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Acerbic

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Sharp; forthright; biting; hurtful; abrasive; severe. Similar to caustic

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Animated

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Full of life or excitement; lively; spirited; impassioned; vibrant

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Apathetic

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Showing little or no interest; lacking concern; indifferent; unemotional

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Ardent

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Enthusiastic; passionate

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Assertive

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Self confident; strong-willed: authoritative; insistent

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Belligerent

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Hostile; aggressive; combatant

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Benevolent

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Sympathetic; tolerant; generous; caring; well meaning

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Callous

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Cruel disregard; unfeeling; uncaring; indifferent; ruthless. A callous person or action is very cruel and shows no concern for other people or their feelings

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Candid

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Truthful, straightforward, honest, unreserved

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Caustic

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Corrosive comments; critical; caustic jokes about political assassination
Sarcastic in a scathing and bitter way.
Similar to Acerbic

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Colloquial

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Familiar; Everyday language. Colloquial language is used in informal writing situations and creates a conversational tone.

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Compliant

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obeying, flexible; submissive

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Conciliatory

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Intended to placate or pacify; appeasing. intended to show that you care about the feelings or opinions of someone who is angry or upset with you

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Condescending

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Stooping to the level ofe one’s inferiors; patrionising. The definition of condescending is acting in a way that shows a superior attitude. An example of condescending is a parent who speaks to her grown child as if he were still a toddler.

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Contemptuous

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expressing deep hatred or disapproval : feeling or showing contempt

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Critical

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Criticizing, disapproving, finding fault, scathing.

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Cynical

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Mocking, scornful for motives of others, hånar mycket / starkt

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Defiant

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Obstinate (envis), Argumentative, Contentious =likely to cause disagreement or argument

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Cautionary

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Gives warning, raises awareness, reminding

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Demeaning

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Disrespectful, undignified

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Derisive

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Sarcastic, mocking, scornful

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Detached

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Objective, impartial, unfeeling, distant

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Dignified

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Serious, respectful, formal, proper

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Diplomatic

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Sensitive, thoughtful, tactful, subtle,

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Disheartening

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Discouraging, causes someone to lose confidence or enthusiasm, depressing

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Disparaging

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Dismissive, scornful=hånande, critical, Criticising

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Distressing

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Heart breaking, Sad, troubling

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Docile

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Compliant, obeying, Accomodating, adaptable

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Earnest

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Showing deep feeling, honest,

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Evasive

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Cryptic, unclear, often passive language “the decision was made”

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Facetious

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Inappropriate, not showing a serious or respectful attitude,

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Farcical

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absurd (situations) ludicruos;mocking (of the characters) and

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Flippant

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superficial; glib; shallow; thoughtless; frivolous (of little weight or importance)

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Frank

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honest; direct; plain; facts

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Ghoulish

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delighting in the revolting, showing fascination with death, disease for ex.

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Grim

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Serious, gloomy, depressing, lacking humour;

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Gullible

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naive; innocent

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Hypercritical

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unreasonably critical, hair splitting (small details)

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Imploring

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pleading, begging “please do this for me”

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Impressionable

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Trusting; child like (easily influenced)

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Inane

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Silly; foolish; stupid; nonsensical

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Incensed

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enraged

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Incredulous

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Unconvinced; questioning; suspicious

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Indignant

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Annoyed, angry, dissatisfied

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Irreverent

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Lacking respect for things that are generally taken seriously

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Jaded

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Lack enthusiasm; bored; having too much of the same thing

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Laudatory

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Praising; recommending

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Light hearted

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Humorous; carefree; relaxed

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Macabre

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Gruesome(hemsk) horrifying; Frightening

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Malicious

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Ill-willed; desiring to harm others or to see others suffer

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Nasty

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Unpleasant; unkind; abusive

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Obsequious

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Overly obedient/submissive;

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Outspoken

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Frank, candid

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Pathetic

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miserable
Expressing pity (sorrow and compassion caused by the sufferings and misfortunes of others)
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Patronising

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Scornful; Condescending; Pompous; speaking or behaving towards someone as if they are stupid or not important:

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Pensive

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Reflective; Philosophical; contemplative

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Pessimistic

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Seeing the negative side of things, (not positive)

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Pragmatic

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Realistic; Sensible

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Resentful

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Offended; aggrieved; displeased; bitter

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Reverent

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Showing deep respect and esteem

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Righteous

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morally right and just; guiltless; pious; god-fearing

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Satirical

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Making fun to show a weakness; ridiculing (ridiculous);

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Sarcastic

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Scornful; mocking; ridiculing

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Scathing

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Critical; harsh; stinging

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Scornful

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Contemptuous (full of hatred and expressing)

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Sensationalistic

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provocative; inaccurate; distasteful

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Sincere

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honest; truthful; earnest

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Solemn

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not funny; serious; in earnest

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Sulking

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Bad tempered; grumpy; resentful (mad for being treaten badly); sullen (a sullen pout) (not cheerful)

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Tragic

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Disastrous; calamitous

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Unassuming

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modest (shy, doesnt express an opinion) ; self-effacing;

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Uneasy

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worried; uncomfortable: edgy; nervous

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Urgent

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Insistent; “this must be done soon”!

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Vindictive

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(revenge)vengeful; spiteful, unforgiving

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Virtuous

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lawful; righteous; moral

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World-weary

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bored (omeone who is world-weary is not enthusiastic about anything, often because they have had too much experience of a particular way of life)
; tired

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Wretched

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Miserable; depairing; sorrowful; distressed

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