3484747303 | somber | (adj.) dark, gloomy; depressed or melancholy in spirit | 0 | |
3484747304 | sinister | (adj.) appearing evil or dangerous; threatening evil or harm | 1 | |
3484747305 | murky | (adj.) dark and gloomy, obscure; lacking in clarity and precision | 2 | |
3484749535 | incredulous | Disbelieving, skeptical | 3 | |
3484749536 | fawning | attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery | 4 | |
3484749537 | laudatory | containing or expressing praise | 5 | |
3484751621 | patronizing | condescending | 6 | |
3484751622 | derisive | ridiculing, mocking | 7 | |
3484753850 | vituperative | (adj.) harshly abusive, severely scolding | 8 | |
3484756092 | vitrolic | bitter, sarcastic, highly caustic or biting | 9 | |
3684689369 | melancholy | (adj.) sad, gloomy, unhappy; (n.) sadness, gloominess | 10 | |
3684689370 | contemplative | studying, thinking, reflecting on an issue | 11 | |
3684691053 | foreboding | (n.) a warning or feeling that something bad will happen; (adj.) marked by fear, ominous | 12 | |
3684691054 | ominous | Menacing; threatening | 13 | |
3684691055 | candid | Completely honest, straightforward | 14 | |
3684692351 | resigned | Accepting some condition or action as inevitable | 15 | |
3684692352 | wry | (adj.) twisted, turned to one side; cleverly and often grimly humorous | 16 | |
3684692353 | insolent | Boldly rude or disrespectful | 17 | |
3684694277 | apathetic | Feeling or showing little emotion | 18 | |
3684694278 | benevolent | (adj.) kindly, charitable | 19 | |
3684697176 | scornful | to have both anger and disgust; contemptuous | 20 | |
3684697177 | contemptuous | Feeling hatred; scornful | 21 | |
3684698385 | obsequious | Overly submissive and eager to please | 22 | |
3684698386 | dejected | Downcast or sad; depressed | 23 | |
3684698387 | incongruous | (adj.) not in keeping, unsuitable, incompatible | 24 | |
3684699451 | haughty | Arrogantly superior and disdainful | 25 | |
3684701077 | exuberant | (adj.) high-spirited, enthusiastic, unrestrained; excessive, abundant | 26 | |
3684701078 | reverent | deeply respectful | 27 | |
3684702750 | brash | (adj.) prone to act in a hasty manner; impudent | 28 | |
3684702751 | ambivalent | Uncertain; unable to decide, or wanting to do two contradictory things at once | 29 | |
3684702752 | impish | mischievous | 30 | |
3684704370 | wistful | (adj.) full of melancholy yearning or longing, sad, pensive | 31 | |
3684704371 | didactic | Intended to instruct | 32 | |
3684704372 | detached | Impartial, disinterested; unconcerned, distant, aloof | 33 | |
3684706216 | quotidian | Daily; everyday, ordinary | 34 | |
3684712400 | bantering | good-naturedly ridiculin | 35 | |
3684712401 | caustic | Biting in wit | 36 | |
3684714205 | condescending | patronizing | 37 | |
3684714206 | flippant | Lacking in seriousness; disrespectful, saucy | 38 | |
3684714207 | ribald | humorous in a vulgar way | 39 | |
3684715690 | mocking | in an insincere or pretending manner | 40 | |
3684715691 | irreverent | disrespectful | 41 | |
3684715708 | droll | Amusingly odd | 42 | |
3684717034 | satiric | Ridiculing to show weakness in order to make a point | 43 | |
3684718049 | cynical | (adj) thinking the worst of others' motivations; bitterly pessimistic | 44 | |
3684719232 | pompous | (adj.) overly self-important in speech and manner; excessively stately or ceremonious | 45 | |
3684719233 | sardonic | (adj.) grimly or scornfully mocking, bitterly sarcastic | 46 | |
4319561947 | authoritive | able to be trusted as being accurate or true; reliable. | 47 | |
4319561948 | Disgruntled | Angry or dissatisfied | 48 | |
4319561949 | Superficial | Existing at the surface | 49 | |
4319561950 | Poignant | Evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret | 50 | |
4319561951 | Obsequious | Obedient or attentive to a servile degree | 51 | |
4319561952 | Fervent | Having or displaying passionate intensity | 52 | |
4319561953 | Maudlin | Self pitying or yearly sentimental | 53 | |
4319561954 | Admonishing | Warning | 54 | |
4319561955 | Prophetic | Predicting the future | 55 | |
4319561956 | Callous | Showing an insensitive disregard for others | 56 | |
4319561957 | Accusatory | Blaming | 57 | |
4319561958 | Quotidian | Ordinary or occurring every day | 58 |
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