LANG TONE

Abashed

feeling or caused to feel uneasy or self conscious

Abstruse

difficult to understand

Acerbic

sour or bitter in taste

Admonishing

expressing reproof or reproach especially as a corrective

Ambiguous

having more than just one possible meaning

Ambivalent

uncertain or unable to decide about what course to follow

Ardent

Characterized by intense emotion

audacious

not held back by conventional ideas of behavior

Belligerent

characteristic of an enemy or eager to fight

Bemused

Deeply absorbed in thought

Blithe

carefree and happy and lighthearted

Brusque

rudely abrupt or blunt in speech or manner

Burlesque

Make a parody of

capricious

determined by chance or impulse rather than necessity

caustic

harsh or corrosive in tone.

censorious

harshly critical or expressing censure

choleric

quickly aroused to anger

colloquial

Characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation

conciliatory

intended to placate

contentious

showing an inclination to disagree

derisive

expressing contempt or ridicule

disinterested

unaffected by concern for ones own welfare

didactic

intrusive, especially excessively

diffident

lacking self confidence

dogmatic

pertaining to a code of beliefs accepted as authoritative