155 words to describe an author's tone Flashcards
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Absurd
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wildly unreasonable, illogical, or inappropriate.
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Accusatory
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indicating or suggesting that one believes a person has done something wrong.
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Acerbic
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(especially of a comment or style of speaking) sharp and forthright.
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Admire
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regard with respect or warm approval.
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Aggresive
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ready or likely to attack or confront; characterised by or resulting from aggression.
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Aggrieved
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feeling resentment at having been unfairly treated.
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Ambivalent
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having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone.
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Amused
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finding something funny or entertaining.
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Angry
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feeling or showing strong annoyance, displeasure, or hostility; full of anger.
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Animated
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full of life or excitement; lively.
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Apathetic
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showing or feeling no interest, enthusiasm, or concern.
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Apologetic
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expressing or showing regretful acknowledgement of an offence or failure.
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Appreciative
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feeling or showing gratitude or pleasure.
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Ardent
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very enthusiastic or passionate.
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Arrogant
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having or revealing an exaggerated sense of one’s own importance or abilities.
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Assertive
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having or showing a confident and forceful personality.
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Awestruck
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filled with or revealing awe.
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Belligerent
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hostile and aggressive.
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Benevolent
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well meaning and kindly.
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Bitter
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feeling or showing anger, hurt, or resentment because of bad experiences or a sense of unjust treatment.
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Callous
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showing or having an insensitive and cruel disregard for others.
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Candid
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truthful and straightforward; frank.
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Caustic
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sarcastic in a scathing and bitter way.
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Cautionary
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serving as a warning.
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Celebratory
feeling or expressing happiness and pride.
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Chatty
readily engaging in informal talk.
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Colloquial
(of language) used in ordinary or familiar conversation; not formal or literary.
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Comic
causing or meant to cause laughter.
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Compassionate
feeling or showing sympathy and concern for others.
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Complex
not easy to analyse or understand; complicated or intricate.
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Compliant
disposed to agree with others or obey rules, especially to an excessive degree; acquiescent.
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Concerned
worried, troubled, or anxious.
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Conciliatory
intended or likely to placate or pacify.
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Condescending
having or showing an attitude of patronising superiority.
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Confused
lacking order and so difficult to understand.
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Contemptuous
showing contempt; scornful.
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Critical
expressing adverse or disapproving comments or judgements.
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Cruel
wilfully causing pain or suffering to others, or feeling no concern about it.
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Curious
eager to know or learn something.
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Cynical
believing that people are motivated in all their actions only by selfishness; denying the sincerity of people's motives and actions, or the value of living.
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Defensive
used or intended to defend or protect.
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Defiant
showing defiance.
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Demeaning
causing someone to lose their dignity and the respect of others.
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Depressing
causing or resulting in a feeling of miserable dejection.
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Derisive
expressing contempt or ridicule.
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Detached
aloof and objective.
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Dignified
having or showing a composed or serious manner that is worthy of respect.
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Diplomatic
skilled in dealing with sensitive matters or people; tactful:
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Disapproving
expressing an unfavourable opinion.
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Disheartening
causing someone to lose determination or confidence; discouraging or dispiriting.
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Disparaging
expressing the opinion that something is of little worth; derogatory.
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Direct
without intervening factors or intermediaries.
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Disappointed
sad or displeased because someone or something has failed to fulfil one's hopes or expectations.
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Dispassionate
not influenced by strong emotion, and so able to be rational and impartial.
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Distressing
causing anxiety, sorrow or pain; upsetting.
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Docile
ready to accept control or instruction; submissive.
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Earnest
resulting from or showing sincere and intense conviction.
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Egotistical
excessively conceited or absorbed in oneself; self-centred.
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Empathetic
showing an ability to understand and share the feelings of another.
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Encouraging
giving someone support or confidence; supportive.
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Enthusiastic
having or showing intense and eager enjoyment, interest, or approval.
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Evasive
tending to avoid commitment or self-revelation, especially by responding only indirectly.
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Excited
very enthusiastic and eager.
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Facetious
treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humour; flippant.
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Farcical
relating to or resembling farce, especially because of absurd or ridiculous aspects.
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Flippant
not showing a serious or respectful attitude.
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Forceful
strong and assertive; vigorous and powerful.
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Formal
done in accordance with convention or etiquette; suitable for or constituting an official or important occasion.
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Frank
open, honest, and direct in speech or writing, especially when dealing with unpalatable matters.
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Frustrated
feeling or expressing distress and annoyance resulting from an inability to change or achieve something.
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Gentle
having or showing a mild, kind, or tender temperament or character.
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Ghoulish
morbidly interested in death or disaster.
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Gullible
easily persuaded to believe something; credulous.
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Grim
very serious or gloomy.
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Hard
solid, firm, and rigid; not easily broken, bent, or pierced.
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Humble
having or showing a modest or low estimate of one's importance.
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Humorous
causing laughter and amusement; comic.
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Hypercritical
excessively and unreasonably critical, especially of small faults.
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Impartial
treating all rivals or disputants equally.
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Impassioned
filled with or showing great emotion.
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Imploring
making an earnest or desperate appeal.
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Impressionable
easily influenced.
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Inane
lacking sense or meaning; silly.
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Incensed
very angry; enraged.
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Incredulous
(of a person or their manner) unwilling or unable to believe something.
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Indignant
feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment.
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Informative
providing useful or interesting information.
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Inspirational
providing or showing creative or spiritual inspiration.
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Intense
having or showing strong feelings or opinions; extremely earnest or serious.
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Intimate
closely acquainted; familiar.
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Ironic
using or characterised by irony.
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Irreverent
showing a lack of respect for people or things that are generally taken seriously.
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Jaded
bored or lacking enthusiasm, typically after having had too much of something.
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Joyful
feeling, expressing, or causing great pleasure and happiness.
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Judgemental
of or concerning the use of judgement.
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Laudatory
(of speech or writing) expressing praise and commendation.
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Light-hearted
amusing and entertaining.
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Loving
feeling or showing love or great care.
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Macabre
disturbing because concerned with or causing a fear of death.
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Malicious
characterised by malice; intending or intended to do harm.
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Mean-spirited
inconsiderate and unsympathetic.
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Mocking
making fun of someone or something in a cruel way; derisive.
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Naïve
(of a person or action) showing a lack of experience, wisdom, or judgement.
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Narcissistic
having or showing an excessive interest in or admiration of oneself and one's physical appearance.
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Nasty
very bad or unpleasant.
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Negative
consisting in or characterised by the absence rather than the presence of distinguishing features.
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Objective
(of a person or their judgement) not influenced by personal feelings or opinions in considering and representing facts.
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Obsequious
obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree.
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Optimistic
hopeful and confident about the future.
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Outraged
arouse fierce anger, shock, or indignation in (someone).
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Outspoken
frank in stating one's opinions, especially if they are shocking or controversial.
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Pathetic
arousing pity, especially through vulnerability or sadness.
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Patronising
treat in a way that is apparently kind or helpful but that betrays a feeling of superiority.
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Pensive
engaged in, involving, or reflecting deep or serious thought.
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Persuasive
good at persuading someone to do or believe something through reasoning or the use of temptation.
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Pessimistic
tending to see the worst aspect of things or believe that the worst will happen.
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Philosophical
having or showing a calm attitude towards disappointments or difficulties.
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Playful
fond of games and amusement; light-hearted.
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Pragmatic
dealing with things sensibly and realistically in a way that is based on practical rather than theoretical considerations.
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Pretentious
attempting to impress by affecting greater importance or merit than is actually possessed.
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Regretful
feeling or showing regret.
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Resentful
feeling or expressing bitterness or indignation at having been treated unfairly.
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Resigned
having accepted something unpleasant that one cannot do anything about.
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Restrained
characterised by reserve or moderation; unemotional or dispassionate.
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Reverent
feeling or showing deep and solemn respect.
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Righteous
morally right or justifiable.
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Satirical
containing or using satire.
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Sarcastic
marked by or given to using irony in order to mock or convey contempt.
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Scathing
witheringly scornful; severely critical.
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Scornful
feeling or expressing contempt or derision.
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Sensationalistic
Sensationalism is the presenting of facts or stories in a way that is intended to produce strong feelings of shock, anger, or excitement.
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Sentimental
of or prompted by feelings of tenderness, sadness, or nostalgia.
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Sincere
free from pretence or deceit; proceeding from genuine feelings.
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Sceptical
not easily convinced; having doubts or reservations.
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Solemn
formal and dignified.
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Subjective
based on or influenced by personal feelings, tastes, or opinions.
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Submissive
ready to conform to the authority or will of others; meekly obedient or passive.
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Thoughtful
absorbed in or involving thought.
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Tolerant
showing willingness to allow the existence of opinions or behaviour that one does not necessarily agree with.
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Tragic
causing or characterised by extreme distress or sorrow.
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Unammusing
not providing amusement or entertainment
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Uneasy
causing or feeling anxiety; troubled or uncomfortable.
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Urgent
requiring immediate action or attention.
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Vindictive
having or showing a strong or unreasoning desire for revenge.
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Virtuous
having or showing high moral standards.
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Whimsical
playfully quaint or fanciful, especially in an appealing and amusing way.
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Witty
showing or characterised by quick and inventive verbal humour.
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Wonder
a feeling of amazement and admiration, caused by something beautiful, remarkable, or unfamiliar.
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World-weary
feeling or indicating feelings of weariness, boredom, or cynicism as a result of long experience of life.
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Worried
anxious or troubled about actual or potential problems.
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Wretched
(of a person) in a very unhappy or unfortunate state.
