Austere (adj.)
Stern, strict, frugal, unadorned
Iconoclastic (adj)
inclined to attack cherished beliefs and traditions
Didactic (adj)
intended primarily to instruct; intended to teach a moral lesson
Crepuscular (adj)
Having to do with twilight or shadowy areas (as in the darker and more hidden parts of human experience)
Maudlin (adj)
tearfully emotional; weakly and ineffectively sentimental
Boorish (adj)
Rude or insensitive
Discursive (adj)
Moving pointlessly from one subject to another; rambling
Elegiac (adj):
Expressing sorrow or lamentation; mournful after a death (elegy is a mournful poem after a death)
Quixotic (adj):
foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals; especially : marked by rash lofty romantic ideas or extravagantly chivalrous action; from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes
Insolent (adj)
contemptuous, rude, disrespectful, or brutal in behavior or language
Urbane (adj)
sophisticated; socially polished
Sycophantic (adj)
a manner of self-serving, servile flattery
Oracular (adj)
portentous; uttered or delivered as if divinely inspired or infallible
Prurient (adj)
preoccupied with lewd and lustful thoughts
Indignant (adj)
angry because of something unjust, unworthy, or mean
Obsequious (adj)
Humbly or excessively attentive (as to someone in authority); fawning
Admonitory (adj)
tending or serving to admonish (to warn; reproach with a warning)
Pedantic (adj)
ostentatious in one's learning; overly concerned with minute details in one's teaching