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imprecation

a spoken curse

disdainfully

full of or showing disdain; scornful

presentiment

an intuitive feeling about the future, especially one of foreboding

melancholy

a feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause

vicariously

experienced in the imagination through the feelings or actions of another person

consternation

feelings of anxiety or dismay, typically at something unexpected

plaintively

someone or something with a pleading, sorrowful, desperate tone

unscrupulous

having or showing no moral principles; not honest or fair

superciliously

behaving or looking as though one thinks one is superior to others

allude

suggest or call attention to indirectly; hint at

felicitous

well chosen or suited to the circumstances

condescend

show feelings of superiority; be patronizing