admiring
complimentary, favorable
alarmed
excited
allusive
suggestive, hinting
aloof
haughty, distant
ambivalent
indecisive, having mixed emotions
angry
irate
anxious
uneasy, brooding
ardent
passionate; enthusiastic; fervent; zealous
apathetic
uncaring, uninvolved
apologetic
regretful
audacious
bold, insolent
belligerent
contentious
benevolent
kindly
bitter
hating, malicious, resentful, rancorous
callous
uncaring or unfeeling; indifferent; lacking in compassion
candid
frank, truthful
captious
ready to detect trivial faults
censorious
severely critical, condemnatory
clinical
detached, coolly dispassionate
churlish
critical in a mean-spirited way; nasty; belligerent; bullying
cold
unemotional
complacent
self-satisfied, smug
condescending
showing superiority, patronizing
confident
certain, full of conviction
confused
perplexed, disconcerted
contemptuous
scornful, disdainful, disrespectful, irrelevant
critical
judging harshly
cynical
contemptuously distrustful of human nature and motives, misanthropic
delirious
suggesting frenzied excitement
depressed
dejected
derisive
mocking; sarcastic; dismissive or scornful; snide
desperate
showing a loss of hope
detached
unconcerned, aloof, distant, unbiased
didactic
instructive
dispassionate
unaffected by strong feeling; showing coolness of judgment
dogmatic
authoritative, assertive, arrogant, intolerant
dreamy
vague, in a state of reverie, appearing tranquil
dubious
questionable or having questionable motives; inclined to doubt
effusive
excessively demonstrative, gushing
elated
joyful; happy
elegiac
expressing sorrow
fanciful
whimsical
farcical
ridiculous; absurd; mocking; humorous and highly improbable
fatalistic
pessimistic; expecting the worst as inevitable
flippant
lacking proper respect or seriousness
forgiving
pardoning, excusing
frivolous
lacking seriousness, playful, silly
giddy
lightheartedly silly
hesitant
reluctant
incredulous
disbelieving; unconvinced; suspicious; questioning; skeptical
impartial
unbiased, objective
impassioned
ardent, fervent, fervid
importunate
overly persistent in demand
incredulous
not believing
indignant
showing anger at injustice
insolent
arrogant, overbearing, impudent
ironic
expressing the opposite of literal meaning
irreverent
disrespectful
jocular
joking, humorous
lugubrious
dismal, mournful
matter-of-fact
concerned with fact only, not imaginative or fanciful; objective
melancholy
depressed, dejected, sad
obsequious
fawning; overly submissive or obedient; servile; groveling
optimistic
inclined to expect the best possible outcome
pedantic
narrowly or unimaginatively academic; ostentatiously learned
pessimistic
inclined to expect the worst possible outcome, fatalistic
pragmatic
realistic; dispassionate or detached; ruled by logic; practical
pompous
arrogant, self-important
puerile
childish, juvenile
pungent
caustic, stinging, biting
restrained
reserved
sardonic
disdainfully humorous, sarcastic
satirical
ridiculing, ironic, mocking, taunting
sensationalistic
inaccurate; hyped up; exaggerated; provocative
sentimental
affectedly emotional, maudlin
skeptical
questioning, doubting
somber
serious, solemn, gloomy, grave, melancholy
supercilious
haughtily contemptuous
sympathetic
favoring, pitying
tongue-in-cheek
ironic, facetious, sarcastic
threatening
menacing
urgent
urging insistently, earnest
vexed
annoyed, agitated
vindictive
vengeful, spiteful, vicious
zealous
eager, passionate, fervent