allusive intimate, suggest, connote – mad, furious, irate angry – bantering good-natured teasing, ridicule, joking – benevolent magnanimous, generous, noble – burlesque mockery, sham, spoof, parody – candid clear, frank, genuine, sincere – clinical - direct, detached, scientific, impersonal colloquial -common ordinary, vernacular – compassionate kindly, sympathetic, benevolent – complimentary flattering, approving, laudatory – concerned touched, affected, influenced – condescending scornful, contemptuous, disdainful – confident positive, certain, assured – contemptuous pompous, arrogant, superior, haughty – contentious argumentative, quarrelsome, pugnacious – cynical adverse, suspicious, opposed, doubtful, dubious – detached separated, severed, apathetic – didactic pointed, bombastic, pompous, terse – diffident retiring, timid, hesitant, bashful – disdainful haughty, arrogant, supercilious – dramatic exciting, moving, sensational, emotional – effusive talkative, verbose, profuse – elegiac sad, mournful, plaintive (like an elegy) – factious dissident, rebellious, insubordinate – authentic, genuine, truthful factual – fanciful capricious, extravagant, whimsical – flippant offhand, facetious, frivolous – impartial equitable, unbiased, dispassionate – incisive cutting, biting, penetrating – indignant irritated, resentful – inflammatory irritate, arouse, resentful – informative acquaint, communicate, disclose – insipid flat, bland, tedious, banal (commonplace) – insolent insulting, brazen, rude, contemptuous –
allusive – intimate, suggest, connote angry – mad, furious, irate bantering – good-natured teasing, ridicule, joking benevolent – magnanimous, generous, noble burlesque – mockery, sham, spoof, parody candid – clear, frank, genuine, sincere clinical - direct, detached, scientific, impersonal colloquial -common – ordinary, vernacular compassionate – kindly, sympathetic, benevolent complimentary – flattering, approving, laudatory concerned – touched, affected, influenced condescending – scornful, contemptuous, disdainful confident – positive, certain, assured contemptuous – pompous, arrogant, superior, haughty contentious – argumentative, quarrelsome, pugnacious cynical – adverse, suspicious, opposed, doubtful, dubious detached – separated, severed, apathetic didactic – pointed, bombastic, pompous, terse diffident – retiring, timid, hesitant, bashful disdainful – haughty, arrogant, supercilious dramatic – exciting, moving, sensational, emotional effusive – talkative, verbose, profuse elegiac – sad, mournful, plaintive (like an elegy) factious – dissident, rebellious, insubordinate factual – authentic, genuine, truthful fanciful – capricious, extravagant, whimsical flippant – offhand, facetious, frivolous impartial – equitable, unbiased, dispassionate incisive – cutting, biting, penetrating indignant – irritated, resentful inflammatory – irritate, arouse, resentful informative – acquaint, communicate, disclose insipid – flat, bland, tedious, banal (commonplace) insolent – insulting, brazen, rude, contemptuous
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