Tone Words

Apathetic

having or showing little or no interest, enthusiasm, or concern. Indifferent or unresponsive.

Astonished

Feeling or showing great surprise or amazement.

Bitter

having a harsh, disagreeably acrid taste, like that of aspirin. Characterized by intense antagonism or hostility/hard to admit or accept.

Censorious

severely critical; faultfinding

Choleric

extremely irritable or easily angered; irascible

Confidential

intended to be kept secret or private; not meant for public knowledge.

Critical

inclined to find fault or to judge with severity, often too readily

Despairing

to be overcome by a sense of futility or defeat/ to lose all hope

Dogmatic

asserting opinions in a doctrinaire or arrogant manner; opinionated

Euphoric

a feeling of happiness, confidence or well-being sometimes exaggerated in pathological states as mania

Facetious

not meant to be taken seriously or literally/ amusing; humorous

Factual

of or pertaining to facts; concerning facts

Fatalistic

the acceptance of all things and events as inevitable; submission to fate

Impertinent

insolently rude; uncivil

Indignant

feeling strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or base

Informal

without formality or ceremony, casual/ suitable to or characteristic of casual and familiar, but educated, speech or writing/ not according to the prescribed, official, or customary way or manner; irregular; unofficial

Ironic

containing or exemplifying irony, coincidental; unexpected

Joyous

joyful; happy; jubilant

Mock-serious

pretending to be serious or in earnest

Naive

lacking experience or sophistication; innocent and trusting

Objective

not influenced by personal feelings, interpretations, or prejudice; based on facts/ impartial.

Resigned

submissive or acquiescent

Sarcastic

expressing or expressive of ridicule that wounds

Satiritc

exposing human folly to ridicule

Scornful

expressing extreme contempt or derision (worthless)

Spiritual

relating or affecting the human spirit or soul, relating to religion or religious belief

Subdued

quiet; inhibited; repressed; controlled

Vituperative

harsh; abusive language; bitter and violent criticism

Wistful

characterized by melancholy; longing; yearning; pensive

Nostalgic

unhappy about being away and longing for familiar things or persons

Acerbic

harsh or severe, as of temper or expression

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 desire to say two opposite or conflicting things

Bewildered

completely puzzled or confused; perplexed

Compassionate

having or showing compassion/care

Detached

impartial or objective; disinterested; unbiased/not involved or concerned; aloof

Diffident

lacking confidence in one’s own ability, worth, or fitness; timid; shy

Didactic

intended for instruction; instructive

Disdainful

expressing extreme contempt

Effusive

unduly demonstrative; lacking reserve

Elegiac

expressing sorrow or lamentation

Erudite

characterized by great knowledge; learned or scholarly

Exhortatory

advising, urging, or cautioning earnestly; urgently admonishing

Haughty

disdainfully proud; snobbish; scornfully arrogant; supercilious

Incisive

intelligent; analytical, accurate and sharply focused

Incredulous

not credulous; disinclined or indisposed to believe; skeptical

Introspective

given to examining own sensory and perceptual experiences

Irreverent

showing lack of due respect or veneration

Laudatory

containing or expressing praise

Lugubrious

mournful, dismal, or gloomy in an affected, exaggerated, or unrelieved manner

Malicious

desiring to harm others or to see other suffer; ill-willed; spiteful

Modest

having or showing moderate humble estimate of one’s merits, importance, etc. free from vanity or great pretensions

Pendantic

ostentatious in one’s learning; overly concerned with minute details or formalisms

Timorous

full of fear; fearful

Zealous

ardently active, devoted, or diligent