Tone Words

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Acerbic

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Acidic; bitter; sharp

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Benevolent

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Kindly

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Bittersweet

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Showing a mixture of pain and pleasure

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Clinical

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Highly objective; rigorously scientific; analytical

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Colloquial

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Using a conversational style; informal conversation

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Condescending

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An air if superiority

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Contemptuous

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Expressing contempt, a lack of respect, or hate

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Cryptic

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Hidden; mysterious; unknown

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Cynical

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An attitude of distrust of people and human nature

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Despondent

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Showing extreme discouragement or depression

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Didactic

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In a tone intended to preach a sermon or teach a lesson about life

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Disdainful

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Expressing contempt, dislike, or hate

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Elegiac

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Mournful; expressing sorrow

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Enigmatic

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Puzzling; expressing sorrow

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Euphoric

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Feeling of elation or great joy

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Facetious

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Playfully humorous

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Flippant

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Lacking proper respect

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Grandiose

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Characterized by feigned grandeur; pompous

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Hostile

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Extremely angry

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Iconoclastic

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Attacking traditional or popular ideas or institutions

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Impartial

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Attitude of being unbiased

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Indignant

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Attitude of being angry because of injustice or unworthiness

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Insipid

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Lacking of flavor or zest, flat, unstimulating; vapid

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Irreverent

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Lacking proper respect or seriousness

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Laconic

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Terse; concise; succinct

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Laudatory

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Pertaining to or expressing praise

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Maternal/ paternal

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Like a mother or father

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Moralistic

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Characterized by a narrow and conventional moral attitude

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Nostalgic

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A sentimental yearning for a return to some past period of time

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Obsequious

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Fawning; full if servile compliance

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Ostentatious

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Showy; pretentious

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Patronizing

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An air of treating someone well because of a feeling of superiority

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Pedantic

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Unimaginative

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Pithy

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Precisely meaningful; cogent and terse

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Poignant

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Affecting the emotions strongly

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Precocious

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Prematurely developed

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Prosaic

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Not poetic; matter of fact; dull; ordinary

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Ribald

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Humor that is vulgar or lewd

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Rueful

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Inspiring pity of compassion; causing or expressing sorrow or regret

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Saccharine

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Cloyingly sweet

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Sarcastic

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Ridicule by saying the opposite of what the speaker means

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Somber

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Conveying a gloomy, dismal, or depressing character or mood

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Sophomoric

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Immature and over confident

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Supercilious

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Disdainful; haughtily scornful

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Sympathetic

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A sensitivity to others' emotions

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Tranquil

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Free from disturbance or turmoil

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Vociferous

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Characterized by loudness and vehemence

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Whimsical

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Erratic or unpredictable