O-Y Tone Word

Objective

unbiased, fair

Obsequious

polite or obedient in hopes of gaining favor

Optimistic

hopeful; cheerful

Outraged

angry, indignant

Patronizing

condescending; conveying an attitude of superiority

Pedantic

stressing minor or trivial points of learning

Pessimistic

hopeless; seeing the worst outcome

Petty

relatively worthless; trivial; minor

Pretentious

making claims, implicit or explicit, to some distinction or importance

Proud

**ranges from displaying self-esteem to arrogant, haughty

Questioning

doubtful

Quizzical

puzzled; mildly teasing

Reflective

thoughtful; deliberative; expressing innermost thoughts

Reminiscent

recalling past times

Restrained

limited; restricted; suppressed

Reverent

respectful before something/someone holy or worthy of great respect

Ribald

crude; offensive; lewd; coarsely mocking

Ridiculing

mocking

Sanguine

optimistic; cheerful

Sarcastic

derisive; taunting; ridiculing; sneering

Sardonic

derisively mocking

Scornful

filled with extreme indignant contempt; disdain; refusing or rejecting as wrong

Sentimental

showing tender, gentle, or delicate feelings, but sometimes in an excessive way; influences more by emotion than by reason

Shocked

amazed; greatly surprised, distressed, disgusted

Sincere

genuine; without deceit or pretense

Solemn

deeply earnest; grave

Somber

dark, gloomy; earnest and solemn

Sympathetic

looking upon with favor

Taunting

challenging or reproachful in a sarcastic, insulting, or jeering way

Threatening

challenging; impending hurt

Turgid

inflated, overblown or pompous; bombastic

Urgent

calling for haste; insistent

Vibrant

vigorous; energetic; radiant

Whimsical

lightly fanciful; capricious

Wrathful

intensely angry