What is another word for condescending?
1292 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ kˌɒndɪsˈɛndɪŋ], [ kˌɒndɪsˈɛndɪŋ], [ k_ˌɒ_n_d_ɪ_s_ˈɛ_n_d_ɪ_ŋ]
When it comes to describing someone who has a patronizing or superior attitude, there are many synonyms for the word "condescending". Some other words that can be used include arrogant, haughty, snobbish, pompous, disdainful, egotistical, superior, aloof, high and mighty, contemptuous, patronizing, supercilious, prideful, overbearing, conceited, and presumptuous. These words all describe someone who thinks they are better than others, and may treat people with disrespect or condescension. Using different synonyms helps to avoid repetition in writing, and adds a more refined and nuanced vocabulary to our speech.
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Similar words for condescending:
- contemptuous (adjective)
- proud (adjective)
- snooty (adjective)
- stuck-up (adjective)
- supercilious (adjective)
- superior (adjective)
- cavalier (adjective)
- lofty (adjective)
- polite (adjective)
- snobbish (adjective)
- snobby, lordly (adjective)
- uppish (adjective)
Synonyms for Condescending:
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adj.
• contemptuous • proud- Preening ,
- assured ,
- confident ,
- egoistic ,
- grand ,
- haughty ,
- high-and-mighty ,
- high-handed ,
- hoity-toity ,
- huffy ,
- narcissistic ,
- ostentatious ,
- proud ,
- self-glorying ,
- smug ,
- swellheaded ,
- vain .
- nose in the air ,
- stuck up ,
- too big for one's britches ,
- big headed ,
- more big headed ,
- more big-headed ,
- most big headed ,
- most big-headed ,
- nose air ,
- nose in air ,
- nose the air ,
- stuckup ,
- too big for britches ,
- too big for one britches ,
- too big for ones britches .
Other synonyms:
- indifferent .
Other relevant words:
- 1000 ,
- Conceitedness ,
- Contemptuousness ,
- Strutting ,
- Vaunting ,
- abide by ,
- abject ,
- absurd ,
- abusive ,
- accept ,
- accolade ,
- ad-lib ,
- administration ,
- adorn ,
- adult ,
- adulterate ,
- aerial ,
- aeriform ,
- aery ,
- aired ,
- airless ,
- airs ,
- al qaeda ,
- al qaida ,
- alkali ,
- all right ,
- alloy ,
- aloofness ,
- amusing ,
- annihilating ,
- annihilative ,
- antagonistic ,
- antipathetical ,
- apathetic ,
- aplomb ,
- apostolic ,
- apostolical ,
- appealing ,
- appease ,
- approachable ,
- arc ,
- archway ,
- arduous ,
- aristocratical ,
- arrogance ,
- assuage ,
- assumption ,
- assuredness ,
- atrophy ,
- audaciousness ,
- audacity ,
- aug ,
- authoritarian ,
- authoritative ,
- autocratic ,
- average ,
- award ,
- aweless ,
- awful ,
- awless ,
- backbreaking ,
- bad ,
- bad-mannered ,
- bag ,
- balmy ,
- bang-up ,
- barefaced ,
- baronial ,
- basal ,
- base of operations ,
- baseborn ,
- basis ,
- bastardly ,
- beautify ,
- beaver ,
- belittle ,
- bend ,
- benignant ,
- besotted ,
- big ,
- big-chested ,
- big-headed ,
- bighearted ,
- bile ,
- bitterness ,
- black ,
- blessing ,
- blind drunk ,
- blotto ,
- blow ,
- blue ,
- blue-blooded ,
- bluff ,
- bluster ,
- blusterer ,
- blusterous ,
- blustery ,
- boast ,
- boastfully ,
- bodacious ,
- bold face ,
- boldface ,
- boldness ,
- bombastic ,
- bootless ,
- bootlicking ,
- bounderish ,
- bounteous ,
- bountiful ,
- bow ,
- bow down ,
- bowed ,
- bowman ,
- bracing ,
- brag ,
- braggadocio ,
- braggart ,
- bragging ,
- braggy ,
- brass ,
- brass instrument ,
- brass section ,
- brassy ,
- bravado ,
- brave ,
- brazen ,
- brazen-faced ,
- brilliant ,
- bring down ,
- brisk ,
- broad ,
- broken ,
- browbeat ,
- brusk ,
- brusque ,
- bully ,
- bum ,
- buy at ,
- capital ,
- carefree ,
- celebrated ,
- ceremonious ,
- chafe ,
- challenging ,
- chance ,
- charitable ,
- cheapen ,
- cheek ,
- cheekiness ,
- cheesy ,
- chevalier ,
- child ,
- chiliad ,
- chill ,
- chinchy ,
- chintzy ,
- circumscribed ,
- civic ,
- civilised ,
- civilized ,
- clannish ,
- clean ,
- cliquish ,
- close ,
- closed ,
- clubby ,
- coarse ,
- cock ,
- cock-a-hoop ,
- cockeyed ,
- cocky ,
- come ,
- come down ,
- comic ,
- comical ,
- commons ,
- compromising ,
- conceit ,
- conceited ,
- concentrated ,
- conciliate ,
- conciliative ,
- condescending ,
- condescendingly ,
- condescension ,
- conformable ,
- congratulate ,
- constrict ,
- constringe ,
- consummate ,
- contemn ,
- contempt ,
- contract ,
- convinced ,
- cool down ,
- cool off ,
- coolheaded ,
- corking ,
- cornerstone ,
- corrupt ,
- cower ,
- cracking ,
- crawl ,
- creep ,
- cringe ,
- crisp ,
- crocked ,
- crooked ,
- crouch ,
- crow ,
- crowing ,
- crucial ,
- cruddy ,
- crude ,
- crummy ,
- crushed ,
- crust ,
- cultivated ,
- cursory ,
- curve ,
- cut ,
- daily ,
- dainty ,
- dalliance ,
- dandy ,
- daring ,
- dauntless ,
- dawdling ,
- deaf ,
- debauch ,
- decent ,
- deck ,
- declamatory ,
- decorate ,
- deferent ,
- degage ,
- deluxe ,
- demoralise ,
- demoralize ,
- denigrate ,
- denigration ,
- depleted ,
- deplorable ,
- deprave ,
- deprecating ,
- deprecative ,
- deprecatory ,
- depreciative ,
- depreciatory ,
- depressed ,
- depression ,
- derivation ,
- derive ,
- derogative ,
- despise ,
- despite ,
- despotical ,
- destroy ,
- devastating ,
- difficult ,
- dilute ,
- dinky ,
- diplomatical ,
- disagreeable ,
- discharge ,
- disdain ,
- disdainfulness ,
- disgrace ,
- disgraceful ,
- disgustful ,
- disgusting ,
- dispirited ,
- distance ,
- distasteful ,
- distressing ,
- docile ,
- dominating ,
- domineeringness ,
- dope ,
- down ,
- down in the mouth ,
- downcast ,
- downhearted ,
- dress ,
- dress hat ,
- dressed ,
- dresser ,
- dressing table ,
- drop ,
- drop off ,
- dry ,
- earth's crust ,
- easy ,
- edgy ,
- effortless ,
- effrontery ,
- ego ,
- egoist ,
- egoistical ,
- egotism ,
- egotistic ,
- egotistical ,
- el ,
- eleemosynary ,
- elevated railroad ,
- elevated railway ,
- embellish ,
- eminent ,
- emptiness ,
- enceinte ,
- encouraging ,
- encrustation ,
- ennoble ,
- entail ,
- enter ,
- entitle ,
- episcopal ,
- erratic ,
- establish ,
- establishment ,
- estimable ,
- ethereal ,
- ethical ,
- etymologizing ,
- everyday ,
- excessive ,
- execrable ,
- expansive ,
- expectant ,
- express ,
- extemporaneous ,
- extemporary ,
- extempore ,
- extraneous ,
- extravagant ,
- exuberant ,
- exultant ,
- exulting ,
- face ,
- fall ,
- famous ,
- fanfare ,
- fantastic ,
- far-famed ,
- farcical ,
- fawn ,
- fawning ,
- fearless ,
- feisty ,
- fiddling ,
- filthy ,
- fine ,
- firmly ,
- first ,
- first gear ,
- flash ,
- flashy ,
- flat ,
- flavorless ,
- flavourless ,
- flexible ,
- flip ,
- floor ,
- fluent ,
- fluid ,
- foot ,
- footling ,
- formal ,
- foul ,
- found ,
- foundation ,
- free ,
- free grace ,
- free-and-easy ,
- free-base ,
- freehanded ,
- freehearted ,
- freewheeling ,
- freeze off ,
- frequent ,
- freshly ,
- freshness ,
- fret ,
- fruitless ,
- fry ,
- fuddled ,
- full of hot air ,
- full-grown ,
- fully grown ,
- fundament ,
- funky ,
- funny ,
- futile ,
- gall ,
- gallant ,
- gamey ,
- gamy ,
- garish ,
- gas ,
- gasbag ,
- gasconade ,
- gaudy ,
- genial ,
- get down ,
- gibelike ,
- gilded ,
- gimcrack ,
- given ,
- giving ,
- gloomy ,
- glorious ,
- go around ,
- go down ,
- go for ,
- good ,
- good will ,
- good-hearted ,
- good-humored ,
- good-humoured ,
- goodwill ,
- governance ,
- governing body ,
- grace of god ,
- grace period ,
- graceful ,
- grand piano ,
- grandiloquent ,
- gravid ,
- greathearted ,
- green ,
- grim ,
- groovy ,
- ground ,
- groundwork ,
- grown ,
- grownup ,
- grueling ,
- gruelling ,
- gruntle ,
- handsome ,
- hapless ,
- happy-go-lucky ,
- hardheaded ,
- hardly ,
- hardy ,
- harmonic ,
- harum-scarum ,
- hateful ,
- haughtiness ,
- have in mind ,
- heart ,
- heavily ,
- heavy ,
- heedful ,
- heights ,
- heroic ,
- hifalutin ,
- high gear ,
- high school ,
- high up ,
- high-handedness ,
- high-hat cymbal ,
- high-pitched ,
- high-sounding ,
- high-strung ,
- higher-ranking ,
- higher-up ,
- highfaluting ,
- highly strung ,
- highness ,
- highschool ,
- home ,
- honest ,
- honour ,
- hot stuff ,
- howling ,
- hubris ,
- humble ,
- humbled ,
- humbling ,
- humiliated ,
- humiliating ,
- hunched ,
- hunky-dory ,
- idealistic ,
- idiotic ,
- ignominious ,
- ill-bred ,
- ill-mannered ,
- illusionist ,
- immaterial ,
- immoral ,
- imperial ,
- imperiousness ,
- impertinence ,
- implicated ,
- imply ,
- impractical ,
- impromptu ,
- impudence ,
- impudent ,
- in high spirits ,
- incrustation ,
- indisposed ,
- ineffective ,
- inert ,
- inexpensive ,
- inflated ,
- inflation ,
- infrastructure ,
- inglorious ,
- insipid ,
- insolence ,
- intemperate ,
- intemperately ,
- intend ,
- interested ,
- intrepid ,
- invigorated ,
- irk ,
- ironic ,
- irreverent ,
- isolated ,
- jeer ,
- jeering ,
- jejune ,
- jittery ,
- jubilant ,
- jumpy ,
- junior-grade ,
- keen ,
- keep going ,
- kid ,
- kind ,
- kindly ,
- knockout ,
- know-all ,
- know-it-all ,
- laborious ,
- laconic ,
- lake superior ,
- lamentable ,
- land ,
- large ,
- large-minded ,
- largeness ,
- laurels ,
- lay ,
- legato ,
- lenify ,
- letting down ,
- liberal ,
- likable ,
- likeable ,
- lilliputian ,
- line-shooting ,
- liqueur ,
- liquid ,
- little ,
- load ,
- load-bearing ,
- loaded ,
- loath ,
- loathly ,
- loathsome ,
- loftiness ,
- lord ,
- lordliness ,
- loth ,
- loud ,
- loudmouth ,
- low gear ,
- low-pitched ,
- low-spirited ,
- low-toned ,
- lowbred ,
- lower-ranking ,
- lowly ,
- ludicrous ,
- lush ,
- luxurious ,
- luxuriously ,
- mad ,
- majesty ,
- majuscule ,
- marvellous ,
- marvelous ,
- master ,
- masterly ,
- meagerly ,
- meagre ,
- mean value ,
- meaningless ,
- meanspirited ,
- meek ,
- mellow ,
- memorial tablet ,
- meretricious ,
- meticulous ,
- mettle ,
- milled ,
- mingy ,
- minimize ,
- minute ,
- mirthful ,
- misdirect ,
- miserly ,
- misfortunate ,
- mixer ,
- mockery ,
- modest ,
- modified ,
- mollify ,
- moo ,
- moody ,
- mortifying ,
- moved ,
- mutual ,
- nail down ,
- narcism ,
- narcissism ,
- narrow down ,
- narrow-minded ,
- natural ,
- nauseating ,
- nauseous ,
- neat ,
- negligible ,
- nerve ,
- nerveless ,
- nervus ,
- nestling ,
- neutral ,
- new ,
- newly ,
- nifty ,
- niggling ,
- nipper ,
- noble-minded ,
- nobleman ,
- noisome ,
- nonaged ,
- nonchalant ,
- nonsensical ,
- not bad ,
- notable ,
- noted ,
- novel ,
- nucleotide ,
- obeisance ,
- observe ,
- occasional ,
- of import ,
- off-the-cuff ,
- offensive ,
- offhanded ,
- offhandedly ,
- offish ,
- ok ,
- okay ,
- old ,
- olympian ,
- on ego trip ,
- one thousand ,
- openhanded ,
- openhearted ,
- opera hat ,
- opinionated ,
- opinionative ,
- opulent ,
- orb ,
- orbit ,
- organisation ,
- organization ,
- ornament ,
- orotund ,
- orthogonal ,
- ostentation ,
- ostentatiousness ,
- otiose ,
- outback ,
- outside ,
- outstanding ,
- overbearance ,
- overbearingness ,
- overblown ,
- overbold ,
- overhead railway ,
- overnice ,
- overstrung ,
- pacify ,
- paltry ,
- papal ,
- park ,
- passing ,
- patient of ,
- patrician ,
- patronage ,
- patronisingly ,
- paying attention ,
- peachy ,
- peanut ,
- pedestal ,
- peg down ,
- peremptory ,
- perfunctory ,
- pernickety ,
- pert ,
- pervert ,
- petit larceny ,
- pettifogger ,
- petty larceny ,
- philanthropic ,
- pie-eyed ,
- piffling ,
- pin down ,
- pissed ,
- piteous ,
- pithy ,
- pitiable ,
- placate ,
- place down ,
- placid ,
- plaque ,
- plastered ,
- plebeian ,
- plume ,
- pocket-size ,
- pocket-sized ,
- poise ,
- polish ,
- pomposity ,
- pompous ,
- pompousness ,
- pooh-pooh ,
- poop ,
- poor ,
- portentous ,
- pose ,
- positive ,
- practical ,
- pragmatic ,
- prance ,
- precondition ,
- preposterous ,
- presumption ,
- presumptuousness ,
- pretence ,
- pretense ,
- pretension ,
- pretentious ,
- pretentiousness ,
- pride ,
- prideful ,
- pridefulness ,
- priggishness ,
- prim ,
- primitive ,
- primness ,
- primp ,
- princely ,
- prissy ,
- processed ,
- profane ,
- prominent ,
- prone ,
- prudish ,
- puffed-up ,
- puffiness ,
- punishing ,
- punk ,
- pureness ,
- puritanical ,
- purity ,
- purple ,
- queasy ,
- quibbler ,
- quiet ,
- quizzical ,
- radical ,
- radix ,
- raffish ,
- raised ,
- rakish ,
- rancor ,
- rancour ,
- ranking ,
- rarefied ,
- rarified ,
- rattling ,
- raw ,
- record ,
- refreshed ,
- refreshful ,
- refreshing ,
- regardful ,
- regardless ,
- reinvigorated ,
- reject ,
- rejoicing ,
- remote control ,
- remoteness ,
- removed ,
- repellant ,
- repellent ,
- repelling ,
- repose ,
- resentment ,
- resistant ,
- respect ,
- respectable ,
- restive ,
- revered ,
- reverential ,
- revolting ,
- reward ,
- rhodomontade ,
- richly ,
- risible ,
- rodomontade ,
- roll ,
- root ,
- root word ,
- rotate ,
- rough-cut ,
- round-backed ,
- round-shouldered ,
- royal ,
- royalist ,
- rubbishy ,
- ruffle ,
- runty ,
- sad ,
- saddle sore ,
- sagittarius ,
- sang-froid ,
- sashay ,
- sassy ,
- saucy ,
- saving grace ,
- savorless ,
- savourless ,
- scoff ,
- scoop ,
- scorn ,
- scornfulness ,
- scrimpy ,
- scummy ,
- scurrilous ,
- scurvy ,
- secondary ,
- seemliness ,
- seer ,
- self ,
- self-aggrandising ,
- self-aggrandizing ,
- self-applauding ,
- self-assertive ,
- self-centered ,
- self-centred ,
- self-conceited ,
- self-importance ,
- self-love ,
- self-loving ,
- self-respectful ,
- self-respecting ,
- senior high ,
- senior high school ,
- sensational ,
- separated ,
- serious-minded ,
- set down ,
- set-apart ,
- settle ,
- severe ,
- severely ,
- shameful ,
- shaver ,
- sheer ,
- shine ,
- shoot a line ,
- shop ,
- shop at ,
- short ,
- shrimpy ,
- sickening ,
- significant ,
- signify ,
- silk hat ,
- silly ,
- sinful ,
- single ,
- skanky ,
- skillful ,
- slap-up ,
- slaphappy ,
- sleazy ,
- sleeveless ,
- slight ,
- slighting ,
- slimy ,
- slopped ,
- sloshed ,
- small ,
- small fry ,
- small-minded ,
- small-scale ,
- smart ,
- smart-alecky ,
- smashed ,
- smashing ,
- smooth out ,
- smoothen ,
- smutty ,
- snarky ,
- snide ,
- snooty ,
- snot-nosed ,
- snotty-nosed ,
- snub ,
- so-so ,
- soaked ,
- soaring ,
- social ,
- soft ,
- sole ,
- sore ,
- sorry ,
- soused ,
- sozzled ,
- special ,
- specialise ,
- specialize ,
- specify ,
- splashiness ,
- splendid ,
- sponsor ,
- spunk ,
- spurn ,
- square-toed ,
- squeamish ,
- squiffy ,
- stand ,
- stand for ,
- standoffishness ,
- state of grace ,
- stateliness ,
- statuesque ,
- steel ,
- stem ,
- stiff ,
- still ,
- stingy ,
- stirred ,
- stodgy ,
- stoep ,
- stooped ,
- stoup ,
- stovepipe ,
- straight-laced ,
- straightlaced ,
- strait-laced ,
- straitlaced ,
- stretch ,
- strong ,
- strut ,
- stuck-up ,
- stunning ,
- suave ,
- subaltern ,
- sublime ,
- subsidence ,
- subsiding ,
- substructure ,
- subvert ,
- suffering ,
- sulky ,
- sullen ,
- sumptuous ,
- superbia ,
- superciliousness ,
- superficial ,
- superordinate ,
- superscript ,
- support ,
- surd ,
- surefooted ,
- swagger ,
- swaggering ,
- swank ,
- swanky ,
- swash ,
- swashbuckling ,
- sweet ,
- swell ,
- swelled ,
- swelled head ,
- swollen ,
- swollen-headed ,
- sycophantic ,
- tacky ,
- take down ,
- tatty ,
- taunting ,
- tawdry ,
- teasing ,
- temerity ,
- terrible ,
- terrific ,
- terse ,
- thanksgiving ,
- the skinny ,
- theme ,
- thin-skinned ,
- think ,
- think of ,
- thou ,
- thousand ,
- threatening ,
- tiddler ,
- tight ,
- tight-laced ,
- tike ,
- tinny ,
- toadyish ,
- toilet table ,
- toilsome ,
- tonic ,
- too big for one's breeches ,
- top hat ,
- topper ,
- touched ,
- touchy ,
- tough ,
- tout ,
- towering ,
- tractable ,
- tranquil ,
- tremendous ,
- triumphal ,
- triumphant ,
- tumid ,
- turgid ,
- turn down ,
- tyke ,
- tyrannic ,
- tyrannous ,
- ugly ,
- unable ,
- unaffectionate ,
- unaired ,
- unappealing ,
- unavailing ,
- unbiased ,
- unbiassed ,
- uncaring ,
- uncivil ,
- unconsidered ,
- uncouth ,
- underage ,
- underbred ,
- understructure ,
- undivided ,
- uneffective ,
- unequal ,
- unfearing ,
- unfermented ,
- unholy ,
- uninvolved ,
- unkindly ,
- unlikable ,
- unlikeable ,
- unload ,
- unmannered ,
- unmannerly ,
- unnatural ,
- unrehearsed ,
- unruffled ,
- unused ,
- unvoiced ,
- unwashed ,
- unworthy ,
- uptight ,
- usual ,
- vainglorious ,
- vanity ,
- vapid ,
- vaporing ,
- vaunt ,
- vauntingly ,
- venerable ,
- venerating ,
- venial ,
- venturesome ,
- venturous ,
- vernacular ,
- victor ,
- victorian ,
- virtuoso ,
- vitiate ,
- vituperative ,
- voiceless ,
- voluptuousness ,
- vulgar ,
- well disposed ,
- well-disposed ,
- wet ,
- windbag ,
- windy ,
- wise ,
- with child ,
- withdrawnness ,
- woeful ,
- wonderful ,
- wondrous ,
- worthless ,
- write down ,
- wry ,
- yard ,
- yokelish ,
- youngster ,
- yucky .
- Deigning ,
- Frequenting ,
- Submitting ,
- Surrendering ,
- Vouchsafing ,
- accessible ,
- affable ,
- affected ,
- agreeing ,
- arch ,
- arch- ,
- aristocratic ,
- arrogant ,
- belittling ,
- beneficent ,
- benign ,
- bigheaded ,
- bowing ,
- cavalier ,
- chesty ,
- cocksure ,
- complacent ,
- condescend ,
- consenting ,
- contemptuous ,
- contumelious ,
- courteous ,
- crouching ,
- declining ,
- derisive ,
- deriving ,
- descending ,
- disapproving ,
- disdainful ,
- domineering ,
- egocentric ,
- grandiose ,
- high hat ,
- high-flown ,
- highfalutin ,
- immodest ,
- imperious ,
- impish ,
- implike ,
- indulgent ,
- interacting ,
- la-de-da ,
- la-di-da ,
- lah-di-dah ,
- lofty ,
- lordly ,
- lowering ,
- merciful ,
- mischievous ,
- mocking ,
- moving ,
- on high horse ,
- overbearing ,
- overweening ,
- patronising ,
- patronizing ,
- pixilated ,
- polite ,
- prankish ,
- presumptuous ,
- priggish ,
- puckish ,
- purse-proud ,
- putting on airs ,
- scornful ,
- self-important ,
- self-opinionated ,
- self-satisfied ,
- settling ,
- shopping ,
- sneering ,
- sniffy ,
- snippy ,
- snobbish ,
- snobby ,
- snotty ,
- sponsoring ,
- stooping ,
- stuffy ,
- supercilious ,
- superior ,
- supporting ,
- swelled-headed ,
- toffee-nosed ,
- toplofty ,
- uppish ,
- uppity ,
- upstage ,
- wicked .
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How to use "Condescending" in context?
Condescending is a word that often describes someone who is too self-important to understand or appreciate other people. They act as if they are better than everyone else, and their feelings and opinions are always correct. This can be a problem because it makes it difficult for others to feel comfortable around them.
Paraphrases for Condescending:
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Equivalence
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Adjective
patronising, patronizing.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Adjective
demeaning.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
patronising, patronizing.
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Adjective
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