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3488606224Abhorrentdisgusting; loathsome; repellent/ felling repugnance or loathing0
3488613607Admonitorycautionary; warning1
3488616958Apatheticfeeling or showing little or no emotion/ uninterested; listless; passive; indifferent2
3488629520Acerbicharsh or severe; caustic; vitriolic3
3488634527Audaciousfearlessly daring; bold; lacking restraint or circumspection; arrogantly insolent4
3488643524Baffledpuzzled; confounded; bewildered5
3488646858Banalrepeating a worn-out convention or type; unaffecting and drearily predictable; trite; ordinary; boring; commonplace; mundane; pedestrian6
3488662823Banteringgood humored teasing; playful repartee; to tease or mock gently; badinage7
3488672423Benevolentcharacterized by benevolence; kindly; of or concerned with charity; altruistic; magnanimous8
3488687899Bombasticpompous; grandiloquent (in regards to one's speech)9
3488693663Bucolicof or characteristic of the countryside; peaceful or serene10
3488701150Ceremonialof or characterized by ceremony; formal; ritual; worthy of respect11
3488708331Cynicalscornful of the motives or virtue of others; skeptical; doubtful12
3488720132Clinicalpertaining to or connected with a clinic; pertaining to direct observation and treatment of patients; objective, detached13
3488731780Condescendingto come down voluntarily to the level of inferiors with whom one id dealing; deign; to deal with people in a patronizing manor; patronizing; belittling14
3488747401Condemningexpressing disapproval of; censuring; criticizing; to pronounce judgement against; to sentence; to doom15
3488759204Contemptuousto look down upon with haughtiness; scornful; disdainful16
3488764062Contentiousargumentative; quarrelsome; belligerent; bellicose; fractious17
3488773661Dogmaticcharacterized by an authoritative, arrogant assertion of unproved or improvable principles18
3488787953Derisivemocking; scoffing19
3488791164Desultorymoving or jumping from one thing to another; disconnected; rambling; occurring haphazardly; random20
3488803393Detachedto separate, usually without violence or damage; disconnected21
3488813481Didacticintended to instruct; expository; morally instructive22
3488819332Disbelievingto refuse to believe in; reject; incredulous23
3488825603Disparagingto belittle; slight; to reduce in esteem or rank; condescending; patronizing24
3488838502Elegiacpertaining to an elegy; expressing sorrow; mournful; plaintive25
3488849153Elitista sense of being part of a superior or privileged group; arrogant; pompous; haughty26
3488853915Eloquentpersuasive, fluent and graceful in discourse; highly, vividly or movingly expressive of emotion27
3488865341Embitteredto be filled with bitterness or resentment; hostile28
3488871202Eruditedeeply learned; scholarly; intellectual29
3488875891Facetiousplayful; humorous; flippant; sarcastic30
3488886118Farcicalludicrous; absurd31
3488889767Fatalisticthe doctrine that all events are predetermined by fate and therefore unalterable by man; submission to fate; resigned32
3488897430Flippantmarked by disrespectful levity; sarcastic; not showing a serious or respectful attitude33
3488906456Forebodinga dark sense of impending evil; ominous; premonitory; portentous34
3488917323Frivolousunworthy of serious attention; insignificant; trivial35
3488927261Gallingcausing acute irritation; exasperation, discomfort or disgust; inflammatory36
3488935583Giddyplayfully silly37
3488938917Glibsuperficial; insincere; slick or smooth talking38
3488944284Iconoclasticcharacterized by attack on cherished beliefs or institutions; irreverent; heretical39
3488949959Incredulousdisbelieving; skeptical40
3488952724Indifferentcharacterized by a lack of partiality or bias; not mattering one way or the other; of no great importance; insignificant41
3488964967Indignanttaking great offense to a moral basis42
3488968131Inflammatoryarousing strong emotion43
3488970505Insolentpresumptuous or insulting in manner of speech; arrogant; haughty disrespect44
3488976912Introspectivegiven to private thought; contemplative; reflective45
3488982251Ironicthe opposite of what is expected to happen46
3488988041Irreverentdisrespectful; iconoclastic; sacrilegious47
3488993637Lackadaisicallacking spirit or interest; languid; indifferent; apathetic48
3488998406Lambastingto give a thrashing; whip; beat; to scold sharply; berate49
3489068982Laudatoryincluding, expressing or bestowing praise; revering applause; venerating50
3489073266Learnedhaving or demonstrating profound knowledge or scholarship; erudite; scholarly51
3489081359Loathingstrong dislike or disgust; intense aversion; abhorrence52
3489089599Lugubriousmournful or doleful, especially to a ludicrous degree53
3489094179Matter of Factpertaining to or adhering to facts; literal; objective; detached; clinical54
3489107139Meditativereflective, introspective55
3489111729Melancholysadness or depression of the spirits; gloom; pensive reflection or contemplation; solemn; somber; lachrymose56
3489120237Mockingto treat with scorn or contempt; deride; mimic; ridicule57
3489126362Mock-seriouspretend serious look or act58
3489127440Mournfulfeeling or expressing grief; doleful; lamenting; forlorn; elegiac; melancholy59
3489133572Nostalgica longing for things; persons or situations tied to the past; sentimental60
3489139017Objectiveof or having to do with a material object as distinguished from a mental concept, idea or belief; having actual existence or reality61
3489148314Patronizingdisplaying or indicative of an offensively condescending manner62
3489152005Pedanticone who pays undue attention to book learning and formal roles without having an understanding or experience; ostentatious in one's learning63
3489160039Piquantstimulating; thought-provoking; intriguing64
3489164266Plaintiveexpressing sorrow; melancholy; mournful65
3489167613Poignantaffecting or moving the emotions; emotionally moving or touching66
3489171641Pompouscharacterized by an exaggerated show of dignity or self-importance; pretentious67
3489178978Pretentiousclaiming or demanding a position of distinction or merit, especially when unjustified68
3490400017Prosaiccommonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative; banal; insipid; pedestrian69
3490403213Provincialbelonging or peculiar to some particular province70
3490406396Provocativetending to provoke; exciting; stimulating71
3490407943Puritanicalrigorous in religious observance; marked by a stern morality; austere; uptight72
3490412659Reflectivegiven to, marked by or concerned with meditation or deliberation73
3490414752Repressivetending or serving to repress; puritanical74
3490417085Resignedfeeling or marked by resignation; acquiescence75
3490419263Restrainedkeep in check or under control; repress76
3490422420Reverentshowing profound veneration and respect77
3490424025Sanctimoniousexhibiting an attitude of superior virtue, smug and self-righteous; holier than thou78
3490429002Sardonicscornful; mocking; cynical79
3490431716Satiricof or pertaining to, containing, or characterized by satire; sardonic and ironical80
3490436519Sentimentalweakly emotional; mawkishly susceptible or tender81
3490440416Scornfulcontempt or disdain, as felt toward a person or object considered despicable or inferior82
3490444312Seductivetending to seduce alluring; beguiling; coquettish; piquant83
3490447579Sereneunruffled; tranquil; dignified; placid84
3490451148Sneeringscornful facial expression characterized by a slight of one corner of the upper lip85
3490453769Sobermarked by seriousness or gravity; solemnity86
3490457646Solemndeeply earnest; serious; grave87
3490459471Somberdark, gloomy, lugubrious88
3490461930Soporifictending to induce sleep; somniferous89
3490462855Superciliouscharacterized by haughty scorn; disdainful90
3490465693Sympatheticof expressing feeling resulting from sympathy; compassionate91
3490477630Reminiscentawakening memories of something similar; suggestive92
3490480588Tauntingto reproach with contempt; mock; jeer at93
3490485987Tongue in Cheekmeant or expressed ironically or facetiously94
3490489064Triteoverused and commonplace; lacking interest or originality; prosaic; banal95
3490493885Urbanehaving or showing the refined manners of polite society; elegant; sophisticated; polished; proper96
3490500678Vexedirritated; annoyed; troubled97
3490501692Whimsicalcapricious; playful; arbitrary98
3490503895Zealousfilled with or motivated by zeal; ardent; enthusiastic; fervent99

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