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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

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superior, haughty, snobbish, imperious, overbearing, patronizing, condescending, stuck-up, supercilious

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dictatorial

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demanding, peremptory

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cocky

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bumptious, nervy, cheeky, brash

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fresh

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brazen, impudent, impertinent, saucy, pert

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forward

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pushy, offensive, obnoxious, outrageous

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artificial

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studied, stagy, mannered, affected, phony, pretentious

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irritable

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edgy, touchy, testy, tetchy, fractious

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combative

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scrappy, challenging, provocative, rambunctious, defiant, pugnacious, belligerent, bellicose, truculent

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angry

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incensed, indignant, furious, wrathful, enraged, boiling, outraged

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conciliatory

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placatory, placating, mollifying

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sorry

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regretful, repentant, penitent, contrite, apologetic, remorseful

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disagreeable

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morose, sullen, sulky, crabbed

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unsociable

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unfriendly, unapproachable, standoffish, inamicable, cool, chilly, asocial, antisocial, inimical

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defensive

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protective, self-protective

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hostile

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antagonistic, malevolent, ill-disposed, surly

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evil

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wicked, sinister

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frightening

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menacing, intimidating

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sneaky

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furtive, sly, stealthy, surreptitious, secretive

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displeased

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discontented, malcontent, disgruntled, out of sorts, dyspeptic

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sad

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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

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self-effacing

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subservient

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fawning, sycophantic, toadying, servile, obsequious, craven, slavish, cringing,

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shy

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timid, sheepish, mousy, diffident, uncertain, reticent, reluctant

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lacking energy

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enervated, lifeless effete, listless, leaden, sluggish

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without liveliness or flair

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stolid, lumpish, plodding

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meek

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docile, weak-kneed

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cautious

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wary, chary, hesitant, guarded, suspicious, gingerly, circumspect, leery

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slow

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lethargic, phlegmatic, sluggish, snail-like, ponderous, laggard, poky, lumbering

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uneasy

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restless, fidgety, fidgeting, fluttery, restive, nervous, unnerved, edgy, jittery, ill at ease

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disturbed

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discomposed, discomfited, troubled, bothered, disconcerted

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quiet

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reserved, subdued, retiring, unobtrusive, reclusive, withdrawn, conservative, self-contained, restrained

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imperturbable

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unflappable, unfazed, airy

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impassive, cold

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unfeeling, impervious, icy, affectless, impersonal, stone-like, unyielding

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inexpressive

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unforthcoming, reserved, uncommunicative, unresponsive, withdrawn

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unyielding

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unrelenting, uncompromising, implacable, unbending, unreachable, obstinate, stubborn, dogged, balky, contrary, mulish, recalcitrant, per-vivacious, inflexible, obdurate

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unaware

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unconscious, oblivious, unmindful, mindless, heedless

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lost

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absent, remote, distant, faraway

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preoccupied

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distracted, abstracted, absent-minded, distrait

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dazed

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stunned, numb, benumbed

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puzzled

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uncomprehending, bewildered, confounded, at sea, befuddled, perplexed

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speechless

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tongue-tied, mortified, paralyzed, dazed, stunned, dumbfounded, insensible, overcome, overwhelmed

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businesslike

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all business, officious, punctilious, conservative, bureaucratic, methodical, efficient

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acting in an automatic way

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perfunctory, matter-of-fact, rote, prescribed, mechanical,

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abrupt

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brusque, unmannerly, rude, curt, bluff, unceremonious, peremptory, giving short shrift

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stiff

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rigid, severe, strict, harsh

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girlish

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maidenly, virginal

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manly

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masculine, virile, manful

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womanly

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feminine, ladylike

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effeminate

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mincing, swishy, epicene

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mannish

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unladylike, masculine, butch

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fatherly

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paternal, patriarchal

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motherly

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maternal, matriarchal

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like an uncle (offering affectionate guidance)

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avuncular

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