Glaz Copy of List of Tone Words

Tone words

1. Ambivalent – having mixed feelings
2. Apathetic – indifferent, uncaring
3. Austere – strict, stern, simple
4. Bantering – teasing, playful
5. Brusque – abrupt, curt, terse
6. Candid – very honest and open
7. Carping – whining, nagging, critical
8. Censorious – condemning, severely critical, fault-finding
9. Complacent – satisfied with oneself therefore uncaring, smug, unbothered
   10. Conciliatory – always aiming to please or pacify
   11. Contemptuous – full of deep hatred
   12. Contentious – easily prone to fighting, quarrelsome
   13. Cynical – extremely distrustful, bitterly pessimistic
   14. Dejected – disheartened, depressed
   15. Derisive – showing contempt through ridicule and scorn
   16. Desolate – lonely, dreary, dismal
   17. Didactic – intending to be instructive, tending to lecture or teach too much
   18. Dogmatic – opinionated, preachy, firm and unyielding in one’s beliefs
   19. Ebullient – overflowing with enthusiasm and joy
   20. Effusive – gushing praise
   21. Elegiac – expressing sorrow or lament
   22. Fervent – ardent, showing intensity of feeling
   23. Flippant – disrespectful, shallow, lacking in seriousness
   24. Haughty – proud, arrogant, snobbish
   25. Incisive – cuttingly direct, to the point
   26. Incredulous - unbelieving
   27. Indignant – angry because of something one feels is unjust
   28. Intemperate – uncontrolled, unrestrained, going to extremes
   29. Irony - sarcastic use of words to imply the opposite of what they normally mean, an outcome of events contrary to what was expected.
   30. Jocund – joyful, cheerful
   31. Laudatory – giving praise
   32. Lethargic – drowsy, sluggish, apathetic
   33. Lugubrious – mournful
   34. Pedantic - making a show of knowledge, overly concerned with minute details
   35. Pensive – wistfully or dreamily thoughtful
   36. Petulant – insolent, rude, like a spoiled child
   37. Pithy – concise, crisp, getting right to the point
   38. Puckish – mischievous, impish, rascally
   39. Reticent – reserved, reluctant to speak, restrained
   40. Rhapsodic – extravagantly emotional, euphoric, elated
   41. Sanguine – confident, optimistic
   42. Sardonic – mocking, derisive, sarcastic
   43. Smug – highly self-satisfied
   44. Somber – extremely serious, grave, gloomy, solemn
   45. Strident – harsh, insistent
   46. Timorous – timid, fearful
   47. Vitriolic – caustic, scathing, savagely cruel
   48. Whimsical – spontaneously fanciful, playful, impulsive
   49. Wry – cleverly ironic, grimly humorous
   50. Zealous – fervent, filled with passion