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bitter

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marked by intensity or severity;extremely harsh or cruel

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sardonic

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disdainfully or skeptically humorous; derisively mocking ; bitterly sarcastic

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mocking

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treat with contempt or ridicule; mimic

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scornful

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filled with both anger and disgust; contempt

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satiric

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biting wit, irony, or sarcasm used to expose vice or folly

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vituperative

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abuse in words

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scathing

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bitterly sever

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confidential

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secret

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factual

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based on fact

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informal

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without formality or ceremony; characteristic of ordinary, casual, or familiar use

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facetious

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joking often inappropiately

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critical

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inclined to criticize; require careful thinking

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resigned

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given over without resistance

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astonished

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struck with sudden and usually great wonder; amazed

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objective

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treating or dealing with facts without distortion by personal feelings or prejudices

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naive

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marked by unaffected simplicity

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joyous

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showing joy

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spiritual

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of or relating to sacred matters

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wistful

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feeling or showing a timid desire

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nostalgic

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wistful yearning for something past or irrecoverable

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humorous

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keen perception of the ludicrous and incongruous; comical or amusing entertainment

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mock-serious

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ridiculing or burlesquing something serious

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pedantic

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showy with one's knowledge

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didactic

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intended to instruct, inform, or teach a moral lesson

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inspiring

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to influence, move or guide by divine or supernatural inspiration; to exert an enlivening, animating, or exalting influence upon

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remorseful

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gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs

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disdainful

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filled with contempt, scorn

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laudatory

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of,relating to, or expressive of praise

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mystified

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perplexed mind; made mysterious

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idyllic

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descriptive of country life or suggests a peaceful setting

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compassionate

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expresses a sympathetic feeling

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reverent

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expressing honor or respect

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lugubrious

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mournful often to an exaggerated degree

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elegiac

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of or relating to a poem, song, or speech expressing grief for one who is dead

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macabre

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having death as a subject

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maudlin

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drunk enough to be silly

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sentimental

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influenced by tender feelings, affecting the emotions

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patriotic

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expresses love for her or his country

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jingoistic

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extreme chauvinism or nationalism marked by a belligerent foreign policy

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detached

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aloof;impartial

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angry

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feeling or showing a strong feeling of displeasure

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sad

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grieving, mournful, downcast

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effusive

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gushing forth; unrestrained

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judgemental

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characterized by a tendency to judge harshly

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formal

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according with conventional forms and rules;prim

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scholarly

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expressed by a learned person

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erudite

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scholary, learned

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exhortative

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urge, advise, warn earnestly

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pretentious

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making or possessing unjustified claims; making demands on one's ability or means

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ambiguous

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capable of being understood in more than one way

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servile

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submissive

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analytical

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examining a thing to determine its parts or elements

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cynical

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attritbutes all actions to selfish motives

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apathetic

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lack of emotion; lack of interest; indifference

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impartial

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unbiased

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condescending

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assumes an air of superiority

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candid

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frank; straightforward

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colloquial

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of or relating to informal conversation

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clinical

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scientifically dispassionate

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moralistic

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expresses morals or regulates the morals of others

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indignant

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filled with or marked by anger aroused by something unjust

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contemptuous

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feeling or expressing contempt (the act of despising)

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pompous

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pretentiously dignified; excessively ornate (arrogant, self-important)

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hyperbolic

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extravagant exaggeration

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flippant

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lacking proper respect or seriousness

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somber

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dark, gloomy, grave, melancholy

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ambivalent

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simultaneous attraction toward and repulsion from a person, object, or action

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haughty

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insolent, overbearing, arrogant

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ornate

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elaborately decorative

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whimsical

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full of sudden wishes, desires, changes of mind

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cogent

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having power to compel or constrain

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cerebral

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appealing to or involving the intellect

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doctrinaire

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attempts to put an abstract theory into effect without regard to practical difficulties

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expository

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explains

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harsh

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disagreeably rough; severe

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indulgent

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gratifies one taste or desire for

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capricious

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does things impulsively or on a sudden whim or fancy

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decisive

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resolute, determined, conclusive

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fervent

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marked by great intensity of feeling

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polemic

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the art or practice of disputation