredulous | doubtful, disbelieving, skeptical | 22 | |
4317744512 | indignant | angry, angered by something unjust, mean, unworthy | 23 | |
4317747866 | intense | deeply felt, concentrated | 24 | |
4317749600 | intimate | personal, close, deeply associated | 25 | |
4317750782 | ironic | wry, an unexpected opposite meaning in words or events | 26 | |
4317754472 | irreverent | lacking respect, lacking reverence | 27 | |
4317756956 | joyous | extremely happy | 28 | |
4317758592 | loving | affectionate, compassionate, showing intense, deep feeling | 29 | |
4317762727 | malicious | spiteful, desiring to harm others or to see others suffer | 30 | |
4317766049 | mocking | ridiculing, imitating | 31 | |
4317768322 | nostalgic | yearning for the past, homesick, wistful | 32 | |
4317772352 | objective | factual, uninfluenced by emotion or personal prejudice | 33 | |
4317775983 | optimistic | positive, believing in positive outcomes | 34 | |
4317778875 | outspoken | frank, candid, spoken without reserve | 35 | |
4317780506 | pathetic | pitiful, useless, wretched | 36 | |
4317781899 | pessimistic | tending to take the worst possible view of a situation | 37 | |
4317789721 | playful | fun-filled, full of good spirits, humorous, jesting | 38 | |
4317793992 | reticent | reserved, restrained | 39 | |
4317795414 | reverent | respectful, showing deep respect and esteem | 40 | |
4317797340 | righteous | morally just, morally right, guiltless | 41 | |
4317799329 | satiric | ridiculing or attacking by means of irony or caustic wit | 42 | |
4317803624 | sentimental | emotional, showing special feelings for (possibly romantic) | 43 | |
4317806906 | serious | earnest, not funny | 44 | |
4317808114 | straightforward | direct, frank, honest | 45 | |
4317809573 | sympathetic | understanding | 46 | |
4317811405 | tragic | disastrous, calamitous | 47 | |
4317813007 | uneasy | lacking security, lacking comfort | 48 | |
4317814924 | vindictive | revengeful, spiteful, bitter, unforgiving | 49 | |
4317819871 | accusatory | charging of wrong doing | 50 | |
4317819872 | awe | solemn wonder | 51 | |
4317821777 | callous | unfeeling, insensitive to feelings of others | 52 | |
4317825612 | contemplative | studying, thinking, reflecting on an issue | 53 | |
4317828288 | choleric | hot-tempered, easily angered | 54 | |
4317830876 | contemptuous | showing or feeling that something is worthless or lacks respect | 55 | |
4317833969 | caustic | intense use of sarcasm; stinging, biting | 56 | |
4317836055 | conventional | lacking spontaneity, originality, and individuality | 57 | |
4317839493 | disdainful | scornful | 58 | |
4317842420 | didactic | author attempts to educate or instruct the reader | 59 | |
4317845713 | derisive | ridiculing, mocking | 60 | |
4317847294 | erudite | learned, polished, scholarly | 61 | |
4317850149 | fanciful | using the imagination | 62 | |
4317852236 | forthright | directly frank without hesitation | 63 | |
4317854098 | gloomy | darkness, sadness, rejection | 64 | |
4317855371 | haughty | proud and vain to the point of arrogance | 65 | |
4317858130 | judgmental | authoritative and often having critical opinions | 66 | |
4317867426 | jovial | happy | 67 | |
4317867427 | lyrical | expressing a poet's inner feelings; emotional; full of images; song-like | 68 | |
4317873868 | matter-of-fact | accepting of conditions; not fanciful or emotional | 69 | |
4317876831 | morose | gloomy, sullen, surly, despondent | 70 | |
4317879327 | obsequious | polite and obedient in order to gain something | 71 | |
4317882770 | patronizing | air of condescension | 72 | |
4317883961 | quizzical | odd, eccentric, amusing | 73 | |
4317885602 | ribald | offensive in speech or gesture | 74 | |
4317890004 | ridiculing | slightly contemptuous banter; making fun of | 75 | |
4317892932 | reflective | illustrating innermost thoughts and emotions | 76 | |
4317894965 | sarcastic | sneering, caustic | 77 | |
4317896907 | sardonic | scornfully and bitterly sarcastic | 78 | |
4317899181 | sincere | without deceit or pretense; genuine | 79 | |
4317904246 | solemn | deeply earnest, tending toward sad reflection | 80 | |
4317907381 | sanguineous | optimistic, cheerful | 81 | |
4317911400 | whimsical | odd, strange, fantastic; fun | 82 | |
4318431397 | omniscient | having complete or unlimited knowledge, awareness, or understanding; perceiving all things | 83 | |
4318454225 | conjectural | Opinion or judgment based on inconclusive or incomplete evidence; guesswork | 84 | |
4318481214 | prestigious | having status or glamour; impressive or influential | 85 | |
4318483111 | pretentious | Claiming that or behaving as if one is important or deserving of merit when such is not the case | 86 | |
4318492577 | malevolent | Having or exhibiting ill will; wishing harm to others; malicious | 87 | |
4318499792 | eloquent | Capable of or characterized by persuasive, moving, or graceful discourse | 88 | |
4318506615 | nascent | Coming into existence; emerging | 89 | |
4318506616 | amorphous | Lacking physical form, shape, or organization | 90 | |
4318512045 | assertive | Inclined to bold or confident assertion; aggressively self-assured | 91 | |
4318518225 | indifferent | Having no particular interest or concern; apathetic | 92 | |
4318530736 | enthralled | fascinated to the exclusion of anything else | 93 | |
4318540189 | reclusive | Seeking or preferring seclusion or isolation | 94 | |
4318541738 | ambiguous | 1. Open to more than one interpretation 2. doubtful or uncertain | 95 | |
4318558236 | predominant | Having the most importance, influence, or force; most common (main) | 96 | |
4318570248 | nonsensical | Lacking intelligible meaning; foolish | 97 | |
4318580502 | rancorous | full of or showing resentment | 98 | |
4318584514 | elegiac | Of, relating to, or involving elegy or mourning or expressing sorrow for that which is irrecoverably past | 99 | |
4318589232 | pertinent | Clearly related to a matter at hand | 100 | |
4318592685 | frivolous | 1. Unworthy of serious attention 2. inappropriately silly | 101 | |
4318598045 | futile | Having no useful result; ineffectual | 102 | |
4318607609 | visionary | Characterized by vision or foresight (can also deal with dreams or prophesies) | 103 | |
4318638717 | pedantic | Characterized by a narrow, often pretentious concern for academic knowledge and formal rules | 104 | |
4318645750 | meandering | wandering | 105 | |
4318645751 | reproachful | expressing blame | 106 | |
4318653368 | flippant | Marked by disrespectful levity (humor/lack of seriousness) or casualness | 107 | |
4318655642 | impulsive | Inclined to act on impulse rather than thought | 108 | |
4318658711 | discursive | passing from one topic to another, usually in an unmethodical way; digressive | 109 | |
4318663028 | laconic | Using or marked by the use of few words; concise | 110 | |
4318668691 | contentious | causing argument or debate; quarrelsome | 111 | |
4318679559 | pragmatic | Dealing or concerned with facts or actual occurrences; practical | 112 | |
4318693105 | pervasive | Having the quality or tendency to pervade (be present througout) or permeate | 113 | |
4318700227 | progressive | Moving forward; advancing | 114 | |
4318710776 | circumspect | Heedful of circumstances and potential consequences; prudent (careful, cautious, wise) | 115 | |
4318754506 | pompous | affectedly and irritatingly grand, solemn, or self-important | 116 | |
4318778239 | aesthetic | 1. Relating to the philosophy or theories of aesthetics (the branch of philosophy that is concerned with the nature of art and the criteria of artistic judgment) 2. Of or concerning the appreciation of beauty or good taste; attractive | 117 | |
4318791033 | anatomical | Concerned with anatomy or dissection | 118 | |
4318807637 | integral | Essential or necessary for completeness | 119 | |
4318820730 | unrequited | Not given, rewarded, or felt in return | 120 |
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