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gabmoral24 on December 10, 2009
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106 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 amused | pleasantly occupied |
| boisterous | violently agitated and turbulent |
| cheery | bright and pleasant |
| compassionate | share the suffering of |
| complimentary | adj. - given free as a gift or courtesy; of the nature that expresses or conveys something polite or flattering |
| confident | not liable to error in judgment or action |
| effusive | emotionally excessive; overly demonstrative |
| elated | in high spirits, jubilant; extremely pleased |
| enthusiastic | having or showing great excitement and interest |
| exuberant | produced or growing in extreme abundance |
| exultant | joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success |
| fanciful | having a curiously intricate quality |
| festive | joyous; celebratory; relating to a feast or festival |
| flattering | tending to reveal or represent favorably |
| genial | diffusing warmth and friendliness |
| hopeful | Believing that what you hope for is likely to happen |
| jocular | characterized by jokes and good humor |
| lighthearted | carefree; cheerful |
| loving | feeling or showing love and affection |
| merry | Happy or showing enjoyment. |
| mirthful | arousing or provoking laughter |
| nostalgic | having a longing for things past |
| optimistic | expecting the best |
| playful | full of fun and high spirits |
| proud | having or displaying great dignity or nobility |
| sanguine | confidently optimistic and cheerful |
| sentimental | effusively or insincerely emotional |
| tickled | amused |
| whimsical | Determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason |
| wistful | showing pensive sadness |
| witty | combining clever conception and facetious expression |
| accusing | to look at someone in a way in which you think they have done something wrong |
| admonitory | conveying a gentle warning |
| anxious | mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc |
| apprehensive | in fear or dread of possible evil or harm |
| arrogant | overbearingly assuming; insolently proud |
| ashamed | feeling sorry for doing something wrong |
| bantering | joking talk; good-naturedly ridiculing; N.V. banter |
| bitter | harsh or corrosive in tone |
| chagrined | ashamed; mortified |
| concerned | feeling or showing worry or solicitude |
| condemnatory | To pronounce judgment against; sentence; strong disapproval |
| condescending | possessing an attitude of superiority, patronizing |
| contemptuous | feeling hatred; scornful |
| critical | being in or verging on a state of crisis or emergency |
| cynical | doubtful or distrustful of the goodness or sincerity of human motives |
| depressed | low in spirits |
| derisive | showing contempt or ridicule |
| despairing | devoid of hope. |
| disconcerted | thrown into confusion |
| disdainful | full of bitter scorn and pride; aloof |
| disgusted | a sick feeling of strong dislike |
| disturbed | affected with madness or insanity |
| exasperated | frustrated; annoyed |
| exacerbated | intensified or made worse |
| facetious | playfully humorous |
| fearful | causing fear or dread or terror |
| flippant | treating serious matters lightly |
| foreboding | a feeling of evil to come |
| furious | marked by extreme anger |
| gloomy | depressingly dark |
| hopeless | certain to fail |
| humorless | without humor |
| incendiary | causing to excite or inflame |
| incensed | angered at something unjust or wrong |
| indignant | filled with resentment or anger over something unjust, unworthy, or mean |
| inflammatory | causing excitement or anger |
| insolent | boldly rude or disrespectful |
| irate | feeling or showing extreme anger |
| irreverent | showing lack of due respect or veneration |
| irritated | aroused to impatience or anger |
| livid | furiously angry |
| manipulative | deceptive; skilful at handling people |
| melancholic | characterized by or causing or expressing sadness |
| mock-serious | pretented serious look or act |
| mournful | filled with or evoking sadness |
| offensive | unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses |
| omnious | threatening |
| outraged | upset, very mad |
| patronizing | treating with condescension; acting superior |
| pompous | overly self-important in speech and manner; excessively stately or ceremonious |
| pretentious | intended to attract notice and impress others |
| resentful | angry due to a feeling of being treated unfairly |
| resigned | accepting one's fate; unresisting; patiently submissive |
| sardonic | bitterly sarcastic; mocking; sneering |
| satiric | exposing human folly to ridicule |
| scathing | (adj.) bitterly severe, withering; causing great harm |
| scornful | filled with hate |
| sober | not affected by a chemical substance (especially alcohol) |
| solemn | characterized by a firm and humorless belief in the validity of your opinions |
| somber | dark, gloomy; depressed or melancholy in spirit |
| staid | unemotional; serious |
| taunting | aggravation by deriding or mocking or criticizing |
| teasing | the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule) |
| urgent | needing quick action or attention |
| vexed | irritated; annoyed |
| wrathful | very angry |
| abrupt | exceedingly sudden and unexpected |
| authoriative | commanding |
| candid | openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness |
| ceremonial | traditional; ritual; formal |
| clinical | purely scientific; dispassionately curious; impersonal |
| coolheaded | marked by calm self-control (especially in trying circumstances) |
| cultured | marked by refinemnet and tastes |
| detached | showing lack of emotional detachment |
| didactic | designed to teach |
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