Handrop Tone Words A/P

abashed

abashed

ashamed or embarrassed; disconcerted

abhorring

to regard with extreme repugnance or aversion; detest utterly; loathe; abominate

abstruse

difficult to understand

absurd

ridiculous; silly

accusing

to charge with the fault, offense, or crime

acerbic

harsh or severe, as of temper or expression

admiring

to regard with wonder, pleasure, or approval

admonishing

cautioning, advising, or counseling against something; reproving or scolding, especially in a mild and good-willed manner; reminding

adoring

to regard with the utmost esteem, love, and respect; honor

affectionate

showing, indicating, or characterized by affection or love; fondly tender

afraid

scared, frightened

ambiguous

open to or having several possible meanings or interpretations

ambivalent

uncertainty or fluctuation, esp. when caused by inability to make a choice or by a simultaneous desire to say or do two opposite or conflicting things

amused

pleasurably entertained, occupied, or diverted

angry

mad, furious, irate

annoyed

To cause slight irritation to (another) by troublesome, often repeated acts

antagonistic

acting in opposition; opposing, esp. mutually/ hostile; unfriendly

anxious

full of mental distress or uneasiness because of fear of danger or misfortune; greatly worried; solicitous/ earnestly desirous; eager

apathetic

having or showing little or no emotion/ not interested or concerned; indifferent or unresponsive

apologetic

containing an apology or excuse for a fault, failure, insult, injury

appreciative

feeling or expressive of gratitude

apprehensive

uneasy or fearful about something that might happen

approving

to speak or think favorably of; pronounce or consider agreeable or good; judge favorably

ardent

characterized by intense emotion; passionate; fervent; intensely devoted, eager, or enthusiastic; zealous; vehement; fierce

arrogant

making claims or pretensions to superior importance or rights; overbearingly assuming; insolently proud

audacious

extremely bold or daring; recklessly brave; fearless

authoritarian

having an air of authority; accustomed to exercising authority; positive; peremptory; dictatorial

panicked

thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation

paranoid

Exhibiting or characterized by extreme and irrational fear or distrust of others

passionate

having, compelled by, or ruled by intense emotion or strong feeling; easily aroused to or influenced by sexual desire; ardently sensual; easily moved to anger; quick tempered; irascible

pathetic

causing or evoking pity, sympathetic sadness, sorrow, etc.; pitiful; pitiable

patronizing

displaying or indicative of an offensively condescending manner

peaceful

not disturbed by strife or turmoil or war; quiet; calm; without worry or disturbance

pedantic

ostentatious in one's learning; overly concerned with minute details or formalisms, especially in teaching

penitent

feeling or expressing sorrow for sin or wrongdoing and disposed to atonement and amendment; repentant; contrite

pensive

dreamily or wistfully thoughtful; expressing or revealing thoughtfulness, usually marked by some sadness

pessimistic

expecting the worst possible outcome

petty

of little or no importance or consequence

pitiful

deserving or arousing pity

placid

pleasantly calm or peaceful; unruffled; tranquil; serenely quiet or undisturbed

playful

pleasantly humorous or jesting

poignant

keenly distressing to the feelings; keen or strong in mental appeal

pompous

characterized by an ostentatious display of dignity or importance

powerful

having or exerting great power or force; potent; efficacious

pretentious

characterized by assumption of dignity or importance

proud

feeling pleasure and satisfaction over something regarded as highly honorable or creditable to oneself; having or spreading self-respect or self-esteem

provocative

serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate; tending or serving to provoke; inciting, stimulating, irritating, or vexing

psychotic

affected by psychosis; characterized by a loss of contact with reality and an inability to think rationally. A psychotic person often behaves inappropriately and is incapable of normal social functioning