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Whimsical

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Erratic in behavior or degree of unpredictability

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Dramatic

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Sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect

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Learned

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Possessing or demonstrating profound, often systematic knowledge. Acquired by learning or experience

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Informative

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Serving to inform; providing or disclosing information; instructive

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Somber

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Dark; gloomy. Dull or dark in color. Melancholy; dismal; serious; grave.

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Urgent

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Compelling immediate action or attention; pressing. Insistent or importunate

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Confident

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Marked by assurance, As of success. Confidence in oneself; self-assured. Very bold; presumptuous; confiding; trustful.

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Mock-heroic

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A satirical imitation or burlesque of the heroic manner or style

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Objective

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Of or having to do with a material object. Having actual existence or reality. Uninfluenced by emotions or personal prejudices. Presented factually.

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Diffident

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Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid. Reserved in manner. Wanting confidence in ones self; distrustful of ones own powers; not self reliant; suspicious

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Ironic

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Humorously sarcastic or mocking

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Didactic

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Intended to instruct. Morally instructive. Inclined to teach or moralize excessively.

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Petty

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Of small importance; inconsiderable; inferior

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Factual

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Having actual existence; of the nature of fact

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Restrained

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Hinder; stop; withhold; suppress

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Elegiac

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Of, relating to, or involving elegy or mourning or expressing sorrow for that which is irrecoverably past

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Disdainful

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Showing contempt or lack of respect; scornful; contemptuous

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Satiric

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Exposing human folly to ridicule; “a persistent campaign of mockery by the satirical fortnightly magazine.”

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Lugubrious

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Mournful

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Pedantic

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Academic

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Indignant

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Outraged, wrathful

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Bantering

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Playful good natured ridicule

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Flippant

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Talkative; disrespectful

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Condescending

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Patronizing; lower oneself

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Patronizing

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Support or sponsor; condescending

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Facetious

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Wit and good humor

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Clinical

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Objective; analytical

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Mock serious

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Pretended serious look or act

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Inflammatory

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Tending to excite or anger

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Benevolent

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Burlesque

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Mockery through exaggeration

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Fanciful

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Imaginary and fancy

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Detached

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Free from prejudice and self-interest

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Cynical

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Captious, peevish and negative

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Incisive

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Direct and decisive

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Allusive

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Hinting at

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Effusive

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Excessive PDA

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Colloquial

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Informal common language

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Compassionate

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Sympathetic

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Impartial

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Fair and not biased

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Insipid

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Pretentious

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Vibrant

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Irreverent

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Lacking respect and seriousness

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Sentimental

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Nostalgia and stuff

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Moralistic

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Moral conduct

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Complimentary

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Admiration

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Contemptuous

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Feeling or expressing hate

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Sympathetic

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Sensitive to others emotions

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Taunting

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A sarcastic challenge or insult; ridicule

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Concerned

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Interestedly engaged

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Angry

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Turgid

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Sardonic

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Skeptically humorous mocking

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Contentious

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Tendency to pick fights

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Insolent

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Rude arrogant

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Candid

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Fair and blunt

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