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Benevolent
• characterized by or expressing goodwill or kindly feelings: a benevolent attitude; her benevolent smile.
• good, kind, generous
compassionate
• having or showing compassion• pitying, sympathizing, sympathetic, tender
complimentary
• conveying, or expressing a compliment, often one that is politely flattering
• commendatory, praising, laudatory
Forthright
• going straight to the point• forthrightly, squarely, blunt, candid, frank
Serene
• calm, peaceful, or tranquil; unruffled• undisturbed, imperturbable, unperturbed,
composed, collected
Sympathetic
• looking upon with favor • commiserating, kind, tender, affectionate
Objective
• something that one's efforts or actions are intended to attain or accomplish
• object, destination, aim. 5. impartial, fair, impersonal, disinterested.
Bewildered
• completely puzzled or confused; perplexed• mystify, nonplus, confuse, daze, confound,
stagger, muddle
Condescending
• showing or implying a usually patronizing descent from dignity or superiority
• patronizing, disdainful, supercilious.
Desolate
• barren or laid waste; devastated• ravaged. 2. desert. 4. lonesome, lost;
miserable, wretched, woebegone, woeful, inconsolable, cheerless, hopeless
Haughty
• disdainfully proud; snobbish; scornfully arrogant; supercilious
• lordly, disdainful, contemptuous
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Indignant
• feeling, characterized by, or expressing strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or base
• angry, resentful, infuriated, mad
Melancholy
• a gloomy state of mind, especially when habitual or prolonged; depression
• sadness, dejection, despondency. 2. seriousness. 4. gloomy, despondent, blue, dispirited, sorrowful, dismal, doleful, glum, downcast. 6. serious
Mocking
• to attack or treat with ridicule, contempt, or derision
• deride; taunt, flout, gibe; chaff, tease. 5. cheat, dupe, fool, mislead.
Ominous
• portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious
• Menacing , Portentous, Threatening , Fateful
Pessimistic
• pertaining to or characterized by • despairing, hopeless
Severe
• harsh; unnecessarily extreme: severe criticism; severe laws. serious or stern in manner or appearance: a severe face. grave; critical
• strict, hard
Solemn
• grave, sober, or mirthless, as a person• unsmiling, serious, imposing, stately
Somber
• gloomily dark; shadowy; dimly lighted• dusky, murky, sunless
Suspicious
• Questionable, tending to cause or excite • suspect, dubious, doubtful
Irreverent
• not reverent; manifesting or characterized by irreverence
• irreligious, impious, profane
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