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admonitory

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to caution, advise, or counsel against something.

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Accusing

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to charge with the fault, offense, or crime (usually followed by of )

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Agitated

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excited; disturbed.

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Angry

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mad

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Apathetic

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not interested or concerned; indifferent or unresponsive: an apathetic audience.

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Arrogant

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making claims or pretensions to superior importance or rights; overbearingly assuming; insolently proud

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Artificial

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made by human skill; produced by humans (opposed to natural )

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Audacious

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extremely bold or daring; recklessly brave; fearless

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Belligerent

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warlike; given to waging war.

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Bitter

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having a harsh, disagreeably acrid taste, like that of aspirin, quinine, wormwood, or aloes.

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Boring

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causing or marked by boredom: a boring discussion; to have a boring time.

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Brash

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impertinent; impudent; tactless

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Callous

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made hard; hardened.

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Childish

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puerile; weak; silly

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Choleric

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extremely irritable or easily angered; irascible: a choleric disposition.

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Coarse

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composed of relatively large parts or particles: The beach had rough, coarse sand.

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Cold

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lacking in passion, emotion, enthusiasm, ardor, etc.; dispassionate: cold reason.

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Condemnatory

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to express an unfavorable or adverse judgment on; indicate strong disapproval of; censure.

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Condescending

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showing or implying a usually patronizing descent from dignity or superiority: They resented the older neighbors’ condescending cordiality.

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Contradictory

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asserting the contrary or opposite; contradicting; inconsistent; logically opposite: contradictory statements.
tending or inclined to contradict.

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Critical

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inclined to find fault or to judge with severity, often too readily.

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Desperate

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reckless or dangerous because of despair or urgency: a desperate killer.

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Dissapointed

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depressed or discouraged by the failure of one’s hopes or expectations: a disappointed suitor.

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Disgruntled

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displeased and discontented; sulky; peevish: Her disgruntled husband refused to join us.

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Disgusted

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to cause loathing or nausea in.

to offend the good taste, moral sense, etc., of; cause extreme dislike or revulsion in: Your vulgar remarks disgust me.

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Facetious

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not meant to be taken seriously or literally: a facetious remark.

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Furious

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full of fury, violent passion, or rage; extremely angry; enraged: He was furious about the accident

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Harsh

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ungentle and unpleasant in action or effect: harsh treatment; harsh manners.

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Haughty

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disdainfully proud; snobbish; scornfully arrogant; supercilious: haughty aristocrats; a haughty salesclerk.

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Hateful

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arousing hate or deserving to be hated: the hateful oppression of dictators.

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Hurtful

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causing or capable of causing harm; injurious: a harmful idea; a harmful habit.

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Indignant

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feeling, characterized by, or expressing strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or base: indignant remarks; an indignant expression on his face.

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Inflammatory

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tending to arouse anger, hostility, passion, etc.: inflammatory speeches.

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Insulting

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giving or causing insult; characterized by affronting rudeness, insolence, etc.

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Irritated

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angered, provoked, or annoyed.

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Manipulative

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influencing or attempting to influence the behavior or emotions of others for one’s own purposes: a manipulative boss.

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Obnoxious

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highly objectionable or offensive; odious: obnoxious behavior.

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Outraged

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an act of wanton cruelty or violence; any gross violation of law or decency.

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Passive

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not reacting visibly to something that might be expected to produce manifestations of an emotion or feeling.

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Shameful

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disgraceful or scandalous: shameful treatment.

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Quarrelsome

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a cause of dispute, complaint, or hostile feeling: She has no quarrel with her present salary.

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Snooty

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of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a snob

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Superficial

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shallow; not profound or thorough: a superficial writer.

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Surly

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churlishly rude or bad-tempered: a surly waiter

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Testy

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irritably impatient; touchy.

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Threatening

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tending or intended to menace: threatening gestures.

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Tired

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exhausted, as by exertion; fatigued or sleepy: a tired runner.

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Uninterested

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not personally concerned in something.

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Wrathful

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very angry; ireful; full of wrath: They trembled before the wrathful queen.

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