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Sardonic

• Adjective
• Meaning
• characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering
• disdainfully or skeptically humorous :derisively mocking

Dreary

• Adjective
• Meaning
• Feeling, displaying, or reflecting listlessness or discouragement
• Causing sadness or gloom

Fizzle

• Verb
• Meaning
• To make a hissing or sputtering sound, especially one that dies out
  weakly.
• To fail or end feebly especially after a promising start —often used
  with out

Petulant

• Adjective
• Meaning
• insolent or rude in speech or behaviour
• moved to or showing sudden, impatient irritation, especially over some
  trifling annoyance

Panegyric

• Noun
• Meaning
• A lofty oration or writing in praise of a person or thing; eulogy
• A eulogistic oration or writing

Congregation

• Noun
• Meaning
• especially : an assembly of persons met for worship and religious instruction