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Someone or something that is romantic and unrealistic   quixotic   Use quixotic for someone or something that is romantic and unrealistic, or possessed by almost impossible hopes. Your quixotic task is easy to understand, if difficult to achieve: establish world peace.   What a wonderful word quixotic is! While it is most often used to mean equally impractical and idealistic,…

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Another way to emphatically say “unfortunately.” alas   Alas is another way to emphatically say “unfortunately.” Perhaps you meant to finish up all your homework last night, but alas, your favorite television show wound up getting your undivided attention instead.   Letting out a breathy alas in the middle of your sentence may sound dramatic or old fashioned, but…

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When your opinions are in conflict… discordant   If you believe that movies should entertain, but your friend insists that movies should inspire, then the two of you hold discordant views on the purpose of movies. That means your opinions are in conflict.   You can see the word discord in discordant. Discord is tension felt between people who strongly disagree about…