Tone Words Flashcards
(189 cards)
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Acerbic
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Harsh or severe, as of temper or expression
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Acrimonious
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Caustic, stinging, or bitter in nature, speech, behavior, etc.
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Admiring
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To regard with wonder or surprise
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Ambivalent
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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.
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Admonitory
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Tending or serving to admonish; warning
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Ambiguous
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Open to or having several possible meanings or interpretations; equivocal
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Amused
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Pleasurably entertained, occupied, or diverted.
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Apologetic
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Containing an apology or excuse for a fault, failure, insult, injury, etc.: “An apologetic letter to his creditors explained the delay.”
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Apprehensive
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Uneasy or fearful about something that might happen: “apprehensive for the safety of the mountain climbers.”
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Arrogant
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Making claims or pretensions to superior importance or rights; overbearingly assuming; insolently proud: “an arrogant public official.”
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Assertive
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Confidently aggressive or self-assured; positive: aggressive; dogmatic: “He is too assertive as a salesman.”
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Audacious
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Extremely bold or daring; recklessly brave; fearless: “an audacious explorer.”
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Autoritative
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Having due authority; having the sanction or weight of authority: “an authoritative opinion”
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Bantering
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An exchange of light, playful, teasing remarks; good-natured raillery.
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Bellicose
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Inclined or eager to fight; aggressively hostile; belligerent; pugnacious.
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Benevolent
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Characterized by or expressing goodwill or kindly feelings: “a benevolent attitude; her benevolent smile.”
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Bewildered
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Completely puzzled or confused; perplexed.
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Biting
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Cutting; sarcastic: “a biting remark.”
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Bitter
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Characterized by intense antagonism or hostility: bitter hatred.
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Brash
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Impertinent; impudent; tactless: “a brash young man.”
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Brusque
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Abrupt in manner; blunt; rough: “A brusque welcome greeted his unexpected return.”
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Cajoling
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To persuade by flattery or promises; wheedle; coax.
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Candid
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Frank; outspoken; open and sincere: “a candid critic.”
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Capricious
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Subject to, led by, or indicative of a sudden, odd notion or unpredictable change; erratic: “He’s such a capricious boss I never know how he’ll react.”
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Cautious
Showing, using, or characterized by caution: a cautious man; "To be cautious is often to show wisdom."
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Clandestine
Characterized by, done in, or executed with secrecy or concealment, especially for purposes of subversion or deception; private or surreptitious: "Their clandestine meetings went undiscovered for two years."
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Clinical
Extremely objective and realistic; dispassionately analytic; unemotionally critical: "She regarded him with clinical detachment."
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Compassionate
Having or showing compassion: a compassionate person; "a compassionate letter."
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Complacent
Pleased, especially with oneself or one's merits, advantages, situation, etc., often without awareness of some potential danger or defect; self-satisfied: "The voters are too complacent to change the government."
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Compliant
Suggesting an unhealthy mental state or attitude; unwholesomely gloomy, sensitive, extreme, etc
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Concerned
Troubled or anxious: "a concerned look."
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Condescending
Showing or implying a usually patronizing descent from dignity or superiority: "They resented the older neighbors' condescending cordiality."
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Confident
Having strong belief or full assurance; sure: "confident of fulfillment."
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Contemptuous
overconfident, holds in contempt
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Contentious
thinks about himself to much, assertive
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Contrite
short, precise
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Cynical
cold-hearted, without thought,
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Deferential
Tending or serving to admonish; warning
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Detached
not connected, tangent
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Determined
hard working, persistent
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Didactic
intended to instruct
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Diffident
lacking confidence
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Disappointed
sad, unappeased
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Disapproving
mad, not happy
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Disdainful
scornful
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Disgusted
to offend the good sense and morals
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Dissatisfied
not sattisfied
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Dour
sullen; gloomy: The captain's dour look depressed us all.
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Dramatic
causing attention
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Dreary
sad, gloomy, cloudy
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Droll
amusing in an odd way
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Ecstatic
extremely excited and happy
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Effusive
lacking restrain
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Elegiac
expressing sorrow
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Enthusiastic
happy, outgoing
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Facetious
playfully humorous
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Flippant
frivolously disrespectful, shallow, or lacking in seriousness; characterized by levity: The audience was shocked by his flippant remarks about patriotism.
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Forceful
harsh, to the point
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Frustrated
mad, angry
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Giddy
happy, humorous, susceptible to laughter
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Gloomy
sad, dreary
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Guilt
feeling bad for something
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Harsh
forceful, brutal
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Haughty
overconfident, cocky, arrogant
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Hectoring
bully
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Histrionic
pertaining to actors
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Hopeful
with hope, optimistic
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Humble
modest
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Humorous
funny
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Impartial
just, fair
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Impassive
without emotion, unmoving, apathetic
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Imperious
with arrogance, domineering
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Inperturbable
impassive
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Implacable
unappeased
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Incensed
pleasant smell, with adoration
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Incisive
remarkably clear and direct
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Incredulous
disbelief, skeptical.
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Indifferent
impartial
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Indignant
shocked, strong displeasure to something insulting
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Inflammatory
tending to arouse anger, passion
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Informative
giving information
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Inscrutable
incapable of being investigated, analyzed, or scrutinized; impenetrable.
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Insolent
rude, does not have respect
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Inspiring
adding hope, inspiration
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Insular
detached, alone
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Intimate
private, personal
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Intractable
not easily controlled
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Intrepid
fearless
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Introspective
analyzing one self
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Ironic
unexpected, having irony
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Irate
susceptible to anger, easily angered
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Irreverent
profane, not religious
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Jingoistic
bellicose chauvinism
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Jocular
joking, facetious
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Joking
funny, facetious, jocular
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Lachrymose
mournful, causing tears
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Lamenting
to feel sorrow
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Laudatory
expressing praise
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Lugubrious
mournful, gloomy
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Macabre
gruesome horrifying
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Maudlin
tearfully or weakly emotional
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Melancholy
gloomy, depressed
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Mock-Heroic
an imitation or burlesque of something heroic.
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Mockiing
to ridicule, joke about
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Mock-Serious
jokingly serious
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Moralistic
pertaining to morals
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Morbid
gruesome
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Mordant
biting, bitter
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Mournful
tearful, sad
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Mystified
with mystery, shocked
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Naive
credulous
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Neutral
without a position
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Nostalgic
wistful yearning
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Objective
with a position/ point
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Obsequiois
obedient, dutiful, subservient
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Ominous
threatening, pertaining to harm
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Open-Minded
good listener, can see both sides
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Optimistic
with hope, positive
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Ostentatious
intended to attract attention
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Parochial
very narrow in scope or outlook
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Patriotic
nationalistic
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Patronizing
offensively condescending manner
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Pedantic
overly scholarly
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Pessimistic
not optimistic, negative
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Petulant
irritable, peevish, irate
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Phlegmatic
self possessed, calm
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Placid
calm or peaceful
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Plaintive
expressing sorrow or melancholy
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Pleading
begging
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Poignant
distressing, causing emotion
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Pragmatic
practical view of things
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Pretentious
full of pretense, not real
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Proud
with pride
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Pugnacious
inclined to quarrel, bellicose
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Querulous
full of complaints
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Quixotic
like Quixote, strange
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Reflective
pertaining to reflection
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Regretful
with regret, guilt, sorrow
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Remorseful
a sense of deep regret
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Reserved
calm
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Resigned
submissive or acquiescent.
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Resolute
impassive, unmoving
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Respectful
with respect
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Restrained
calm, nonviolent
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Reverent
religious, pious
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Sanctimonious
holy sacred
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Sanguine
cheerfully optimistic
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Sarcastic
with sarcasm
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Sardonic
mocking, scornful, biting
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Satiric
sardonic, mocking, daunting
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Saturnine
gloomy taciturn
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Scathing
mocking, biting, bitter
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Scholarly
with knowledge
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Scornful
mocking, sardonic
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Sententious
excessive moralizing
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Sentimental
with sentiment
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Serious
without humor, pointed
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Servile
subservient
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Shocked
with shock
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Skittish
restlessly or excessively lively: a skittish mood.
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Smug
contentedly confident of one's ability, superiority, or correctness; complacent.
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Solemn
grave, sober, or mirthless, as a person, the face, speech, tone, or mood: solemn remarks.
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Somber
gloomy, depressing, or dismal: a somber mood.
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Spiteful
full of spite or malice; showing spite; malicious; malevolent; venomous: a spiteful child.
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Solid
adequate; sensible
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Strident
having a shrill, irritating quality or character: a strident tone in his writings.
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Subjective
existing in the mind; belonging to the thinking subject rather than to the object of thought (opposed to objective ).
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Subservient
serving or acting in a subordinate capacity; subordinate.
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Supercilious
haughtily disdainful or contemptuous, as a person or a facial expression.
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Surreptitous
obtained, done, made, etc., by stealth; secret or unauthorized; clandestine: a surreptitious glance.
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Sympathetic
characterized by, proceeding from, exhibiting, or feeling sympathy; sympathizing; compassionate: a sympathetic listener.
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Taunting
to reproach in a sarcastic, insulting, or jeering manner; mock.
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Thoughtful
showing consideration for others; considerate.
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Threatening
tending or intended to menace: threatening gestures.
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Timorous
full of fear; fearful: The noise made them timorous.
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Truculent
fierce; cruel; savagely brutal.
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Unctuous
characterized by excessive piousness or moralistic fervor, especially in an affected manner; excessively smooth, suave, or smug.
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Urgent
compelling or requiring immediate action or attention; imperative; pressing: an urgent matter.
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Vehement
zealous; ardent; impassioned: a vehement defense; vehement enthusiasm.
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Vexed
irritated; annoyed: vexed at the slow salesclerks.
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Vitriolic
very caustic; scathing: vitriolic criticism.
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Vituperative
verbal abuse or castigation; violent denunciation or condemnation.
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Wistful
characterized by melancholy; longing; yearning.
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Whimsical
of the nature of or proceeding from whimsy, as thoughts or actions: Her writing showed whimsical notions of human behavior
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Worshipful
feeling or showing worship.
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Wry
devious in course or purpose; misdirected.
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Zealous
ardently active, devoted, or diligent; full of, characterized by, or due to zeal. Synonyms: enthusiastic, eager, fervid, fervent, intense, passionate, warm. Antonyms: apathetic; lackadaisical.
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Unflagging
not declining in strength or vigour; tireless
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Worried
Having or characterized by worry; concerned; anxious: Their worried parents called the police.
