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Abhorring |
To hate or regard with disgust |
Despise |
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Obdurate |
Stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or course of action |
Stubborn |
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Frivolous |
Not having any serious purpose or value. Carefree and or not serious. |
Jokey light-hearted |
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Fanciful |
Over imaginative and unrealistic |
Unbelievable extravagant far-fetched |
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Dogmatic |
Inclined to lay down principles as incontrovertibly true |
Opinionated compromising assertive |
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Oratorical |
Relating to the art or practice of public speaking |
Bombastic overblown rhetorical |
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pretentious |
Attempting to impress by affecting greater importance Talent culture excetera than is actually possessed |
Showy grandioso |
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Sardonic |
Grimly mocking or cynical |
Ironic satirical mocking |
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Ambivalent |
Having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone |
Torn inconclusive unsure |
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Exhortatory |
Serving or intended to extort to urge or advise |
Encourage press spur |