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laudable
deserving praise and commendation
adulterate
render (something) poorer in quality by adding another substance. falsify, counterfeit
laconic
using very few words, terse
calumny
slander
derision
ridicule
precarious
uncertain
abstruce
difficult to understand
deride
to ridicule
panning
critized
sardonic
scornfully mocking
supercilious
haughtily disdainful
fatuous
foolish or silly
ribald
indecent in speech
dolorus
feeling or expressing great sorrow or distress
doleful
expressing sorrow; mornful
truculent
eager or quick to argue or fight
recondite
little known
detritus
waste or debris
refuse
trash
bedlam
lunatic; place, scene, uproar and confusion
vociferous
marked by or given to vehement insisten outcry
waggish
humorous
mien
air or bearing esp as expressive of attitude or personality
panegyrical
a eulogistic oration, formal or elaborate praise
disquieted
to take away the peace, alarmed
ebullient
boiling, agitated
phlegmatic
apathetic
dilettanish
amateurishness
apogee
acclimation, highest point, pinnacle