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  • tending to provoke or excite
    provocative
  • able to be trusted as being accurate or true; reliable.
    authoritative
  • curious or inquiring
    inquisitive
  • anxious or fearful that something bad or unpleasant will happen
    apprehensive
  • expressing or involving prolonged thought.
    contemplative
  • morally upright; just
    righteous
  • feeling or showing sympathy and concern for others
    compassionate
  • boringly instructional; very strict
    pedantic
  • comforting during time of pain, grief, sorrow or disappointment
    consoling
  • expressing strong disapproval
    condemnatory
  • expressing great praise
    laudatory
  • tending to see the worst aspect of things or believe that the worst will happen
    pessimistic
  • fanciful, unpredictable
    whimsical
  • expressing a compliment
    complimentary
  • displaying superiority
    condescending
  • mournful; easily brought to tears
    lachrymose
  • Having mixed feelings
    ambivalent
  • angered at something unjust or wrong
    incensed
  • serious and sincere
    earnest
  • hostile and aggressive; warmongering
    belligerent
  • showing a lack of respect for people or things that are generally taken seriously
    irreverent
  • having the primary purpose of teaching; especially moral instruction
    didactic
  • bitterly sarcastic with intention to hurt
    sardonic
  • tending to remind one of something
    reminiscent
  • feeling unfairly treated
    aggrieved