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mature

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grown-up, adult, mellowed, full grown, seasoned, full-blown, experienced

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immature

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puerile, callow, green, sophomoric, juvenile, half-baked, inexperienced, adolescent, untutored, wet behind the ears

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lively

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alive, animated, vibrant, vivacious, energetic, spirited, feisty, spry, perky, effervescent, bubbly, pert

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jaunty

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airy, devil-may-care, happy-go-lucky, insouciant, pococurante, breezy, easygoing, casual, nonchalant, offhand, carefree

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confident

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self-confident, assured, self-assured, self-possessed, poised, self-reliant

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friendly

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sociable, gregarious, amicable, approachable, affable, companionable, chummy, congenial, convivial, neighbourly

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innocent

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simple, guileless, ingenuous, artless, angelic, naive

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contented

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pleased, placid, at peace, serene, untroubled, unworried

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disappointed

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crestfallen, disheartened, crushed, dejected

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direct

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straightforward, candid, forthcoming, forthright, frank, open, outspoken, aboveboard, straight

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stylish

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sophisticated, debonair, polished, worldly, worldly-wise

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courteous

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considerate, polite, courtly, well-mannered, gracious

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charming

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winning, winsome, engaging, endearing, gallant, debonair

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happy

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cheerful, gay, merry, blithe

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graceful or seductive

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languorous

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healthy

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hearty, hale, robust, vigorous, sound

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thoughtful

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deliberative, meditative, ruminative, reflective, pensive

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eager to please

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accommodating, well-disposed, willing, ingratiating, wheedling, smarmy, complaisant

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passionate

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impassioned, ardent

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unthinking

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thoughtless, heedless, careless, disregardful

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imposing

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impressive, forbidding, intimidating

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discourteous

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impolite, uncourtly, ungracious, rude

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regal

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imperious, kingly, queenly, princely, autocratic, aristocratic, lordly

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enthusiastic

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eager, earnest, zealous, avid, fervid

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arrogant
superior, haughty, snobbish, imperious, overbearing, patronizing, condescending, stuck-up, supercilious
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dictatorial
demanding, peremptory
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cocky
bumptious, nervy, cheeky, brash
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fresh
brazen, impudent, impertinent, saucy, pert
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forward
pushy, offensive, obnoxious, outrageous
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artificial
studied, stagy, mannered, affected, phony, pretentious
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irritable
edgy, touchy, testy, tetchy, fractious
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combative
scrappy, challenging, provocative, rambunctious, defiant, pugnacious, belligerent, bellicose, truculent
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angry
incensed, indignant, furious, wrathful, enraged, boiling, outraged
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conciliatory
placatory, placating, mollifying
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sorry
regretful, repentant, penitent, contrite, apologetic, remorseful
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disagreeable
morose, sullen, sulky, crabbed
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unsociable
unfriendly, unapproachable, standoffish, inamicable, cool, chilly, asocial, antisocial, inimical
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defensive
protective, self-protective
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hostile
antagonistic, malevolent, ill-disposed, surly
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evil
wicked, sinister
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frightening
menacing, intimidating
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sneaky
furtive, sly, stealthy, surreptitious, secretive
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displeased
discontented, malcontent, disgruntled, out of sorts, dyspeptic
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sad
dejected, melancholic, downcast, grim-faced, chapfallen, hangdog, bowed, low, blue, crestfallen, dispirited, heavyhearted, depressed, despondent, glum, mopish, mopy, gloomy, disconsolate, inconsolable
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humble
self-effacing
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subservient
fawning, sycophantic, toadying, servile, obsequious, craven, slavish, cringing,
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shy
timid, sheepish, mousy, diffident, uncertain, reticent, reluctant
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lacking energy
enervated, lifeless effete, listless, leaden, sluggish
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without liveliness or flair
stolid, lumpish, plodding
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meek
docile, weak-kneed
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cautious
wary, chary, hesitant, guarded, suspicious, gingerly, circumspect, leery
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slow
lethargic, phlegmatic, sluggish, snail-like, ponderous, laggard, poky, lumbering
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uneasy
restless, fidgety, fidgeting, fluttery, restive, nervous, unnerved, edgy, jittery, ill at ease
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disturbed
discomposed, discomfited, troubled, bothered, disconcerted
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quiet
reserved, subdued, retiring, unobtrusive, reclusive, withdrawn, conservative, self-contained, restrained
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imperturbable
unflappable, unfazed, airy
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impassive, cold
unfeeling, impervious, icy, affectless, impersonal, stone-like, unyielding
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inexpressive
unforthcoming, reserved, uncommunicative, unresponsive, withdrawn
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unyielding
unrelenting, uncompromising, implacable, unbending, unreachable, obstinate, stubborn, dogged, balky, contrary, mulish, recalcitrant, per-vivacious, inflexible, obdurate
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unaware
unconscious, oblivious, unmindful, mindless, heedless
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lost
absent, remote, distant, faraway
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preoccupied
distracted, abstracted, absent-minded, distrait
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dazed
stunned, numb, benumbed
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puzzled
uncomprehending, bewildered, confounded, at sea, befuddled, perplexed
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speechless
tongue-tied, mortified, paralyzed, dazed, stunned, dumbfounded, insensible, overcome, overwhelmed
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businesslike
all business, officious, punctilious, conservative, bureaucratic, methodical, efficient
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acting in an automatic way
perfunctory, matter-of-fact, rote, prescribed, mechanical,
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abrupt
brusque, unmannerly, rude, curt, bluff, unceremonious, peremptory, giving short shrift
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stiff
rigid, severe, strict, harsh
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girlish
maidenly, virginal
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manly
masculine, virile, manful
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womanly
feminine, ladylike
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effeminate
mincing, swishy, epicene
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mannish
unladylike, masculine, butch
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fatherly
paternal, patriarchal
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motherly
maternal, matriarchal
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like an uncle (offering affectionate guidance)
avuncular

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