Tone Words- Quarter 2

elegiac

ode, expressing sorrow from past

empathetic

understanding of others’ emotions

erudite

learned, polished, scholarly

evasive

escaping understanding

excited

enthusiastic

fanciful

using the imagination

farcical

mockery

faultfinding

placing blame

fawning

showing immense affection

flippant

to lack proper respect or seriousness

formal

conventional, sticking to form

forthright

directly frank without hesitation

frank

candid, undisguised

frivolous

silly, not serious

fuming

angry, furious

gentle

easy-going, accepting

giddy

frivolous, silliness

gloomy

darkness, sadness, rejection

grim

uncompromsisng, frightful

gullible

easily deceived

hard-hearted

unfeeling, insensitive

haughty

proud and vain to the point of arrogance

humble

modest, unimportant

humorous

with humor, comical

impartial

equitable, not biased

impassioned

filled with emotion

imploring

requesting urgently

inane

without sense or intelligence

incensed

enraged, incite to anger

incredulous

skeptical

indifferent

no interest, apathetic

indignant

marked by anger; aroused by justice

informative

instructive, to impart knowledge

intense

strong, vehement

intimate

very familiar

ironic

sarcastic

jaded

unbelieving

jovial

happy

judgmental

authoritative, often having critical opinions

laudatory

praising

learned

knowledgeable, wise, educated

lugubrious

exaggeratedly mournful, dark, brooding

lyrical

expressing a poet’s inner feelings; emotional, full of images; song-like

macabre

gruesome, death-like

malicious

purposely hurtful

matter of fact

accepting of conditions; not fanciful or emotional

mock-heroic

ridicule idea of being noble

mocking

treating with contempt or ridicule

morose

gloomy, sullen, sourly, despondent

mourning

regretting loss, expressing sorrow

naïve

unsophisticated, innocent

narcissistic

full of oneself, conceit

nostalgic

sentimental, remembrance

objective

an unbiased view, able to leave personal judgements aside

obsequious

polite and obedient in order to gain something