3303121884 | Absorbed | deeply interested or involved; preoccupied assimilate, consume, devour, engulf | 0 | |
3303126170 | Acerbic | harsh or seer in temper or expression acidic, harsh, sharp, caustic, tart | 1 | |
3303130760 | Accusatory | containing an accusation; accusing condemnatory, censorious, denunciatory, disapproving | 2 | |
3303138416 | Admonitory | tending or serving to admonish; warning reproachful, exemplary, premonitory, cautious | 3 | |
3303141474 | Aggravated | to make worse or more severe annoy, irritate, exasperate | 4 | |
3303145219 | Agitated | feeling or appearing troubled or nervous disturbed, distressed, unsettled | 5 | |
3303149259 | Allusive | implying or indirectly suggesting something implied, impressionistic, indirect, allusion | 6 | |
3303153267 | Aloof | not friendly or forthcoming, more cold or distant distant, detached, antisocial, reserved | 7 | |
3303157907 | Ambiguous | open to or having several possible meanings or interpretations opaque, equivocal, puzzling, dubious | 8 | |
3303162185 | Ambivalent | having mixed feelings about something or undecided about actions uncertain, doubtful, indecisive, inconclusive | 9 | |
3303167138 | Arbitrary | based on random choice or personal whim rather than reason random, unpredictable, illogical, subjective | 10 | |
3303172613 | Amiable | having or showing good-natured personal qualities affable, sociable, engaging, forthright | 11 | |
3303178694 | Audacious | showing willingness to take bold risks bold, daring, brave, courageous | 12 | |
3303182680 | Assertive | confidently aggressive or self-assured confident, decisive, emphatic, assured | 13 | |
3303186931 | Baleful | full of menacing or malign influences; pernicious calamitous, dire, malevolent, ominous | 14 | |
3303193862 | Bemused | to puzzle, confuse, or bewilder someone confuse, baffled, dumbfounded, puzzled | 15 | |
3349843042 | Benevolent | Characterized by or expressing goodwill or kindly feelings humane, generous, benign, king | 16 | |
3349846563 | Benign | having a kindly disposition; gracious or showing or expressive of gentleness/kindness good, kindly, gentle, compassionate | 17 | |
3349852094 | Bombastic | high-sounding; high-flown; inflated; pretentious pompous, grandiose, florid | 18 | |
3349856303 | Brash | impertinent, impudent, tactless or hasty; rash; impetuous reckless, overhasty, imprudent | 19 | |
3349861601 | Callous | showing or having an insensitive and cruel disregard for others heartless, unfeeling; uncaring | 20 | |
3349865111 | Candid | truthful and straight-forward, frank outspoken, forthright, honest, objective | 21 | |
3349869412 | Capricious | given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior inconsistant, variable, unpredictable | 22 | |
3349875331 | Caustic | sarcastic in a seething or bitter way sardonic, scornful, acerbic, abrasive | 23 | |
3369383980 | Chastised | to criticize (someone) harshly for doing something wrong scold, lecture (in context of someone feeling _______) | 24 | |
3369389269 | Chauvinistic | feeling or showing aggressive or exaggerated patriotism for ones old group bigot, patriot, sexist | 25 | |
3369394715 | Choleric | bad-tempered or irritable angry, grumpy, grouchy | 26 | |
3369396340 | Clinical | efficient and unemotional, coldly detached detached, impersonal | 27 | |
3369398544 | Coarse | (of a person/speech) rude crude or vulgar oafish, loutish, rude or ill-mannered | 28 | |
3369402034 | Colloquial | of language used in familiar or ordinary conversation; not formal or literary informal, conversational, everyday | 29 | |
3369404507 | Conciliatory | intended or likely to placate or pacify placatory, appeasing, pacifying | 30 | |
3369406649 | Condemnatory | expressing strong disapproval, censorious captious, chiding, complaining | 31 | |
3429879935 | Congenial | (of a person) pleasant because of a personality/interest similar to one's own hospitable, personalbe, agreeable | 32 | |
3429883649 | Contemptuous | showing or expressing contempt or disdain; scornful; disrespectful condescending, derisive, disdainful, disrespectful | 33 | |
3429887829 | Contrite | feeling or expressing remorse or penitence; affected by guilt remorseful, repentant, penitent | 34 | |
3429890932 | Craven | cowardly; contemptibly timid, pusillanimous mean-spirited, chicken, yellow, cowardly | 35 | |
3429894186 | Cursory | hasty and therefore not thorough or detailed perfunctory, causal, superficial | 36 | |
3429897503 | Cynical | distrusting of the motives of others; bitterly distrustful, or pessimistic contemptuous, derisive, ironic, misanthropic | 37 | |
3429903704 | Dejected | sad and depressed; dispirited downcast, downhearted, despondent | 38 | |
3429905728 | Denigrating | to speak damaging of; to treat or represent as lacking of value besmirch, defame, disparage, impugn | 39 | |
3528962136 | Depreciating | to express disapproval of something or someone, to urge or protest measures against detract, disesteem, disfavor, detest | 40 | |
3528981372 | Derogatory | expressing a low opinion or lack of respect towards someone or something degrading, demeaning, slanderous, defamatory | 41 | |
3528986488 | Desultory | not having a plan or purpose or done without effort or enthusiasm aimless, erratic, unsystematic, chaotic | 42 | |
3528994626 | Detached | not influenced by emotions or personal interests, separated from another removed, isolated, severed | 43 | |
3529012267 | Didactic | intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction, as an ulterior motive advisory, instructive, moralizing, perceptive | 44 | |
3529031226 | Discursive | digressing from subject to subject deviating, digressive, meandering, wandering | 45 | |
3529031227 | Disdainful | showing contempt or lack of respect contemptuous, insolent, overbearing | 46 | |
3529036013 | Earnest | resulting from or showing sincere and intense convicting ardent, diligent, heartfelt, sincere | 47 | |
3643670546 | Effusive | expressing feeling of gratitude, pleasure, or approval in an unrestrained or heartfelt manner gushing, extravagant, lavish | 48 | |
3643677280 | Elegiac | having a mournful quality, especially in art or poetry melancholy, mournful, sorrowful | 49 | |
3643682810 | Eloquent | fluent or persuasive in speaking or writing fluent, articulate, expressive | 50 | |
3643687510 | Elusive | difficult to find, catch, retrieve, or remember ambiguous, indefinable, intangible | 51 | |
3643692539 | Empathetic | relating to empathy, identifying with others thoughts or feelings compassionate, sympathetic, sensitive | 52 | |
3643696736 | Enigmatic | difficult to understand or interpret mysterious, perplexing, unfathomable | 53 | |
3643699971 | Esoteric | intending for to be understood by only a small number of people with a specialized interest abstruse, obscure, abstract | 54 | |
3643704785 | Euphoric | characterized by or feeling intense excitement or happiness delighted, gleeful, elated, happy | 55 | |
3812145343 | Facetious | treating serious ideas with deliberately inappropriate humor sordonic | 56 | |
3812149161 | Feign | pretent to be affected by (a feeling, state or injury) fake, sham | 57 | |
3812150399 | Fervent | having or displaying a passionate intensity impassioned | 58 | |
3812151467 | Fickle | changing frequently, especially as regarding one's loyalties, interests, or affections variable | 59 | |
3812153515 | Flippant | not showing a serious or respectful attitude disrespectful/rude | 60 | |
3812154966 | Foreboding | fearful apprehension; a feeling that something bad will happen uneasiness, suspicion, fear, worry | 61 | |
3812156547 | Forthright | direct and outspoken; straightforward and honest frank, candid, blunt | 62 | |
3812158221 | Frivolous | not having any serious purpose or value carefree, lighthearted, useless | 63 | |
3832135052 | Bucolic | relating to the pleasant aspects of the countryside and country life | 64 | |
3832139403 | Jocular | humorous or playful | 65 | |
3832140829 | Diffidence | modesty or shyness resulting from a lack of self-confidence | 66 | |
3867106896 | Garrulous | excessively talkative, especially on trivial matters talkative, chatty | 67 | |
3867109194 | Gregarious | fond of company or sociable outgoing, friendly | 68 | |
3867126362 | Haughty | arrogantly superior, disdainful proud, arrogant | 69 | |
3867128779 | Idyllic | extremely happy, peaceful, or picturesque perfect, wonderful | 70 | |
3867130714 | Insolent | showing a rude and arrogant lack of respect impertinent, impudent, cheeky, ill-mannered | 71 | |
3867135903 | Intransigent | unwilling to change ones views or agree about something uncompromising, inflexible, unbending, or unyeilding | 72 | |
3867140049 | Irascible | having or shown the tendency to be easily angered irritable, quick-tempered, short-tempered | 73 | |
3867143932 | Laconic | using very few words brief, concise, terse | 74 | |
3925369497 | Languid | without energy or spirit spiritless, weak, unenthusiastic, slow | 75 | |
3925371686 | Laudatory | expressing praise complimentary, praising, congratulatory, celebratory | 76 | |
3925375908 | Lugubrious | very sad especially in an exaggerated or insincere way mournful, gloomy, sad, sorrowful | 77 | |
3925379651 | Macabre | involving death or violence in a way that is strange, frightening, or unpleasant gruesome, terrifying, morbid, grotesque | 78 | |
3925390957 | Malevolent | having or showing a wish to do evil to others malicious, baleful, venomous, or malign | 79 | |
3925395021 | Malicious | characterized by malice; intending to do harm spiteful, malevolent, vengeful | 80 | |
3925399798 | Malignant | very dangerous or harmful in influence or effect hurtful, perilous, or spiteful | 81 | |
3925404457 | Malleable | adaptable or tractable impressionable, moldable, or flexible | 82 | |
3968108730 | Coy | making a pretense of shyness or modesty that is intended to be alluring invitingly shy, mysteriously shy | 83 |
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