Tone Words Flashcards
(39 cards)
Indifferent due to lack of interest or concern
Apathetic
Charging of wrongdoing
Accusatory
Solemn wonder
Awe
Exhibiting strong animosity as a result of pain or grief
Bitter
Question the basic sincerity and goodness of people
Cynical
Looking down on
Feeling of superiority
Condescending
Unfeeling
Insensitive to feelings of others
Callous
Studying, reflecting on an issue/character
Contemplative
Finding fault
Critical
Hot tempered; easily angered
Choleric
Showing or feeling that something is worthless
Contemptuous
Stinging, biting; intense use of sarcasm
Caustic
Scornful
Disdainful
Author attempts to educate/instruct/lecture the reader
Didactic
Ridiculing, mocking
Derisive
Intensely sincere
Earnest
Learned, scholarly, polished
Erudite
Using the imagination; light
Fanciful
Directly Frank without hesitation
Forthright
Said, dark, rejected
Gloomy
Proud and vain to the point of arrogance
Haughty
Marked by anger caused by injustice
Indignant
Authoritative and often having a critical opinion
Judgmental
Happy, cheerful
Jovial