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1. Absent: preoccupied2. Agonized: as if in pain or tormented3. Alluring: attractive, in the sense of arousing desire4. Appealing: attractive, in the sense of encouraging goodwill and/or interest5. Beatific: see blissful6. Bilious: ill-natured7. Black: angry or sad, or see hostile8. Bleak: see grim and hopeless9. Blinking: surprise, or lack of concern10. Blissful: showing a state of happiness or divine contentment11. Blithe: carefree, lighthearted, or heedlessly indifferent12. Brooding: see anxious and gloomy13. Bug eyed: frightened or surprised14. Chagrined: humiliated or disappointed15. Cheeky: cocky, insolent16. Cheerless: sad17. Choleric: hot-tempered, irate18. Coy: flirtily playful, or evasive19. Crestfallen: see despondent20. Darkly: with depressed or malevolent feelings21. Deadpan: expressionless, to conceal emotion or heighten humor22. Dejected: see despondent23. Derisive: see sardonic24. Despondent: depressed or discouraged

25. Doleful: sad or afflicted26. Dour: stern or obstinate; see also despondent27. Downcast: see despondent28. Dreamy: distracted by daydreaming or fantasizing29. Ecstatic: delighted or entranced30. Etched: see fixed31. Faint: cowardly, weak, or barely perceptible32. Fixed: concentrated or immobile33. Furtive: stealthy34. Gazing: staring intently35. Glancing: staring briefly as if curious but evasive36. Glaring: see hostile37. Glazed: expressionless due to fatigue or confusion

38. Gloomy: see despondent and sullen39. Glowering: annoyed or angry40. Glowing: see radiant41. Grim: see despondent; also, fatalistic or pessimistic42. Grave: serious, expressing emotion due to loss or sadness43. Haunted: frightened, worried, or guilty44. Hopeless: depressed by a lack of encouragement or optimism45. Hostile: aggressively angry, intimidating, or resistant46. Hunted: tense as if worried about pursuit47. Impassive: see deadpan48. Inscrutable: mysterious, unreadable49. Jeering: insulting or mocking50. Languid: lazy or weak

51. Leering: see meaningful; also, sexually suggestive52. Meaningful: to convey an implicit connotation or shared secret53. Mild: easygoing54. Mischievous: annoyingly or maliciously playful55. Moody: see sullen56. Pained: affected with discomfort or pain57. Pallid: see wan58. Peering: with curiosity or suspicion59. Peeved: annoyed60. Petulant: see cheeky and peeved

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61. Pitying: sympathetic62. Pleading: seeking apology or assistance63. Pouting: see sullen64. Quizzical: questioning or confused65. Radiant: bright, happy66. Roguish: see mischievous67. Sanguine: bloodthirsty, confident68. Sardonic: mocking69. Scornful: contemptuous or mocking70. Scowling: displeased or threatening71. Searching: curious or suspicious72. Set: see fixed73. Shamefaced: ashamed or bashful74. Slack-jawed: dumbfounded or surprised75. Sly: cunning; see also furtive and mischievous76. Snarling: surly77. Sneering: see scornful78. Somber: see grave79. Sour: unpleasant80. Stolid: inexpressive81. Straight-faced: see deadpan82. Sulky: see sullen83. Sullen: resentful84. Taunting: see jeering

85. Taut: high-strung86. Tense: see taut87. Tight: see pained and taut88. Unblinking: see fixed89. Vacant: blank or stupid looking90. Veiled: see inscrutable91. Wan: pale, sickly; see also faint92. Wary: cautious or cunning93. Wide eyed: frightened or surprised94. Wild eyed: excited, frightened, or stressful95. Wistful: yearning or sadly thoughtful96. Withering: devastating; see also wrathful97. Woeful: full of grief or lamentation

98. Wolfish: see leering and mischievous99. Wrathful: indignant or vengeful100. Wry: twisted or crooked to express cleverness or a dark or ironic feeling