Showing a desire to resist authority, control, or convention
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Recalcitrant
Resisting authority or control; not obedient or compliant; refractory
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Reflective
Given to, marked by, or concerned with meditation or deliberation
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Relaxed
Being free of or relieved from tension or anxiety
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Reminiscent
Awakening memories of something similar; suggestive
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Resigned
Submissive or acquiescent
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Respectful
Full of, characterized by, or showing politeness or deference
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Restrained
To hold back or keep in check; control
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Reticent
Disposed to be silent or not to speak freely; reserved; restrained
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Reverent
Deeply respectful; showing great esteem
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Ridiculous
Causing or worthy or ridicule or derision; absurd; preposterous; laughable
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Righteous
Believing ones-self to be morally right and just; guiltless
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Risible
Causing or capable of causing laughter; laughable; ludicrous
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Romantic
Characterized by a preoccupation with love or by the idealizing of love or one's beloved; imbued with or dominated by idealism, a desire for adventure, chivalry, etc
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Facetious
Not meant to be taken seriously or literally / amusing; humorous
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Factual
Of or pertaining to facts; concerning facts
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Familiar
Commonly or generally known or seen / informal; easygoing; unceremonious; unconstrained
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Fanciful
Characterized by or showing fancy; capricious or whimsical in appearance
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Farcical
Ludicrous; absurd; mocking; humorous and highly improbable
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Fatalistic
The acceptance of all things and events as inevitable; submission to fate
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Fearful
Feeling fear, dread, apprehension, or solicitude / full of awe or reverence / extreme in size, intensity, or badness
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Fervent
Having or showing great warmth or intensity of spirit, feeling, enthusiasm, etc; ardent
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Flippant
Frivolously disrespectful, shallow, or lacking in seriousness; characterized by levity
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Forceful
Powerful
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Foreboding
A strong inner feeling or notion of a future misfortune, evil, etc; presentiment
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Formal
Stiff; using textbook style; following accepted styles, rules, or ceremonies
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Forthright
Going straight to the point; frank; direct; outspoken
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Frantic
Desperate or wild with excitement, passion, fear, pain, etc; frenzied
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Frightened
To fill with fear; alarm
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Frivolous
Characterized by a lack of seriousness or sense / self-indulgently carefree; unconcerned about or lacking any serious purpose / of little or no weight, worth, or importance; not worthy of serious notice
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Frustrated
Disappointed; thwarted
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Furious
Full of fury, violent passion, or rage; extremely angry; enraged
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Jocund
Cheerful; merry; gay; blithe; glad
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Joking
Humorous or flippant; of or pertaining to jokes
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Jovial
Endowed with or characterized by a hearty, joyous humor or a spirit of good-fellowship
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Joyful
Full of joy, as a person or one's heart; glad; delighted / causing or brining joy, as an event, a sight, or news; delightful
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Joyous
Joyful; happy; jubilant
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Nervous
Highly excitable; unnaturally or acutely uneasy or apprehensive
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Nonchalant
Coolly unconcerned, indifferent, or unexcited; casual
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Nonplussed
Totally puzzled, perplexed, or confused
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Nostalgic
Unhappy about being away and longing for familiar things or persons
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Whimsical
Given to whimsy or fanciful notions; capricious
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Wistful
Characterized by melancholy; longing; yearning; pensive
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Worshipful
Showing adoration; showing great reverence
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Wrathful
Vehemently incensed and condemnatory; very angry; ireful
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Wry
Devious in course or purpose; misdirected; distorted or perverted, as in meaning; bitterly or disdainfully ironic or amusing