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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | easily upset or inspired |
| Synonyms: | agitable, alarmable, demonstrative, edgy, emotional, enthusiastic, fidgety, fierce, fiery, galvanic, hasty, high-strung, hot-headed, hot-tempered, hysterical, impatient, impetuous, impulsive, inflammable, intolerant, irascible, mercurial, moody, nervous, neurotic, overzealous, passionate, peevish, quick, quick-tempered, rash, reckless, restless, sensitive, short fused, skittish, susceptible, temperamental, testy, touchy, uncontrolled, uneasy, vehement, violent, volatile, volcanic |
| Antonyms: | calm, easy, easy-going, insensitive, laid-back, passive, unexcitable, uninspired |
| Main Entry: | officious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | self-important, dictatorial |
| Synonyms: | busy, forward, impertinent, inquisitive, interfering, intrusive, meddlesome, meddling, obtrusive, opinionated, overzealous, pragmatic, pushy, rude |
| Notes: | an official (noun) is one who holds or is invested with an office or a referee or umpire in a game or sport - (adjective) having official authority or of or relating to an office; officious means marked by excessive eagerness in offering services or advice where they are neither requested nor needed |
| Antonyms: | modest, shy, timid |
| Main Entry: | partisan |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | interested, factional |
| Synonyms: | accessory, adhering, biased, bigoted, blind, cliquish, colored, conspiratorial, denominational, devoted, diehard, exclusive, fanatic, jaundiced, one-sided, overzealous, partial, prejudiced, prepossessed, sectarian, sympathetic, tendentious, unjust, unreasoning, warped, zealous |
| Antonyms: | disinterested |
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