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condemnatory
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serving to condemn.
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elegiac
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expressing sorrow or lamentation:
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laudatory
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containing or expressing praise:
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pedantic
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ostentatious in one's learning.
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piquant
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agreeably stimulating, interesting, or attractive:
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exuberant
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effusively and almost uninhibitedly enthusiastic; lavishly abundant:
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baffled
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to confuse, bewilder, or perplex:
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irreverent
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not reverent; manifesting or characterized by irreverence; deficient in veneration or respect:
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pompous
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characterized by an ostentatious display of dignity or importance:
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insipid
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without distinctive, interesting, or stimulating qualities; vapid:
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somber
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gloomily dark; shadowy; dimly lighted:
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flippant
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frivolously disrespectful, shallow, or lacking in seriousness; characterized by levity:
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sardonic
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characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering:
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diffident
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lacking confidence in one's own ability, worth, or fitness; timid; shy.
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contentious
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tending to argument or strife; quarrelsome:
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colloquial
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characteristic of or appropriate to ordinary or familiar conversation rather than formal speech or writing; informal.
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audacious
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extremely bold or daring; recklessly brave; fearless:
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candid
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free from reservation, disguise, or subterfuge; straightforward:
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inflammatory
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tending to arouse anger, hostility, passion, etc.:
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mock-heroic
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imitating or burlesquing that which is heroic, as in manner, character, or action:
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lugubrious
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mournful, dismal, or gloomy, esp. in an affected, exaggerated, or unrelieved manner:
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nostalgic
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a wistful desire to return in thought or in fact to a former time in one's life, to one's home or homeland, or to one's family and friends; a sentimental yearning for the happiness of a former place or time:
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reflective
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given to, marked by, or concerned with meditation or deliberation:
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foreboding
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to foretell or predict; be an omen of; indicate beforehand; portend:
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effusive
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unduly demonstrative; lacking reserve:
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incisive
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penetrating; cutting; biting; trenchant:
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vexed
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to irritate; annoy; provoke:
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indignant
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feeling, characterized by, or expressing strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or base:
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cynical
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showing contempt for accepted standards of honesty or morality by one's actions, esp. by actions that exploit the scruples of others.
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turgid
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inflated, overblown, or pompous; bombastic:
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detached
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impartial or objective; disinterested; unbiased:
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plaintive
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expressing sorrow or melancholy; mournful:
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insolent
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boldly rude or disrespectful; contemptuously impertinent; insulting:
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erudite
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characterized by great knowledge; learned or scholarly:
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clinical
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extremely objective and realistic; dispassionately analytic; unemotionally critical:
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frivolous
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characterized by lack of seriousness or sense:
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prosaic
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commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative:
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sanctimonious
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making a hypocritical show of religious devotion, piety, righteousness, etc.:
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facetious
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lacking serious intent; concerned with something nonessential, amusing, or frivolous:
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apprehensive
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uneasy or fearful about something that might happen:
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taunting
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to reproach in a sarcastic, insulting, or jeering manner; mock.
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