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- Indifferent; having or showing little or no emotion
- The apathetic judge ruled the suspect guilty.
- ap-uh-thet-ik
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- Questions the basic sincerity and goodness of people
- My cynical professor's lectures always leaves us feeling gloomy.
- sin-i-kuh[image]l
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- Unfeeling; insensitive to feelings of others
- Old Man Jenkins is a callous man who has lost his family and served in two wars.
- kal-uh[image]s
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- Hot-tempered, easily angered
- Billy Bob's stressful job has made him choleric and impatient.
- kol-er-ik
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- Showing or feeling that something is worthless or lacks respect
- Jack is very contemptuous of the decisions that Barack Obama has made.
- kuh[image]n-temp-choo-uh[image]s
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