tone words 26-50

eligiac

pertaining to an elegy; expressing sorrow; mournful; plaintive

elitist

a sense of being part of a superior or privileged group; arrogant; pompous; haughty

eloquent

persuasive, fluent and graceful in discourse highly; vividly or movingly expressive of an emotion

embittered

to be filled with bitterness or resentment; hostile. One can also embitter or fill with bitterness

erudite

deeply learned; scholarly; intellectual

facetious

playful; humorous; flippant; sarcastic (associated with satire)

farcical

pertaining to farce; ludicrous; absurd

fatalistic

the doctrine that all events are predetermined by fate and therefore unalterable by man; submission to fate; resigned

flippant

marked by disrespectful levity; sarcastic; not showing a serious or respectful attitude

foreboding

a dark sense of impending evil; ominous; premonitory; portentous

frivolous

unworthy of serious attention; insignificant; trivial

galling

causing acute irritation, exasperation , discomfort or disgust; inflammatory

giddy

playfully silly

glib

superficial; insincere; slick or smooth talking

iconoclastic

characterized by attacks on cherished beliefs or institutions; irreverent; heretical

incredulous

disbelieving; skeptical; expressing disbelief

indifferent

characterized by a lack of partiality or bias; not mattering one way or the other; of no great importance; insignificant

indignant

taking great offense to a moral basis

inflammatory

arousing strong emotion

insolent

presumptuous and insulting in manner or speech; arrogant; haughty disrespect

introspective

given to private thought; contemplative; reflective

ironic

the opposite of what is expected to happen

irreverent

lacking in reverence; disrespectful; iconoclastic; sacrilegious

lackadaisical

lacking spirit or interest; languid; indifferent; apathetic

lambasting

to give a thrashing; whip; beat; to scold sharply; berate