tone words Flashcards
(20 cards)
Abhorrent
causing repugnance, detestable , loathsome
Acerbic
Harsh, severe or bitter, as of temper or expression
Ardent
Characterized by intense feeling, passionate, fervent; intensely devoted, eager, or enthusiastic
Audacious
extremely bold or daring an action or language this can be an admirable or disrespectful way recklessly brave fearless yeah
Benevolent
Characterized by or expressing goodwill or kindly feelings desiring to help others charitable
Candid
Open insincere fear from reservation speak that is frank outspoken and straightforward
capricious
Flighty is subject to lead by indicative of sun is setting on the ocean or unpredictable change led by whims, erratic
contemptuous
showing or expressing contempt or distain; scornful
contentious
tending to argument or strife; causing, involving, or characterized by argument or controversy
cynical
distrusting or disparaging of the motives or virtues of others; bitterly or sneeringly distrustful
despairing
feeling overcome by a sense of futility or defeat; having lost all hope
diabolic
having the qualities of a devil; devilish; fiendish; outrageously wicked
diffident
lacking confidence in one’s own ability, worth, or fitness; timid; shy
elegiac
expressing sorrow or lamentation
flippant
frivolously disrespectful, shallow, or lacking in seriousness;characterized by levity
hollow
not solid; empty; without real or significant worth; insincere or false
laudatory
containing or expressing praise
melancholic
character by or causing or expressing sadness or depression of mind and spirit
moralistic
characterized by or displaying a concern with morality; narrowly and conventionally moral
nostalgic
feeling sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period; feeling pleasure and sadness that is caused by remembering something from the past and wishing that you could experience it again
