tone words 51-100

Laudatory

 including, expressing or bestowing praise; revering; venerating; praising

learned

having or demonstrating profound knowledge or scholarship; erudite; scholarly.

loathing

 strong dislike or disgust; intense aversion; abhorrence.

Lugubrious

 mournful or doleful, especially to a ludicrous degree.

matter of fact

1. pertaining to or adhering to facts; literal; objective; detached; clinical

meditative

directed to, characterized by, or expressing meditation; reflective; introspective.

melancholy

sadness or depression of the spirits; gloom; pensive reflection or contemplation; solemn; somber; lachrymose.

mocking

to treat with scorn or contempt; deride; ridicule; to mimic, as in derision.

mock-serious

characterized by pretended seriousness; often creates an ironic, whimsical, or humorous tone

mournful

feeling or expressing grief; doleful; lamenting; forlorn; elegiac; melancholy.

nostalgic

a longing for things, persons or situations tied to the past

objective

not influenced by personal feelings or opinions in considering and representing facts; disinterested; fair-minded; even-handed

patronizing

displaying or indicative of an offensively condescending manner; snobbish; talking down to someone

pedantic

one who pays undue attention to book learning and formal rules without having an understanding or experience; ostentatious in one's learning; ; emphasizing minutia or the unimportant when discussing learning or scholarly topics

piquant

pleasantly stimulating or exciting to the mind; stimulating; thought-provoking.; intriguing. 

plaintive

expressing sorrow; mournful; melancholy.

poignant

affecting or moving the emotions; emotionally moving/touching.

pompous

characterized by an exaggerated show of dignity or self importance; pretentious.

pretentious

attempting to impress by affecting greater importance than is actually possessed

prosaic

commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative; banal; insipid; pedestrian.

provincial

having or showing the manners or viewpoints considered characteristic of unsophisticated inhabitants of a province; rustic; narrow or illiberal; parochial:

provactive

tending to anger or exasperate; exciting; stimulating; arousing

puritanical

rigorous in religious observance; marked by stern morality; austere; uptight.

reflective

 given to, marked by, or concerned with meditation or deliberation.

repressive

to keep under control; puritanical; maintaining order; quelling or putting down rebellion or disorder

Resigned

feeling or marked by acceptance; acquiescent; unresisting

Restrained

keep in check or under control; repress.

Reverent

showing profound veneration and respect.

Sanctimonious

exhibiting an attitude of superior virtue, smug and self-righteousness; holier than thou.

Sardonic

scornful; mocking; cynical.

Satiric

using humor to denounce or ridicule human flaws; sardonic and ironical.

Sentimental

appealing to tender feelings such as love, pity, or nostalgia; weakly emotional; mawkishly susceptible or tender; indulging in emotions excessively

Scornful

 full of contempt or disdain, as felt toward a person or object considered despicable or inferior

Seductive

tending to tempt toward sex or immoral action; alluring; beguiling; coquettish; piquant.

Serene

unruffled; tranquil; dignified; placid; calm

Sneering

speaking in a contemptuous or mocking manner

Sober

marked by seriousness or gravity; solemn

Solemn

deeply earnest; serious; grave

Somber

dark, gloomy, lugubrious.

Soporific

tending to induce sleep; somniferous; calming; deadening; hypnotizing

Supercilious

 characterized by haughty scorn; disdainful; haughtily contemptuous

Sympathetic

of expressing feeling resulting from sympathy; compassionate

Reminiscent

awakening memories of something similar; suggestive.

Taunting

to provoke or challenge (someone) with insulting remarks; mock; jeer at.

Tongue in Cheek

meant or expressed ironically or facetiously.

Trite

overused and commonplace; lacking interest or originality; prosaic; banal; clichéd

Urbane

having or showing the refined manners of polite society; elegant; sophisticated; polished; proper.

Vexed

 irritated; annoyed; troubled.

Whimsical

capricious; playful; arbitrary.

Zealous

filled with or motivated by zeal; ardent; enthusiastic; fervent.