Style Descriptors

Frank; outspoken; open and sincere.

Using few words; expressing much in few words; concise

Making a hypocritical show of religious devotion, piety, righteousness.

Pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by speculation, contemplation, conjecture, or abstract reasoning

like or characteristic of a cynic; distrusting or dispraging the motives of others.

A gloomy state of mind, esp. when habitual or prolonged; depression.

characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering.

Lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale.

Impartial or objective; disinterested; unbiased.

A wistful desire to return in thought or in fact to a former time in one's life, to one's home or homeland, or to one's family and friends; a sentimental yearning for the happiness of a former place or time.

Threatening or portending evil, harm, or trouble; ominous.

Full of scorn; derisive; contemptuous.

Contentedl confident of one's ability, superiority, or correctness; complacent.

Making claims or pretensions to superior importance or rights; overbearingly assuming; insolently proud.

Having or exercising the power of fluent, forceful, and appropriate speech.

without interest or concern; not cxaring; apathetic.

disposed or inclined to revenge; vengeful.

Uncertainty or fluctuation, esp. when caused by inability to make a choice or by simultaneous desire to say or do two opposite or conflicting things.

Characterized by assumption of dignity or importance.

Given to whimsy or fanciful notions; capricious.

Full of mental distress or uneasiness because of fear of danger or misfortune; greatly worried; solicitous.

Characterized by or showing fancy; capricious or whimsical in apperance.

Full of remorse, regretful.

Showing or expressing contempt or disdain; scornful.

Frivolously disrespectful, shallow, or lacking in seriousness; characterized by levity.

Of, pertaining to, containg, or characterized by satire.

Uneasy or fearful about something that might happen.

Odd, queer, or comical; questioning or puzzled.

Full of or expressing reproach or cesure.

Grave, sover, or mirthless, as aperson, the face, speech, tone, or mood.

Expressing sorrow or lamentation.

Full of, feeling, or manifesting ecstatic jor or delight.

A state or condition of mental uncertainty or excitement, as in awaiting a decision or outcome, usually accompanied by a degree of apprehension or anxiety.

Containing an accusation; accusing.

Given to despair or hopelessness

Characterized by or showing servile complaisance or deference; fawning.

Sour or astringent in taste; harsh or severe, as of temper or expression.

Full of or showing disdain; scornful.

Displaying or indicative of an offensively condescending manner.

Serious in intention, purpose, or effort; sincerely zealous.

Pertaining to or characterized by pessimism; gloomy.

Having or showing little or no emotion; no in terested or concerned.

Dark or dim; darkly shaded; causing gloom; dismal or depressin.

Moved to or showing sudden, impatient irritation, esp. ovedr some trifling annoyance.

Having a harsh, disagreeably acrid taste; hard to bear, grievous.

Disdainfully proud; snobbish; scornfully arrogant; supercillous.

Tending to compromise, flexible.

Feeling, characterized by, or expressing strong displeasure at sometihng considred unjust, offensive, insulting, or base.

Feeling, exhibiting, or characterized by reverence; deeply rspectful.

Showing or implying a usually patronizing descent from dignity or superiority.

Speech or action intended to cause contemptous laughter at a person or thing; derision.

Made hard, hardenend; insensitive; indifferent; unsympathetic.

Endowed with or characterized by a hearty joyous humor or a spirit of good-fellowship.

Given to, marked by, or concerend with mediatation or deliberation.

Given to or characterized by contemplation; thoughtful.

To attack or treat with ridicule, contempt, or derision.

Given to or characterized by sarcasm; harsh or bitter derision or irony.

Inclined to find fault or judge with severity, often too readily.

Gloomily or sullenly ill-humored, as aperson or mood.

Extremely irritable or easily angered; irascible.

Full of, characterized by, or showing malice; malevolent; spiteful.

Boorish; rude; mean; difficult to work with or deal with.

Not influenced by personal feelings, interpretations, or prejudice; based on facts; unviased.

Free of deceit, hypocrisy, or flaseness; earnest.

Grave, somber, or mirthless, as aperson, the face, speech, tone or mood.

Characterized by or expressing derision; contemtuous; mocking.

Disposed to take a favorable view of events or conditions and to expect the most favorable outcome.

Vulgar or indecent in speech, language, etc.; coarsely mocking, abusive, or irreverent; scurrilous.

Characteristic of or appropriate to ordianry or familiar conversation rather than formal speech or writing; informal

Whitout formality or ceremony; casual; familiar.

Intended for instruction; instructive; inclined to teach or lecture others.

Associated in close personal relations; warm friendship or personally close or familiar association or feeling.

Unduly demonstartive; lacking reserve.

(of poetry) Having the form and musical quality of a songl, and esp. the character of a songlike outpouring of the poet's own thoughts and feelings, as distinguished from epic and dramatic poetry.

Neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.

Characterized by great knwoledge; learned or sholarly.

Ostentatious in one's learning; overly concerned with minute details or formalism, especially in teaching.

Keenly distressing to the feelings; keen or strong in mental appeal.

Going straight to the point; frank; direct; outspoken.

Belittling or undervaluing oneself.