Tone Words 51-100

Lambasting

to scold sharply, to berate

Laudatory

expressing or bestowing praise; applause; venerating.

Learned

having or demonstrating profound knowledge; erudite.

Loathing

strong dislike or disgust

Lugubrious

mournful or sad, especially to a ludicrous degree.

Matter of Fact

literal; objective; detached; clinical

Meditative

reflective; introspective; thoughtful; reflective

Melancholy

sadness or depression; gloom; pensive; contemplation.

Mocking

deride; ridicule; insultingly mimic.

Mock-serious

pretended seriousness; ironic, humorous tone.

Mournful

grief; lamenting; forlorn; elegiac; melancholy.

Nostalgic

longing for things, persons or situations tied to the past

Objective

not influenced by personal feelings or opinions

Patronizing

offensively condescending manner; snobbish; talking down to someone

Pedantic

overly concerned with formal rules, learning, or trivial details, without real understanding or experience.

Piquant

pleasantly stimulating; exciting to the mind; intellectually stimulating; thought-provoking; intriguing.

Plaintive

expressing sorrow; mournful; melancholy.

Poignant

emotionally moving/touching.

Pompous

exaggerated self importance; pretentious.

Pretentious

attempting to impress by claiming greater importance than is actually possessed

Prosaic

commonplace, dull; banal; boring.

Provincial

having characteristics of unsophisticated inhabitants of a province; rural.

Provocative

cause to anger

Puritanical

rigorous in religious observance; austere; uptight.

Reflective

given to, marked by, or concerned with meditation or deliberation.

Repressive

to keep under control; puritanical.

Resigned

acceptance, unresisting of a situation.

Restrained

keep in check or under control; repress.

Reverent

showing profound respect.

Sanctimonious

attitude of superiority, smug, self-righteousness; holier than thou attitude.

Sardonic

scornful; mocking; cynical.

Satiric

using humor to denounce or ridicule human flaws; sardonic and ironical.

Sentimental

appealing to tender feelings such as love, pity, or nostalgia

Scornful

full of contempt or disdain

Seductive

tempt towards sex or immoral action; alluring.

Serene

tranquil; placid; calm.

Sneering

speaking in a contemptuous or mocking manner

Sober

marked by seriousness; solemn attitude

Solemn

deeply earnest; serious; grave

Somber

dark, gloomy, lugubrious; depressive.

Soporific

to induce sleep; calming.

Supercilious

haughty scorn; disdainful; haughtily contemptuous

Sympathetic

expressing feeling resulting from sympathy; compassion

Reminiscent

awakening memories of something; nostalgic.

Taunting

to provoke or challenge with insulting remarks.

Tongue in Cheek

meant or expressed ironically or facetiously.

Trite

overused and commonplace; lacking originality; prosaic; banal; clichéd

Urbane

having manners of polite, refined society; elegant; sophisticated; polished; proper; courteous.

Vexed

irritated; annoyed; troubled.

Whimsical

capricious; playfully quaint; quirky

Zealous

ardent; enthusiastic; fervent.