ironic contradictory, implausible, incongruous – profane, impious, blasphemous, ungodly irreverent – learned skilled, experienced, professional – lugubrious gloomy, dismal, melancholy, somber – maudlin sentimental, gushing, insipid – mock-heroic mimicking courage (pretend) – mock-serious mimicking solemnity (pretend) – moralistic virtuous, righteous, blameless – objective impartial, detached, impersonal – patronizing condescending, scornful, disdainful – pedantic academic, bookish, scholastic – petty trivial, insignificant, narrow-minded – pretentious arrogant, boastful, conceited – restrained unwilling, hesitant, reluctant – sardonic cutting, biting, penetrating, satirical – satiric lampooning, facetious – scornful bitter, caustic, acrimonious, mordant – sentimental emotional, mushy, maudlin (tearful) – somber serious, gloomy, dismal, shadowy – sympathetic supportive, favorable, considerate – taunting contemptuous, insulting, derisive – terse concise, succinct, pithy, pointed – turgid pompous, bloated, swollen, distended – urgent compelling, demanding, imperative, pressing – resonant, active, resounding vibrant – whimsical flippant, frivolous, light-hearted, dainty –
ironic – contradictory, implausible, incongruous irreverent – profane, impious, blasphemous, ungodly learned – skilled, experienced, professional lugubrious – gloomy, dismal, melancholy, somber maudlin – sentimental, gushing, insipid mock-heroic – mimicking courage (pretend) mock-serious – mimicking solemnity (pretend) moralistic – virtuous, righteous, blameless objective – impartial, detached, impersonal patronizing – condescending, scornful, disdainful pedantic – academic, bookish, scholastic petty – trivial, insignificant, narrow-minded pretentious – arrogant, boastful, conceited restrained – unwilling, hesitant, reluctant sardonic – cutting, biting, penetrating, satirical satiric – lampooning, facetious scornful – bitter, caustic, acrimonious, mordant sentimental – emotional, mushy, maudlin (tearful) somber – serious, gloomy, dismal, shadowy sympathetic – supportive, favorable, considerate taunting – contemptuous, insulting, derisive terse – concise, succinct, pithy, pointed turgid – pompous, bloated, swollen, distended urgent – compelling, demanding, imperative, pressing vibrant – resonant, active, resounding whimsical – flippant, frivolous, light-hearted, dainty
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