tones

Irony

Incongruity between what might be expected and what occurs

Satire

Witty language used to convey insults or scorn

Mockery

Showing your contempt by derision

Sarcasm

Witty language used to convey insults or scorn

Caustic

Capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action

Acerbic

Sour or bitter in taste

Incisive

Demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions

Pejorative

Expressing disapproval

Droll

Comical in an odd or whimsical manner

Healthy

Humor

Lament

A cry of sorrow and grief

Chagrin

Strong feelings of embarrassment

Bemoan

Regret strongly

Cavil

Raise trivial objections

Bewail

Express sorrow or regret about something

Nitpicker

Someone who makes small and unjustified criticisms

Fastidious

Giving careful attention to detail

Annoy

Disturb

Preach

Deliver a sermon

Didactic

Instructive

Sermonize

Speak as if preaching or expressing moral judgments

Pedantic

Marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning

Persuasive

Intended or having the power to induce action or belief

Coax

Influence or persuade by gentle and persistent urging

Inveigle

Influence or urge by gentle urging

Jingoist

An extreme bellicose nationalist

Cynical

Believing the worst of human nature and motives

Cautious

Showing careful forethought

Chary

Characterized by great caution

Circumspect

Careful to consider potential consequences and avoid risk

Analytical

Using or skilled in using reasoning

Critical

Of a serious examination and judgment of something

Skeptic

Someone who habitually doubts accepted beliefs

Agnostic

A person who claims the existence of God is unknowable

Sardonic

Disdainfully or ironically humorous

Indignant

Angered at something unjust or wrong

Scathing

Marked by harshly abusive criticism

Cutting

The act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge

Biting

Causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation

Vituperative

Marked by harshly abusive criticism

Vitriolic

Harsh

Searing

Extremely hot

Trenchant

Having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought

Harsh

Disagreeable to the senses

Vicious

Having the nature of evildoing

Belligerent

Characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight

Bellicose

Having or showing a ready disposition to fight

Derisive

Expressing contempt or ridicule

Contemptuous

Expressing extreme scorn

Ridicule

Language or behavior intended to mock or humiliate

Scornful

Expressing extreme contempt

Disparaging

Expressive of low opinion

Incendiary

Capable of causing fires or catching fire spontaneously

Incitive

Arousing to action or rebellion

Provocative

Serving or tending to excite or stimulate

Conciliative

Serving to bring to mind

Commiseration

Feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others

Laudatory

Full of or giving praise

Acclamation

Enthusiastic approval or recognition

Adulatory

Obsequiously complimentary

Introspective

Given to examining own sensory and perceptual experience