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Contemplate
Think intently and at length
Sanguine
Confidently optimistic and cheerful
Buoyant
Tending to float on a liquid or rise in air or gas
Gloomy
Depressingly dark
Hypocritical
Professing feelings or virtues one does not have
Obsequious
Attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
Dogmatic
Pertaining to a code of beliefs accepted as authoritative
Peremptory
Putting an end to all debate or action
Condescending
Characteristic of those who treat others with arrogance
Patronizing
Characteristic of those who treat others with condescension
Superficially
In a superficial manner
Disdainful
Showing arrogant superiority to those one views as unworthy
Partisan
A fervent and even militant proponent of something
Bigoted
Blindly and obstinately attached to some creed or opinion
Prejudiced
Showing bias or bigotry or influenced by preconceived ideas
Chauvinistic
Fanatically patriotic
Apathetic
Showing little or no emotion or animation
Populist
As the name says
Grandiose
As the name suggests
Commiserating
This type of tone is used to express grief or show sympathy for a person or a group of people suffering from prejudiced practices or cultural norms. The author intends to familiarize reader with the trauma undergone by the sufferers
Pedestrian
When a passage appears neither interesting nor complex to you
Detached
This is a general highlight of an event. Not too descriptive
Judgmental
This is typically used for passages when the author expresses his views on some issues and takes a stand-is this person or issue right or wrong? Is this good or bad? Is someone intelligent or dumb? These are all judgments. Therefore
Respectful
Feeling or showing deep and solemn respect
Facetious
Treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor
flippant
Melancholic
Feeling or expressing pensive sadness
suffering from or denoting a severe form of depression
Uneasy
Causing or feeling anxiety
troubled or uncomfortable
Nostalgic
Feeling or inspiring nostalgia
such as a longing for or thinking fondly of a past time or condition
Dry
(of information
Assertive
Having or showing a confident and forceful personality
Regretful
Feeling or showing regret or sorrow
Invective
Insulting
Inspirational
Providing or showing creative or spiritual inspiration
Objective
Broadly
Narrative
In fact it is simply narration of events without any tone of description or analysis e.g. as the news readers simply narrate the items of news
Ironic
Conveys a meaning that is the opposite of the actual meaning
Ironic statements bring attention to words and phrases and show the difference between an ideal and an actual condition
Descriptive
Description of an event – which may lead to inculcate interest among the readers and with description the piece of writing may form the opinion in optimistic