Glaz Copy of List of Tone Words

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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

 

 

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