Negative tone words

Abhorring

despising

Acerbic

harsh, sever

aloof

haughty, distant

Ambivalent

Indecisive, having mixed emotions

Anxious

Uneasy, brooding

Apathetic

uncaring, uninvolved

Audacious

Bold, insolent

belligerent

contentious

bitter

hating, malicious, resentful, rancorous

Censorious

Severly critical, condemnatory

Complacent

self-satisfied and unaware of potential danger, unbothered, smug

condescending

showing superiority, patronizing

contemptuous

scornful, disdainful, disrespectful

critical

judging harshly

curt

abrupt; concise; rudely brief in speech or manner

cynical

contemptuously distrustful of human nature and motives

depressed

dejected

derogatory

demeaning, unflattering, degrading

desperate

showing loss of home

disgruntled

displeased, irritated

dogmatic

authoritative, assertive, arrogant

elegiac

expressing sorrow

evasive

unclear, vague; misleading, deceptive

foreboding

strongly indicating future misfortune, dread

haughty

disdainfully proud, snobbish

hesitant

reluctant

importunate

overly persistent in demand

incredulous

not believing

indignant

showing anger at injustice

insolent

arrogant, overbearing, impudent

lugubrious

dismal, mournful

melancholy

depressed, dejected, sad

obsequious

showing servile obedience, deferential,, fawning

pedantic

narrowly or uninmaginateivly academic

pensive

thoughtful, usually with some sadness

pessimistic

inclined to expect the worst possible outcome, fatalistic

pompous

arrogant, self-important

pretentious

assumed importance, pompous

pungent

caustic, stinging, biting

reticent

reserved, relocate, restrained

somber

serious, solemn, gloomy, grave, melancholy

strident

having a shrill, irritating quality

supercilious

haughtily contemptuous

surly

rude, unfriendly

threatening

menacingly

urgent

urging insistently, earnest

vexed

annoyed, agitated

vindictive

vengeful, spiteful, vicious

zealous

eager, passionate, fervent, fanatical