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1. Abashed

ashamed or embarrassed; also, disconcerted

2. Abhorring

to regard with extreme aversion; to loathe, or detest.

3. Abstruse

difficult to understand.

4. Absurd

ridiculous; silly.

5. Accusatory

a tone of accusation; to accuse of a crime or offense.

6. Acerbic

tone of harshness or severity.

7. Acrimonious

angry and bitter.

8. Admonishing

cautioning, reproving or scolding; especially in a mild and good-willed manner; reminding.

9. Adoring

to regard with esteem, love, and respect; honor.

10. Affectionate

showing, indicating, or characterized by affection or love.

11. Affectation

speech or writing that is artificial.

12. Ambiguous

open to or having several possible meanings or interpretations.

13. Ambivalent

uncertainty or fluctuation, or do two opposite or conflicting things.

14. Amused

pleasurably entertained, occupied, or diverted.

15. Animated

vigorous or spirited.

16. Annoyed

to be irritated or bothered by something or someone.

17. Antagonistic

acting in opposition; opposing, esp. mutually/ hostile; unfriendly.

18. Anxious

full of mental distress or uneasiness because of fear of danger or misfortune; greatly worried; solicitous/ earnestly desirous; eager.

19. Apathetic

having or showing little or no emotion; indifferent or unresponsive.

20. Apologetic

containing an apology or excuse for a faulty.

21. Appreciative

feeling or expressing a feeling of gratitude.

22. Apprehensive

fearful or uneasiness about something that might happen.

23. Approving

to speak or think favorably of, to judge favorably.

24. Ardent

characterized by intense feeling; passionate; fervent; intensely devoted, eager, or enthusiastic; zealous; vehement; fierce.

25. Arrogant

making claims or pretensions to superior importance or rights; overbearingly assuming; insolently proud.

26. Audacious

bold or daring; recklessly brave; fearless.

27. Authoritarian

accustomed to exercising authority; peremptory; dictatorial.

28. Baffled

to confuse, bewilder, or perplex.

29. Bantering

playful conversation.

30. Belligerent

warlike; given to waging war.

31. Bemused

bewildered, confused, lost in thought; preoccupied.

32. Benevolent

characterized by or expressing goodwill or kindly feelings.

33. Bewildered

completely puzzled or confused; perplexed.

34. Biting

sarcastic, having a biting or sarcastic tone.

35. Bitter

characterized by intense antagonism or hostility.

36. Blithe

joyous, merry in disposition; glad; cheerful.

37. Blunt

abrupt in manner; obtuse.

38. Bold

not hesitating or fearful in the face of danger or rebuff; courageous and daring.

39. Boorish

possessing boring nature; tedious.

40. Brisk

quick and active; sharp and or stimulating.

41. Brusque

abrupt in manner; blunt; rough.

42. Burlesque

an artistic composition, esp. literary or dramatic, that, for the sake of laughter, vulgarizes lofty material or treats ordinary material with mock dignity.

43. Calm

free from excitement or passion; tranquil.

44. Candid

frank; outspoken; open and sincere/ free from reservation, disguise, or subterfuge; straightforward.

45. Capricious

flighty; led by whims; erratic.

46. Casual

without definite or serious intention; careless or offhand.

47. Caustic

making harsh, corrosive comments.

48. Celebratory

feeling or expressing happiness and pride; glorify

49. Censorious

severely critical; faultfinding.

50. Ceremonial

of, pertaining to, or characterized by ceremony; formal; ritual.

51. Cheerful

characterized by or expressive of good spirits or cheerfulness.

52. Cheery

in good spirits.

53. Choleric

extremely irritable or easily angered; irascible.

54. Churlish

critical or harsh in a mean-spirited way.

55. Cliché

a overused expression or idea.

56. Clinical

extremely objective and realistic; dispassionately analytic; unemotionally critical.

57. Colloquial

characteristic of conversation rather than formal speech or writing; also informal.

58. Comforting

soothing in time of distress or conflict.

59. Comic

funny; humorous.

60. Commanding

imposing; having an air of superiority.

61. Compassionate

having or showing compassion.

62. Complex

characterized by a very complicated or involved form.

63. Complicated

complex; unusually involved or tedious.

64. Complimentary

conveying, or expressing a compliment.

65. Conceited

having an excessively favorable opinion of one’s self or abilities.

66. Concerned

interested, or having a connection or involvement.

67. Conciliatory

to overcome the distrust or animosity of; appease.

68. Condemnatory

to express strong disapproval.

69. Condescending

showing or implying a sense of superiority; talking down to others.

70. Confounded

to cause to be confused or perplexed.

71. Confute

to prove to be incorrect or wrong.

72. Contemptuous

scornful, showing contempt or disdain.

73. Contented

satisfied, ready to accept; willing.

74. Contentious

argumentative, quarrelsome.

75. Conversational

spoken exchange of ideas, opinions, and feelings.

76. Critical

inclined to find fault or to judge with severity.

77. Curt

rudely brief in speech or abrupt; brief; concise; terse; laconic.

78. Cynical

bitterly distrustful, contemptuous, or pessimistic; sneering.

79. Demanding

calling for intensive effort or attention; taxing.

80. Depressed

gloomy, morose; dejected; downcast.

81. Derisive

characterized by or expressing contempt; mocking.

82. Derogatory

tending to lessen the merit or reputation of a person or thing; disparaging; depreciatory.

83. Despairing

to be overcome by a sense of futility or defeat; defeatist.

84. Desperate

having an urgent need, desire.

85. Detached

impartial or objective; disinterested; unbiased/ not concerned; aloof.

86. Diabolic

devilish; fiendish; outrageously wicked.

87. Didactic

intended for instruction; instructive.

88. Diffident

lacking confidence in one’s own ability, or worth; timid; shy.

89. Direct

proceeding in a straight line or by the shortest course; straight; undeviating.

90. Disappointed

depressed or discouraged by the failure of one’s hopes or expectations.

91. Disbelieving

to have no belief in; refuse or reject belief in.

92. Disdainful

expressing contempt or disdain.

93. Disgusted

to excite nausea or loathing in. To offend the taste or moral sense of.

94. Disrespectful

showing a lack of respect; rude and discourteous.

95. Disturbed

marked by symptoms of mental illness.

96. Dogmatic

asserting opinions in a strict, arrogant manner; opinionated.

97. Domineering

overbearing; tyrannical.

98. Doubtful

uncertain outcome or result.

99. Dramatic

of or pertaining to drama; excessively confrontational.

100. Dreary

causing sadness or gloom.

101. Dubious

questionable motives, inclined to doubt.

102. Earnest

serious in intention or sincerely zealous.

103. Ebullient

overflowing with enthusiasm, or excitement; high-spirited.

104. Ecstatic

in a state of ecstasy; rapturous.

105. Effusive

unreserved or unduly demonstrative.

106. Egotistical

vain; boastful; indifferent to the well-being of others; selfish.

107. Elated

very happy or proud; jubilant; in high spirits.

108. Elegiac

expressing sorrow or lamentation.

109. Elevated

exalted or noble; lofty.

110. Eloquent

having or exercising the power of fluency.

111. Embarrassed

to feel self-conscious or ill at ease.

112. Emotive

characterized by expressing or exciting emotion.

113. Empathetic

showing empathy, identifying with the emotions of others.

114. Enchant

to cast a spell over, bewitch.

115. Endearing

inspiring affection or warmth.

116. Enraged

to make extremely angry; put into a rage; infuriate.

117. Enthusiastic

having or showing great excitement and interest.

118. Erudite

characterized by great knowledge; learned or scholarly.

119. Eulogistic

to praise in speech or writing, especially in the form of a eulogy.

120. Euphoric

a feeling of happiness, or confidence.

121. Evasive

deliberately vague or ambiguous.

122. Exculpatory

acting to clear of blame or guilt.

123. Exhilarated

to enliven; invigorate; stimulate/ to make cheerful or merry.

124. Exhortatory

advising, urging, or earnestly.

125. Expectant

marked by anticipation.

126. Exuberant

uninhibitedly enthusiastic; excessively abundant.

127. Facetious

not meant to be taken seriously or literally; sarcastic.

128. Factual

of or pertaining to facts; concerning facts.

129. Familiar

commonly known or seen; also, informal.

130. Fanciful

characterized by or showing fancy; capricious or whimsical.

131. Farcical

ludicrous; absurd; humorous and highly improbable.

132. Fatalistic

an acceptance of events as inevitable.

133. Fearful

feeling fear, or dread.

134. Fervent

having or showing great warmth or intensity of spirit, feeling, enthusiasm.

135. Flippant

lacking in seriousness; frivolously insincere.

136. Foppish

of or characterized by vanity; dandified.

137. Foreboding

a strong inner feeling or notion of a future misfortune, evil.

138. Formal

stiff; using textbook style; following accepted styles, rules or ceremonies.

139. Forthright

going straight to the point; frank; direct; outspoken.

140. Frantic

desperate or wild with excitement, passion, fear, pain, etc.; frenzied.

141. Frightened

to be filled with dread or fear.

142. Frivolous

characterized by lack of seriousness.

143. Frustrated

disappointed, or irritation.

144. Furious

full of fury, violent passion, or rage; extremely angry.

145. Gentle

kind; considerate; mild; soft.

146. Ghoulish

strangely diabolical or cruel; monstrous; delighting in the revolting.

147. Giddy

frivolous and lighthearted; impulsive; flighty.

148. Gleeful

full of exultant joy; merry; delighted.

149. Gloomy

dark or dim; hopeless or despairing; pessimistic.

150. Grand

impressive in size, appearance, majestic.

151. Grave

serious or solemn; feeling of threatening a seriously bad outcome or involving serious issues; critical.

152. Grim

harsh, surly, forbidding, or morbid air.

153. Hapless

luckless; unfortunate.

154. Harsh

desolate; unpleasantly rough.

155. Haughty

disdainfully proud; snobbish; supercilious.

156. Hilarious

extremely funny.

157. Histrionic

over the top dramatic.

158. Hollow

meaningless; insincere or false.

159. Hopeful

full of hope; expressing hope.

160. Hopeless

providing no hope; desperate.

161. Horrified

showing or indicating great shock or horror.

162. Hostile

opposed in feeling, action, or character;

163. Humorous

characterized by humor; funny; comical.

164. Impartial

not partial or biased; fair.

165. Impassioned

filled with emotion.

166. Impassive

without emotion; apathetic; unmoved; calm; serene.

167. Impatient

not accepting delay, opposition, pain, etc., with calm or patience.

168. Impertinent

insolent, rude; uncivil.

169. Impudent

characterized by impertinence or effrontery; rude.

170. Incisive

remarkably clear and direct; sharp.

171. Incredulous

not credulous; skeptical.

172. Indifferent

without interest or concern; not caring; apathetic.

173. Indignant

of or expressing strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or base.

174. Indirect

not in a direct course or path; deviating from a straight line; roundabout.

175. Inflammatory

tending to arouse anger or hostility.

176. Informal

without formality or ceremony; irregular; unofficial.

177. Informative

giving information; instructive.

178. Insecure

subject to self-doubt, not self-confident or assured.

179. Insipid

without distinctive or interesting qualities; vapid.

180. Insistent

earnest or emphatic in dwelling upon, maintaining, or demanding.

181. Insolent

boldly rude or disrespectful; contemptuously impertinent; insulting.

182. Instructive

serving to instruct or inform; conveying instruction, knowledge.

183. Intimate

private in relations or private in nature.

184. Introspective

given to examining one’s own sensory and perceptual experiences.

185. Ironic

containing or exemplifying irony; coincidental; unexpected.

186. Irascible

easily provoked to anger; very irritable.

187. Irreverent

showing lack of respect or veneration.

188. Irritated

angered, provoked, or annoyed.

189. Jocund

cheerful; merry; blithe; glad.

190. Jovial

endowed with or characterized by a hearty, joyous humor.

191. Joyful

full of joy, as a person or one’s heart; glad; delighted.

192. Joyous

joyful; happy; jubilant.

193. Laudatory

containing or expressing praise.

194. Learned

possessing much knowledge; scholarly.

195. Lighthearted

carefree; cheerful.

196. Lively

active, vigorous, or brisk/ animated, spirited, vivacious, or sprightly.

197. Lofty

exalted in rank, dignity, or character; elevated in style, tone, or sentiment.

198. Loving

affectionate; deep concern for someone or something.

199. Ludicrous

provoking or deserving derision; ridiculous; laughable.

200. Lugubrious

mournful, dismal, or gloomy, esp. in an affected, exaggerated.

201. Lyrical

expressing deep personal emotion or observations; Highly enthusiastic.

202. Malicious

desiring harm to others or to see others suffer.

203. Matter–of-fact

adhering strictly to fact; not imaginative.

204. Meditative

deeply or seriously thoughtful.

205. Melancholic

characterized by or causing or expressing sadness.

206. Melodramatic

exaggerated or sentimental; over dramatic.

207. Mirthful

joyous; jolly; arousing or provoking laughter.

208. Mischievous

maliciously or playfully annoying; causing annoyance.

209. Mock

pretending to be serious or disingenuous.

210. Mock-heroic

imitating that which is heroic, as in manner, character, or action.

211. Modest

having or showing a humility; free from ostentation or showy extravagance.

212. Moralistic

characterized by or displaying a concern with morality.

213. Mournful

feeling or expressing sorrow or grief; sorrowful; sad.

214. Mysterious

of obscure nature, meaning, origin, etc.; puzzling; inexplicable.

215. Nervous

highly excitable; unnaturally or acutely uneasy or apprehensive.

216. Nonchalant

coolly unconcerned, indifferent, or unexcited; casual.

217. Nonplussed

puzzled, perplexed, or confused.

218. Nostalgic

longing for past events.

219. Obdurate

stubborn; unyielding; stubbornly resistant to moral influence.

220. Objective

not influenced by personal feelings or prejudice; based on facts; unbiased.

221. Obsequious

overly obedient or submissive.

222. Ominous

foreboding; threatening; inauspicious.

223. Optimistic

disposed to take a favorable view of events or conditions and to expect the most favorable outcome.

224. Oratorical

given to making speeches; pertaining to speech-like quality.

225. Outraged

angered and resentful; indignant.

226. Outspoken

frank; candid; frank.

227. Overbearing

domineering; dictatorial; haughty, or rudely arrogant.

228. Paranoid

exhibiting or characterized irrational fear or distrust.

229. Pathetic

evoking pity, sympathetic sadness, sorrow, etc.; pitiful; pitiable.

230. Patronizing

displaying or indicative of a condescending manner or tone.

231. Pedantic

ostentatious in one’s learning; overly concerned with minute details, esp. in teaching.

232. Penitent

feeling or expressing sorrow wrongdoing or sin; repentant; contrite.

233. Pensive

expressing or revealing thoughtfulness, usually marked by some sadness.

234. Pessimistic

expecting the worst possible outcome.

235. Petty

of little or no importance or consequence.

237. Placid

pleasantly calm or peaceful.

238. Playful

pleasantly humorous or jesting.

239. Poignant

keen or strong in mental appeal.

240. Pompous

characterized by an ostentatious display of importance.

241. Powerful

having or exerting great power or force; potent; efficacious.

242. Pretentious

characterized by assumption of importance or dignity.

243. Provocative

tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate; inciting, stimulating, irritating, or vexing.

244. Psychotic

characterized by a loss of contact with reality and inability to think rationally.

245. Questioning

characterized by intellectual curiosity; inquiring.

246. Reassuring

to restore to assurance or confidence.

247. Recalcitrant

resisting authority or control; not obedient or compliant; refractory.

248. Reflective

given to, marked by, or concerned with meditation or deliberation.

249. Relaxed

being free of or relieved from tension or anxiety.

250. Reminiscent

awakening memories of something similar; suggestive.

251. Resigned

submissive or acquiescent.

252. Respectful

full of, characterized by, or showing politeness or deference.

253. Restrained

to hold back or keep in check; control.

254. Reticent

disposed to be silent or not to speak freely; reserved; restrained.

255. Reverent

deeply respectful; showing great esteem.

256. Ridiculous

causing or worthy of ridicule or derision; absurd; preposterous; laughable.

257. Righteous

believing one’s self to be morally right and just; guiltless.

258. Risible

causing or capable of causing laughter; laughable; ludicrous.

259. Romantic

characterized by a preoccupation with love; imbued with or dominated by idealism, a desire for adventure, chivalry, etc.

260. Sanguine

cheerfully hopeful, or confident.

261. Sarcastic

expressing or expressive of ridicule.

262. Sardonic

characterized by scorn; mocking; cynical; sneering.

263. Satiric

exposing ridicule or derision.

264. Scholarly

concerned with academic learning and research.

265. Scornful

expressing extreme contempt.

266. Seductive

tending to entice into a desired action or state.

267. Self-assured

having or showing confidence.

268. Self-depreciating

belittling or undervaluing oneself; excessively modest.

269. Selfish

devoted to or caring only for oneself; concerned primarily with one’s own interests, benefits, welfare.

270. Sentimental

overly emotional; mawkishly susceptible or tender.

271. Serene

calm, peaceful, tranquil; unruffled.

272. Serious

not funny; sincere.

273. Severe

harsh; unnecessarily extreme; serious or stern in manner or appearance.

274. Sharp

distinct; keen or eager; fierce or violent.

276. Shocked

struck with fear, dread, or consternation.

277. Shocking

causing intense surprise, disgust, horror, etc.

278. Sinister

threatening or portending evil, harm, or trouble; ominous.

279. Skeptical

marked by or given to doubt; questioning.

280. Sly

cunning or wily; stealthy, insidious, or secretive.

281. Solemn

grave, sober, or mirthless, as a person, the face, speech, tone, or mood.

282. Somber

gloomy, depressing, or dismal; extremely serious; grave.

283. Sophomoric

intellectually pretentious, overconfident, conceited; immature.

284. Speculative

theoretical, rather than practical.

285. Sprightly

animated, vivacious, or lively.

286. Stable

not likely to fall or give way, as a structure, support; steady.

287. Stately

imposing in elegance.

288. Stern

firm, strict, hard, harsh, or severe.

289. Stolid

not easily stirred or moved mentally; unemotional.

290. Straightforward

direct; not roundabout; free from deceit; honest.

291. Strident

making or having a harsh sound; grating.

292. Subdued

quiet; inhibited; repressed; controlled.

293. Supercilious

disdainful or contemptuous.

294. Suspenseful

characterized by or causing suspense.

295. Suspicious

openly distrustful.

296. Sympathetic

characterized by, proceeding from, exhibiting, or feeling sympathy; sympathizing; compassionate.

297. Taunting

to reproach in a mocking or contemptuous manner.

298. Tender

not hard or tough; delicate in manner.

299. Tense

stretched tight, taut; rigid; characterized by a strain upon the nerves or feelings.

300 Terse

neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.

301. Thoughtful

showing consideration for others; contemplative; meditative; reflective.

302. Threatening

menacing; causing alarm, as by being imminent; ominous; sinister.

303. Timorous

full of fear; fearful.

304. Tragic

extremely mournful, melancholy, or pathetic; dreadful, calamitous, disastrous, or fatal.

305. Tranquil

free from commotion or tumult; peaceful; quiet; calm.

306. Uncertain

not confident, assured, or free from hesitancy; not clearly or precisely determined; indefinite; unknown.

307. Unconcerned

not involved or interested; disinterested.; not caring; unworried; free from solicitude or anxiety.

308. Understated

restrained in design, presentation, etc.; low-key.

309. Uneasy

not easy in body or mind; uncomfortable; restless; disturbed; perturbed.

310. Vexed

irritated; annoyed.

311. Vibrant

moving to and fro rapidly; vibrating.

312. Vindictive

revengeful; spiteful; bitter; unforgiving.

313. Vitriolic

very caustic; scathing.

314. Whimsical

given to whimsy or fanciful notions; capricious.

315. Wistful

characterized by melancholy; longing; yearning; pensive.

316. Worshipful

showing adoration; showing great reverence.

317. Wrathful

vehemently incensed and condemnatory; very angry; ireful.

318. Wry

devious in course or purpose; misdirected; distorted or perverted, as in meaning; bitterly or disdainfully ironic or amusing.

319. Zealous

ardently active, devoted, or diligent.