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| 332164591 | acerbic | harsh pr severe as of temper of expression | |
| 332164592 | ambivalent | having mixed feelings about someone or something | |
| 332164593 | benevolent | characterized by or expressing goodwill or kindly feelings | |
| 332164594 | candid | truthful and straightforward, true | |
| 332164595 | contemptuous | expressing lack of respect and hatred | |
| 332164596 | condescending | acting or speaking in a way that demonstrates a feeling of superiority/ in a patronizing way | |
| 332164597 | cryptic | mysterious in meaning, puzzling, ambiguous, secret, occult | |
| 332164598 | colloquial | familiar conversation rather than formal speech writing | |
| 332164599 | clinical | dispassionately analytic, strictly objective | |
| 332164600 | cynical | contemptuously distrustful of human nature and motives; based on or reflecting a belief that human conduct is motivated primarily by self-interest | |
| 332164601 | despondent | showing hopelessness; discouraged | |
| 332164602 | didactic | intended to teach; instructive | |
| 332164603 | disdainful | scornful, to look upon or treat with contempt, despise | |
| 332164604 | elegiac | Having a mournful quality. | |
| 332164605 | enigmatic | Difficult to interpret or understand; mysterious | |
| 332164606 | euphoric | intensely happy; confident | |
| 332164607 | facetious | not meant to be taken seriously or literally, amusing or humerous, lacking serious intent. | |
| 332164608 | flippant | not showing a serious or respectful attitude | |
| 332164609 | frivolous | lack of seriousness or sense; carefree | |
| 332164610 | grandiose | affectedly grand or important | |
| 332164611 | hostile | unfriendly; antagonistic, argumentative | |
| 332164612 | iconoclastic | attacking or ignoring cherished beliefs and long-held traditions, etc., as being based on error, superstition, or lack of creativity | |
| 332164613 | introspective | the examination of one's own thoughts, impressions, and feelings, esp for long periods | |
| 332164614 | impartial | not bias or partial, treated equally without outside influence | |
| 332164615 | indignant | Expressing anger at something seen as unfair treatment | |
| 332164616 | irreverent | manifesting or characterized without respect; mockery, insulting | |
| 332164617 | laconic | using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious | |
| 332164618 | laudatory | containing or expressing praise | |
| 332164619 | moralistic | Distinction between "right" and "wrong" in writing. | |
| 332164620 | maternal/paternal | Acting motherly or fatherly; protective, sympathetic, affectionate, caring, loving | |
| 332164621 | nostalgic | Experiencing or exhibiting nostalgia, a sentimental or wistful yearning for the happiness felt in a former place, time, or situation. | |
| 332164622 | obsequious | 1. Showing obedience and submission. 2. Overly flattering in order to please or receive favor. | |
| 332164623 | ostentatious | intended to attracted notice, flashy | |
| 332164624 | poignant | Keen or strong on mental appeal. | |
| 332164625 | pedantic | 1. ostentatious in one's learning. 2.overly concerned with minute details or formalisms, especially in teaching. | |
| 332164626 | patronizing | displaying of an offensively condescending manner | |
| 332164627 | pithy | 1. Concise and forcefully expressive 2.Precisely meaningful; forceful and brief | |
| 332164628 | precocious | Premature development | |
| 332164629 | ribald | Vulgar or offensive in language or content | |
| 332164630 | rueful | 1. Causing sorrow or pity; pitiable; deplorable 2. Feeling, showing, or expressing sorrow or pity; mournful; doleful | |
| 332164631 | sarcastic | Marked by or given to using irony in order to mock or convey contempt. | |
| 332164632 | sardonic | characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking;cynical ;sneering. | |
| 332164633 | scathing | bitterly severe; harmful, searing | |
| 332164634 | sympathetic | characterized by, proceeding from, exhibiting, or feeling sympathy;sympathizing; compassionate: a sympathetic listener. | |
| 332164635 | suspenseful | to be apprehending or anxious because of not knowing the outcome of something, excitingly uncertain | |
| 332164636 | somber | gloomy dark, sad, melancholy | |
| 332164637 | supercilious | Behaving or looking as though one thinks one is superior to others. | |
| 332164638 | tranquil | Free from disturbance; calm, serene, placid, restful, quiet | |
| 332164639 | vociferous | characterized by vehemence, clamour, or noisiness | |
| 332164640 | whimsical | determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason |