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Choleric |
Easily moved to often unreasonable or excessive anger: hot tempered |
Adj, -ic:nature Sent: the choleric teacher lost her temper when the students yelled out the answer; she was often moved to excessive anger. |
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Ribald |
Referring to sex in a rude but amusing way; characterized by or using coarse indicent humor. |
Adj. Ri-: laughter Sent: his ribald humor often gets him in trouble; his coarse and indecent humor won't be tolerated. |
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Sardonic |
Showing that you dissaprove of or do not like someone or something; disdainfully or skeptically humorous. Adj. -ic: nature of, like |
Sent: chris sardonic behavior makes him a difficult person to get along with; his skeptical humor is not always funny for everyone. |
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Morose |
Very serious or unhappy, and quite; marked by or expressive of gloom |
Adj. Sent: danas morose espression is always noticed by people; she is unhappy and serious most of the time. |
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Poignant |
Causing a strong feeling of sadness; painfully affecting the feelings ; touching |
Adj. -ant: quality of one who Sent: poignant movies are normally very good movies; they cause a feeling of sadness that one can relate too |
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Staid |
Serious boring, or old fashioned; aften marked by brin self-restraint |
Adj. -id: a thing connected with or belonging to Sent: people who are staid are usually not fun to be around with; their old fashion ways can bore you fast. |
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Asmonitory |
Warning; cautionary |
Adj. -mon: warn, remind Sent: my parents give me admonitory speeches form time to time; i know that they want me to be cautious. |
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Callous |
Not feeling or showing any concern about the problems or suffering of other people; hard hearted. |
-ous: full of; having. Adj. Sent: callous people sometimes end upnin jail; when they do something bad they feel no remorse. |
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Histrionic |
Too emotional or dramatic; deliberately affected |
Adj. -ic: nature of; like Sent: many girls can be histroinic; they act too dramatic for a small problem. |
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Obsequious |
Too eager to help or obey someone important; marked by or exhibiting a fawning attentivness |
Adj. Sequ-: follow. -ous: full of; having Sentence : sometimes i get annoyed by obsequious people; they get too excited to help someone and they expect something in return. |
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Frivolous |
Silly and not serious |
Adj. -ous: full of Sent: the fivolous girl got in trouble in class; she was silly and not paying paying attention. |
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Flippant |
Lacking proper respect or seriousness |
-ant: quality of one who Sent: the flippant boy got in trouble in class; he was not respectful to the teacher. |
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Jovial |
Full of hapinnes and joy |
-ail: on account of, related to, action of
Sent: the jovial girl is always fun to be around with; her joy and happiness is contagious. |
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Surly |
Rude and unfriendly |
Adj. -ly: like, manner of Sent: the surly boy is not a good person to be around with; he is rude to others. |
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Bantering |
Speak or act playfully |
Adj. We had a bantering conversation; we spoke playfully with each other. |
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Droll |
An odd quality |
Adj. The droll tv show was ment for adults; many of the jokes are odd. |
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Exuberant |
Very lively, happy |
Adj. -ant: quality of one who The exuberant firl was juming around everywhere; she was happy to be at Disneyland for the first time. |
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Belligerent |
Angry and aggressive |
Adj. Bel-: war. -ent: having quality of The belligerent guy foesny have any friends; his aggressiveness attitude is not fun to be around with |
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Caustic |
Very harsh |
Adj. Cause-: to burn. -ic: nature of, like
The caustic man is hated by many; his harsh attitude is not as tolerated |
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Haughty |
People that think that they are smarter, better or more inportant that other people |
-y: inclined to, tend to The girl showed a haughty personality when i first met her; she talked about how she is the best at everything. |
