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Vibhor M. (India)
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  1. acerbic
    sour or bitter in taste
  2. aggressive
    characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight
  3. angry
    feeling or showing extreme displeasure or hostility
  4. indignant
    angered at something unjust or wrong
  5. apathetic
    showing little or no emotion or animation
  6. apologetic
    offering or expressing regret
  7. belligerent
    characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight
  8. biased
    favoring one person or side over another
  9. caustic
    capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action
  10. biting
    causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation
  11. bellicose
    having or showing a ready disposition to fight
  12. commiseration
    feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others
  13. condescending
    characteristic of those who treat others with arrogance
  14. contemptuous
    expressing extreme scorn
  15. scorn
    lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
  16. disdain
    lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
  17. cynical
    believing the worst of human nature and motives
  18. derisive
    expressing contempt or ridicule
  19. contempt
    lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
  20. disparaging
    expressive of low opinion
  21. belittle
    cause to seem lesser or inferior
  22. dogmatic
    pertaining to a code of beliefs accepted as authoritative
  23. imperious
    having or showing arrogant superiority
  24. emotional
    of or pertaining to feelings
  25. ethical
    conforming to accepted standards of social behavior
  26. righteous
    morally justified
  27. euphemism
    an inoffensive expression substituted for an offensive one
  28. grandiose
    impressive because of unnecessary largeness or magnificence
  29. pompous
    puffed up with vanity
  30. vanity
    feelings of excessive pride
  31. humanistic
    marked by devotion to the welfare of people
  32. introspective
    given to examining own sensory and perceptual experiences
  33. incendiary
    capable of causing fires or catching fire spontaneously
  34. laudatory
    full of or giving praise
  35. extol
    praise, glorify, or honor
  36. impelling
    markedly effective as if by emotional pressure
  37. incite
    provoke or stir up
  38. obsequious
    attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
  39. fawning
    attempting to win favor by flattery
  40. deferential
    showing courteous regard for people's feelings
  41. pedestrian
    a person who travels by foot
  42. populist
    an advocate of democratic principles
  43. egalitarian
    favoring social equality
  44. vexing
    extremely annoying or displeasing
  45. fanciful
    indulging in or influenced by the imagination
  46. sneer
    a facial expression of contempt or scorn
  47. derision
    the act of treating with contempt
  48. speculation
    continuous contemplation on a subject of a deep nature
  49. speculative
    not based on fact or investigation
  50. vitriolic
    harsh, bitter, or malicious in tone
  51. vituperative
    marked by harshly abusive criticism
Created on Fri Aug 02 07:53:18 EDT 2013 (updated Thu Aug 29 07:26:30 EDT 2013)

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