- accusatory - charging of wrong doing 
 
    - apathetic - indifferent due to lack of energy or concern 
 
    - awe - solemn wonder 
 
    - bitter - exhibiting strong animosity as a result of pain or grief 
 
    - callous - unfeeling, insensitive to feelings of others 
 
    - caustic - intense use of sarcasm; stinging, biting 
 
    - choleric - hot-tempered, easily angered 
 
    - condescension; condescending - a feeling of superiority 
 
    - contemplative - studying, thinking, reflecting on an issue 
 
    - contemptuous - showing or feeling that something is worthless or lacks respect 
 
    - conventional - lacking spontaneity, originality, and individuality 
 
    - critical - finding fault 
 
    - cynical - questions the basic sincerity and goodness of people 
 
    - derisive - ridiculing, mocking 
 
    - didactic - author attempts to educate or instruct the reader 
 
    - disdainful - scornful 
 
    - earnest - intense, a sincere state of mind 
 
    - erudite - learned, polished, scholarly 
 
    - fanciful - using the imagination 
 
    - forthright - directly frank without hesitation 
 
    - gloomy - darkness, sadness, rejection 
 
    - haughty - proud and vain to the point of arrogance 
 
    - indignant - marked by anger aroused by injustice 
 
    - intimate - very familiar 
 
    - jovial - happy 
 
    - judgmental - authoritative and often having critical opinions 
 
    - lyrical - expressing a poet’s inner feelings; emotional; full of images; song-like 
 
    - malicious - purposely hurtful 
 
    - matter-of-fact - accepting of conditions; not fanciful or emotional 
 
    - mocking - treating with contempt or ridicule 
 
    - morose - gloomy, sullen, surly, despondent 
 
    - objective - an unbiased view-able to leave personal judgments aside 
 
    - obsequious - polite and obedient in order to gain something 
 
    - optimistic - hopeful, cheerful 
 
    - patronizing - air of condescension 
 
    - pessimistic - seeing the worst side of things; no hope 
 
    - quizzical - odd, eccentric, amusing 
 
    - reflective - illustrating innermost thoughts and emotions 
 
    - reverent - treating a subject with honor and respect 
 
    - ribald - offensive in speech or gesture 
 
    - ridiculing - slightly contemptuous banter; making fun of 
 
    - sanguineous - arduous, bloodthirsty, brutal, murderous AND optimistic, cheerful 
 
    - sarcastic - sneering, caustic 
 
    - sardonic - scornfully and bitterly sarcastic 
 
    - satiric - ridiculing to show weakness in order to make a point, teach 
 
    - sincere - without deceit or pretense; genuine 
 
    - solemn - deeply earnest, tending toward sad reflection 
 
    - whimsical - odd, strange, fantastic; fun 
 
  
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