Literary Terms

Question 0

Inflammatory

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Irritate, arouse, resentful

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Indignant

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Angry, irritated, resentful

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Informative

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Acquaint, communicate, disclose

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Insipid

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Flat, bland, tedious, banal

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Insolent

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Insulting, brazen, rude, contemptuous

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Ironic

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Contradictory, implausible, incongruous

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Irreverent

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Profane, impious, blasphemous, ungodly

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Learned

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Skilled, experienced, professional

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Lugubrious

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Gloomy, dismal, melancholy, somber

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Maudlin

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Sentimental, mushy, gushing, insipid

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Mock-heroic

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Mimicking courage (pretend)

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Allusive

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Intimate, suggest, connote

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Angry

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Mad, furious, irate

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Bantering

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Good natured teasing, ridicule, joking

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Benevolent

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Magnanimous, generous, Noble,

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Burlesque

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Mockery, sham, spoof, parody

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Candid

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Clear, frank, genuine

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Clinical

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Direct, detached, scientific

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Colloquial

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Common, ordinary, vernacular

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Compassionate

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Kindly, sympathetic, benevolent

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Complimentary

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Flattering, approving, laudatory

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Concerned

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Touched, affected, influenced

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Condescending

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Scornful, contemptuous, disdainful

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Confident

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Positive, certain, assured

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Contemptuous

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Pompous, arrogant, superior, haughty

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Contentious

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Argumentative, quarrelsome, pugnacious

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Cynical

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Adverse, suspicious, opposed, doubtful, dubious

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Detached

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Separated, severed, apathetic

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Didactic

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Pointed, bombastic, pompous, terse

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Diffident

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Retiring, timid, hesitant, bashful

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Disdainful

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Haughty, arrogant, supercilious

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Dramatic

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Exciting, moving, sensational, emotional

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Effusive

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Talkative, verbose, profuse

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Elegiac

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Sad, mournful, plaintive

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Factious

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Dissident, rebellious, insubordinate

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Factual

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Authentic, genuine, truthful

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Fanciful

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Capricious, extravagant, whimsical

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Flippant

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Offhand, facetious, frivolous

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Impartial

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Equitable, unbiased, dispassionate

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Incisive

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Cutting, biting, penetrating

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Mock-serious

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Mimicking solemnity

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Moralistic

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Virtuous, righteous, blameless

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Objective

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Impartial, detached, impersonal

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Patronizing

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Condescending, scornful, disdainful

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Pedantic

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Academic, bookish, scholastic

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Petty

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Trivial, insignificant, narrow-minded

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Pretentious

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Arrogant, boastful, conceited

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Restrained

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Unwilling, hesitant, reluctant

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Sardonic

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Cutting, biting, penetrating, satirical

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Satiric

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Lampooning, facetious

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Scornful

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Bitter, caustic, acrimonious, mordant

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Sentimental

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Emotional, mushy, maudlin

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Somber

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Serious, gloomy, dismal, shadowy

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Sympathetic

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Supportive, favorable, considerate

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Taunting

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Contemptuous, insulting, derisive

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Terse

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Concise, succinct, pithy, pointed

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Turgid

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Pompous, bloated, swollen, distended

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Urgent

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Compelling, demanding, imperative, pressing

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Vibrant

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Resonant, active, resounding

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Whimsical

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Flippant, frivolous, light-hearted, dainty