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Disdainful

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Moderate Disdain & Arrogance: (adj.) showing lack of respect

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Scornful

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Moderate Disdain & Arrogance: (adj.) feeling contempt or derision

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Self-Deprecating

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Moderate Disdain & Arrogance: (adj.) under-valuing oneself

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Arrogant

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Extreme Disdain & Arrogance: (adj.) exaggerated sense of one’s importance

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Contemptuous

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Extreme Disdain & Arrogance: (adj.) showing deep hatred or disapproval

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Pompous

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Extreme Disdain & Arrogance: (adj.) affectedly or irritatingly grand

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Pretentious

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Extreme Disdain & Arrogance: (adj.) attempting to impress

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Self-Congratulatory

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Extreme Disdain & Arrogance: (adj.) happy of one’s achievements

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Self-Satisfied

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Extreme Disdain & Arrogance: (adj.) happy with oneself

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Candid

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Moderate Certainty & Directness: (adj.) truthful and straightforward

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Conviction

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Moderate Certainty & Directness: (n.) formal declaration or belief

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Emphatic

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Moderate Certainty & Directness: (adj.) speaking or acting in a forceful way

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Frank

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Moderate Certainty & Directness: (adj.) open, honest, and direct in speech

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Resolute

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Moderate Certainty & Directness: (adj.) admirably purposeful

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Vehement

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Moderate Certainty & Directness: (adj.) showing strong feeling

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Cavalier

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Moderate Humor, Sarcasm, & Informality: (adj.) showing lack of proper concern

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Facetious

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Moderate Humor, Sarcasm, & Informality: (adj.) treating serious things with humor; sarcastic

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Flippant

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Moderate Humor, Sarcasm, & Informality: (adj.) not showing a respectful or serious attitude

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Ironic

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Moderate Humor, Sarcasm, & Informality: (adj.) usually expressing the opposite

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Irreverent

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Moderate Humor, Sarcasm, & Informality: (adj.) showing a lack of respect of things that are usually taken seriously

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Jocular

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Moderate Humor, Sarcasm, & Informality: (adj.) humerous or playful

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Sardonic

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Moderate Humor, Sarcasm, & Informality: (adj.) grimly mocking or cynical

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Satirical

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Moderate Humor, Sarcasm, & Informality: (adj.) using humor or sarcasm

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Wry

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Moderate Humor, Sarcasm, & Informality: (adj.) expressing dry humor

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Caustic

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Extreme Humor, Sarcasm, & Informality: (adj.) sarcastic in a bitter way

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Cynical

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Extreme Humor, Sarcasm, & Informality: (adj.) believing that people are motivated by self interest

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Disillusioned

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Extreme Humor, Sarcasm, & Informality: (adj.) disappointed in someone or something

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Frivolous

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Extreme Humor, Sarcasm, & Informality: (adj.) not having serious purpose or value

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Jeering

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Extreme Humor, Sarcasm, & Informality: (adj.) making rude and mocking remarks