tone words (AP LANG)

Effusive

Effusive

Excessive demonstration of emotions; bubbly or gushy emotions.

Elated

Very happy and proud.

Reverent

Showing respect.

Laudatory

Expressing praise.

Whimsical

Marked by whim or impulse.

Surly

Unfriendly or hostile; menacing.

Brash

Tactless; hasty and unthinking.

Derisive

Characterized by mocking and contempt.

Indignant

Expressing strong displeasure at something unjust.

Choleric

Extremely irritable and easily angered.

Patronizing

Being offensively condescending.

Insolent

Boldly rude or disrespectful.

Droll

Amusing in an odd way; whimsically humorous.

Sardonic

Mocking in a scornful way.

Pompous

Characterized by ostentatious show of importance.

Irreverent

Lacking respect or reverence.

Wry

Dryly humorous, often with a touch of irony.

Bantering

Playfully teasing.

Facetious

Humorous, but frequently in a sarcastic way.

Flippant

Marked by disrespectful casualness.

Caustic

Severely critical or sarcastic.

Ribald

Using vulgar wit.

Morose

Characterized by gloom or ill-humor.

Melancholy

Sober thoughtfulness; sadness.

Elegiac

Showing sorrow for something/someone lost.

Poignant

Strongly emotional.

Staid

Sedate; calm.

Didactic

Morally instructive.

Candid

Open; frank.

Fervent

Having intensity of enthusiasm.

Histrionic

Overly dramatic.

Callous

Insensitive.

Nostalgic

Characterized by bittersweet longing for things in the past.

Haughty

Snobbish.

Admonitory

Serving to warn.

Obsequious

Obedient; dutiful.

Pretentious

Characterized by assumption of importance.

Pedantic

Ostentatious or showy in one’s learning.