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7557397958AcerbicSharp; harsh; biting0
7557397959ApatheticShowing little or no emotion; indifferent1
7557397960ArdentPassionate; zealous; fiery2
7557397961AwedFilled with reverence, dread, wonder3
7557397962BellicoseWarlike; hostile; a synonym to belligerent but usually actively engaged in fighting4
7557397963BelligerentHostile; aggressive; a synonym to bellicose implying a nature inclined to fight5
7557397964BenevolentCharitable, kind, generous6
7557397965CallousHardened; unfeeling; indifferent to the suffering of others7
7557397966CandidHonest; open; straightforward8
7557397967CausticHarsh or corrosive; acerbic9
7557397968CondescendingShowing a superior, patronizing attitude10
7557397969ContemplativeDeeply thoughtful, reverent11
7557397970ContemptuousShowing disrespectful disapproval; scornful12
7557397971CynicalSkeptical of the motives of others, contemptuously distrustful, distrustful of the sincere motives of others13
7557397972DerisiveMocking, Jeering. A synonym of contempt, this is the act of treating with disrespect14
7557397973DidacticInstructive, inclined to teach often for a moralistic or edifying purpose15
7557397974DisdainfulScornful, haughty, proud. A synonym of contempt (mental judgment), this is the feeling negative mental judgment produces16
7557397975EffusiveUnrestrained or profuse and emotional expression; gushy17
7557397976ElegiacMournful, expressing sorrow or lamentation18
7557397977EruditeLearned or scholarly19
7557397978FacetiousTreating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor; a synonym of flippant but taken as more light, less disrespectful20
7557397979FancifulImaginative, whimsical21
7557397980FlippantDisrespectfully casual, frivolous. A synonym of facetious, but with more negative, dismissive, disrespectful22
7557397981ForebodingMarked by a sense of impending evil, ominous23
7557397982HistrionicOverly dramatic, affected and behavior or speech24
7557397983IncredulousExpressing disbelief, skeptical25
7557397984IndignantExpressing anger at unjust actions or treatment, expressing offense26
7557397985InflammatoryArousing strong emotion, especially anger, intending to provoke27
7557397986IrreverentLacking respect or veneration for what is generally revered or accepted28
7557397987JadedUnenthusiastic or apathetic, usually as a result of repetition or disappointment, weary29
7557397988JovialJolly, good-humored30
7557397989LaudatoryExpressing praise or admiration31
7557397990LugubriousExaggerated mournful or gloomy, forlorn, miserable32
7557397991MaliciousIntending to harm, showing malice33
7557397992MaudlinFoolishly or tearfully sentimental34
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