14648794752 | Abhorring | To regard with extreme repugnance or aversion | 0 | |
14648794753 | Abstruse | Difficult to understand | 1 | |
14648794754 | Acerbic | Harsh or severe, as of temper or expression; polemical | 2 | |
14648794755 | Admonishing | cautioning, advising, or counseling against something; reproving or scolding; especially in a mild and good-willed manner | 3 | |
14648813969 | ambiguous | open to or having several possible meanings or interpretations | 4 | |
14648813970 | ambivalent | uncertainty or fluctuation, esp. when caused by inability to make a choice or by a simultaneous desire to say or do two opposite or conflicting things | 5 | |
14648813971 | Antagonistic | Acting in opposition; opposing especially mutually hostile; unfriendly | 6 | |
14648813972 | apathetic | having or showing little or no emotion/ not interested or concerned; indifferent or unresponsive | 7 | |
14648813973 | Audacious | extremely bold or daring; recklessly brave; fearless | 8 | |
14648813974 | Authoritarian | having an air of authority; accustomed to exercising authority; positive; peremptory; dictatorial | 9 | |
14648813975 | Bantering | good-humored, playful conversation | 10 | |
14653514697 | belligerent | warlike; given to waging war | 11 | |
14653514698 | bemused | Bewildered or confusing | 12 | |
14653514699 | benevolent | characterized by or expressing goodwill or kindly feelings | 13 | |
14653514700 | bewildered | completely puzzled or confused; perplexed | 14 | |
14653514701 | blithe | joyous, merry, or gay in disposition; glad; cheerful | 15 | |
14653514702 | brusque | abrupt in manner; blunt; rough | 16 | |
14653514703 | candid | frank; outspoken; open and sincere/ free from reservation, disguise, or subterfuge; straightforward | 17 | |
14653514704 | capricious | flighty; led by whims; erratic | 18 | |
14653514705 | Caustic | making biting, corrosive comments | 19 | |
14653514706 | censorious | severely critical; faultfinding | 20 | |
14653514707 | choleric | extremely irritable or easily angered; irascible | 21 | |
14653514708 | Churlish | rude in a mean-spirited and surly way | 22 | |
14653514709 | colloquial | characteristic of or appropriate to ordinary or familiar conversation rather than formal speech or writing; informal | 23 | |
14653514710 | conciliatory | to overcome the distrust or animosity of; appease | 24 | |
14653514711 | condescending | showing or implying a usually patronizing descent from dignity or superiority | 25 | |
14653514712 | contemptuous | showing or expressing contempt or disdain; scornful; disrespectful. | 26 | |
14653514713 | contentious | tending to argument or strife; quarrelsome/ causing, involving, or characterized by argument or controversy | 27 | |
14653514714 | credulous | having or showing too great a readiness to believe things on slight or uncertain evidence | 28 | |
14653514715 | Curt | rudely brief in speech or abrupt in manner/ brief; concise; terse; laconic | 29 | |
14653514716 | Cynical | scornful of the motives, virtue, or integrity of others; bitterly or sneeringly distrustful, contemptuous or pessimistic | 30 | |
14653514717 | Derisive | Characterized by or expressing derision; contemptuous; mocking; disdainful | 31 | |
14653514718 | Derogatory | Tending to lessen the merit or reputation of a person or thing; disparaging; depreciatory | 32 | |
14653514719 | Detached | Impartial or objective; disinterested; unbiased/ not involved or concerned; aloof | 33 | |
14653514720 | Diabolic | Having the qualities of a devil; devilish; fiendish; outrageously wicked | 34 | |
14653514721 | Didactic | Intended for instruction, instructive | 35 | |
14653514722 | Diffident | Lacking confidence in one's own ability, worth or fitness; timid; shy | 36 | |
14653514723 | Disconcerting | causing one to feel unsettled; unsettling, unnerving, discomfiting, troubling | 37 | |
14653514724 | Dogmatic | asserting opinions in a doctrinaire or arrogant manner; opinionated | 38 | |
14653514725 | Dubious | wavering or hesitating in opinion; inclined to doubt | 39 | |
14653514726 | Duplicitous | deceitful | 40 | |
14653514727 | earnest | serious in intention, purpose, or effort; sincerely zealous | 41 | |
14653514728 | Ebullient | overflowing with fervor, enthusiasm, or excitement; high-spirited; enthusiastic | 42 | |
14653514729 | Effusive | Unduly demonstrative; lacking reserve | 43 | |
14653514730 | Egotistical | given to talking about oneself; vain; boastful; opinionated; indifferent to the well-being of others; selfish | 44 | |
14653514731 | Elegiac | Expressing sorrow or lamentation | 45 | |
14653514732 | Elevated | exalted or noble; lofty | 46 | |
14653514733 | Empathetic | showing empathy or ready comprehension of others' states | 47 | |
14653514734 | Encouraging | to inspire with courage, spirit, or confidence/ to stimulate by assistance, approval, etc.; to promote, advance, or foster | 48 | |
14653514735 | Enigmatic | difficult to interpret or understand; mysterious | 49 |
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