Tone Words Flashcards by Beth Hansen

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Audacious

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Extremely bold or daring

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Bitter

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Exhibiting strong animosity as a result of pain or grief

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Burlesque

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Comic; mocking through caricature or comic exaggeration.

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Callous

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Unfeeling; insensitive to feeling of others.

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Candid

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Frank, open, honest, sincere

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Caustic

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Intensely sarcastic

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Colloquial

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Conversational in style

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Condescending

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With an air of superiority.

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Contemplative

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Reflecting, thinking

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Contemptuous

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Expressing a lack of respect.

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Critical

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Finding fault, judgmental

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Cynical

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With an attitude of distrust

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Detached

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Disconnected, impartial, neutral

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Didactic

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

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Disdainful

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Expressing dislike or hate

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Dour

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Sullen, cheerless

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Dramatic

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Exaggerated

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Earnest

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Intense, a sincere state of mind

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Ebullient

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Enthusiastic

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Elegiac

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Sorrowful, regretful

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Erudite

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Learned, scholarly

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Evasive

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Indirect, misleading

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Facetious

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Humorous

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Flippant

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Dismissive, lacking proper respect

Forthright

Frank, direct

Frivolous

Lacking in seriousness

Gloomy

Dark, depressing, cheerless

Grave

Grim, somber

Hostile

Extremely angry

Impartial

Lack of bias

Indignant

Anger due to a perceived injustice

Irreverent

Lacking proper respect

Judgemental

Critical opinions

Leery

Suspicious, doubtful, distrustful

Lyrical

Full of image, song-like, poet-like, emotional

Malicious

Purposefully hurtful

Matter-of-fact

Accepting conditions, emotionless

Melancholy

Sad, crestfallen

Menacing

Threatening

Mocking

Treat with contempt or ridicule

Morose

Gloomy

Objective

Unbiased view

Accusatory

Blameful

Optimistic

Hopeful, cheerful

Patronising

With an air of condescension

Pedantic

Overly concerned with minute detail

Pessimistic

Seeing the worst side of things, no hope

Poignant

Causing sadness or pity, evoking emotion

Quizzical

Odd, eccentric, amusing

Reflective

Illustrating innermost thoughts and emotions

Remorseful

Full of guilt and regret

Reverent

Treating a subject with honour and respect

Sincere

Without deceit or pretense, genuine

Solemn

Deeply earnest, tending toward sad reflection