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casual

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relaxed and unconcerned.

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candid

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truthful and straightforward; frank.

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cheerful

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full of cheer; in good spirits: a cheerful person.

promoting or inducing cheer; pleasant; bright: cheerful surroundings.

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choleric

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

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cold

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having a relatively low temperature; having little or no warmth: cold water; a cold day.

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compassionate

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having or showing compassion: a compassionate person; a compassionate letter.
granted in an emergency: compassionate military leave granted to attend a funeral.

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conceited

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having an excessively favorable opinion of one’s abilities, appearance, etc.

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conciliatory

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tending to conciliate: a conciliatory manner; conciliatory comments.

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confident

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having strong belief or full assurance; sure: confident of fulfillment.
sure of oneself; having no uncertainty about one’s own abilities, correctness, successfulness, etc.; self-confident; bold: a confident speaker.

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confused

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to perplex or bewilder: The flood of questions confused me.

to make unclear or indistinct: The rumors and angry charges tended to confuse the issue.

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contentious

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tending to argument or strife; quarrelsome: a contentious crew.
causing, involving, or characterized by argument or controversy: contentious issues.

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cynical

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distrusting or disparaging the motives of others; like or characteristic of a cynic.
showing contempt for accepted standards of honesty or morality by one’s actions, especially by actions that exploit the scruples of others.

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delightful

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giving great pleasure or delight; highly pleasing: a delightful surprise.

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depressed

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sad and gloomy; dejected; downcast.

pressed down, or situated lower than the general surface.

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derisive

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characterized by or expressing derision; contemptuous; mocking: derisive heckling.

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derogatory

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tending to lessen the merit or reputation of a person or thing; disparaging; depreciatory: a derogatory remark.

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desolate

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barren or laid waste; devastated: a treeless, desolate landscape.
deprived or destitute of inhabitants; deserted; uninhabited.

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desperate

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reckless or dangerous because of despair or urgency: a desperate killer.
having an urgent need, desire, etc.: desperate for attention.

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diabolic

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having the qualities of a devil; devilish; fiendish; outrageously wicked: a diabolic plot.
pertaining to or actuated by a devil.

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disappointed

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depressed or discouraged by the failure of one’s hopes or expectations: a disappointed suitor.
Obsolete . inadequately appointed; ill-equipped.

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doubtful

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of uncertain outcome or result.
admitting of or causing doubt; uncertain; ambiguous.
unsettled in opinion or belief; undecided; hesitating.
of equivocal or questionable character: His tactics are highly doubtful.