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- 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
- Cynical
- questions the basic sincerity and goodness of people
- Condescension;Condescending
- a feeling of superiority
- Callous
- unfeeling;insensitive to feelings of others
- Contemplative
- studying, thinking, reflecting on an issue
- critical
- finding fault
- Choleric
- hot- tempered, easily angered
- Contemptuous
- showing or feeling that something is worthless or lacks respect
- Caustic
- intense use of sarcasm ; stinging, biting
- Conventional
- lacking spontaneity, originality, and individuality
- Disdainful
- scornful
- Didactic
- author attempts to educate or instruct the reader
- Derisive
- ridiculing, mocking
- 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 justice
- Intimate
- very familiar
- Judgmental
- authoritative and often having critical opinions
- Jovial
- Happy
- Lyrical
- Expressing a poet's inner feelings; emotional; full of images; song-like
- Matter of fact
- accepting of conditions; not fanciful or emotional
- Mocking
- treating with contempt or ridicule
- Morose
- gloomy, sullen, sourly, despondent
- Malicious
- purposely hurtful
- Objective
- an unbiased view- able to leave personal judgements aside
- Optimistic
- hopeful , cheerful
- Obsequious
- polite and obedient in order to gain something
- Patronizing
- air of condescension
- Pessimistic
- seeing the worst side of things
- Quizzical
- odd, eccentric, amusing
- Ribald
- offensive in speech or gesture
- Reverent
- treating a subject with honor or respect
- Ridiculing
- Slightly contemptuous banter; making fun of
- Reflective
- illustrating innermost thoughts and emotions
- 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
- Sanguineous
- Optimistic,cheerful
- Whimisical
- odd, strange, fantastic; fun
- Veneration
- admiration, wonder