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sanguine (adj)
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cheerfully optimistic
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sanguis The cheerleaders cheering the opposing team were overly sanquine. |
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phlegmatic (adj)
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sluggish
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The four-year old, obese kid ran rather phlegmatically. |
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melancholy (adj)
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sad, depressed
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melan,choler After her dog died, the girl acted rather melancholy. |
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choleric (adj)
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easily angered
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choler The professer was very choleric by the dumb blond in our class. |
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recalcitrant (adj)
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stubbornly resistant to authority
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Jimmy acted rather recalcitrant when asked to leave our house. |
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lethargic (adj)
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sluggish; dully apathetic
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The obese kid's running was very lethargic and pathetic. |
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splenetic (adj)
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irritable, easily angered
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Because I didn't get any sleep last night, I acted rather splenetic and cranky towards other people. |
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querulous (adj)
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disposed to complaining
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The two siblings were constantly querulous when asked to clean their rooms. |
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dolorous (adj)
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marked by or expressive of sorrow or pain
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The grandmother acted rather dolorous over her daughter's death. |
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animosity (adj)
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hostility, ill-will
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anima The kid was uncontrolable and showed a rather animosticly unplesant behavioral pattern. |
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pusillanimous (adj)
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cowardly
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anima The cowardly lion acted very pusillanimous when acted to go before the wizard of oz. |
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lassitude (n)
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feeling of weakness or listlessness
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The girl felt so compelled to eat the chocolate, that she showed a lassitude of lust. |
