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Benevolent
• characterized by or expressing goodwill or kindly feelings
• Synonyms: caring, goodness, happiness
Compassionate
• a feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is stricken by misfortune, accompanied by a strong desire to alleviate the suffering.
• Synonyms: Caring, Sympathetic
Complimentary
• of the nature of, conveying, or expressing a compliment, often one that is politely flattering: a complimentary remark
• Synonyms: commendatory, praising, laudatory
Forthright
• going straight to the point; frank; direct; outspoken: It's sometimes difficult to be forthright and not give offense
• Synonyms: forthrightly, squarely, blunt, candid, frank
Serene
• calm, peaceful, or tranquil; unruffled• Synonyms: undisturbed, imperturbable,
unperturbed, composed, collected
Sympathetic
• characterized by, proceeding from, exhibiting, or feeling of care
• Synonyms: commiserating, kind, tender, affectionate
Objective
• something that one's efforts or actions are intended to attain or accomplish; purpose; goal
• Synonyms: object, destination, aim
Bewildered
• completely puzzled or confused; perplexed• Synonyms: mystify, nonplus, confuse, daze,
confound, stagger, muddle
Condescending
• to behave as if one is conscious of descending from a superior position, rank, or dignity
• Synonyms: patronizing, disdainful, supercilious
Desolate
• barren or laid waste; devastated• Synonyms: ravaged, desert, lonesome, lost;
miserable, wretched, woebegone, woeful, inconsolable, cheerless, hopeless
Haughty
• disdainfully proud; snobbish; scornfully arrogant; supercilious
• Synonyms: lordly, disdainful, contemptuous
Indignant
• feeling, characterized by, or expressing strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or base
• Synonyms: angry, resentful, infuriated, mad
Melancholy
• a gloomy state of mind, especially when habitual or prolonged; depression
• sadness, dejection, despondency, seriousness gloomy, despondent, blue, dispirited, sorrowful, dismal, doleful, glum, downcast, serious
Mocking
• to attack or treat with ridicule, contempt, or derision
• Synonyms: deride; taunt, flout, gibe; chaff, tease
Ominous
• portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious
• Synonyms: portentous, threatening, menacing, fateful
Pessimistic
• the tendency to see, anticipate, or emphasize only bad or undesirable outcomes, results, conditions, problems
• Synonyms: despairing, hopeless
Severe
• harsh; unnecessarily extreme• Synonyms: strict, hard, stern, unadorned,
demanding, exacting
Solemn
• grave, sober, or mirthless, as a person• Synonyms: serious, august, imposing, stately,
ritual, ceremonial, devotional
Somber
• gloomily dark; shadowy; dimly lighted• Synonyms: dusky, murky, sunless, lugubrious,
mournful, doleful, melancholy
Suspicious
• to believe or look guilty, false, counterfeit, undesirable, defective, bad, etc., with little or no proof
• Synonyms: suspect, dubious, doubtful mistrustful, wary, disbelieving, strange, mysterious
Irreverent
• A feeling that is opposed to respect/ also shows a characterization of disrespect
• Synonyms: irreligious, impious, profane