Tone words

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Ambivalent

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Mixed feelings or contradictory ideas

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Whimsical

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Off-beat, but in a goof way, odd

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Elegiac

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Wistfully or mournful

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Pedantic

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Like a person who shows off how smart they are by showing off their intelligence
-Detail-oriented

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Cynical

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-Distrustful of the integrity of people

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Contentious

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-Likely to cause an argument, controversial

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Benevolent

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Expressing kindness or care for others

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Haughty

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Feeling of superiority/arrogance

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Didactic

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Designed to educate to teach a lesson

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Indignant def

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-feeling anger/annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment

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Callous

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-Having insensitive and cruel disregard for others

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Allusive

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-Suggests, but doesn’t explicitly mention

EX” allusive references to the body

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Alluring

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-Powerful and mysteriously attractive;seductive

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Audacious

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-Lack of respect

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Effusive

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-Expressing positive feelings in an unrestrained or heartfelt manner

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Inflammatory

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-intended to arouse angry feelings

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Ironic

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-Happening in the opposite way than what is expected

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Moralistic

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-Overfond of making moral judgement about other’s behacior

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Satiric

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-Sarcastic or critical

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Patronizing

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-Apparently kind, but you still feel superior over them. Condescending

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Disdainful

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-showing contempt or lack of respect

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Indolent

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-Wanting to avoid activity; lazy

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Fanciful

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-Over imaginative and unrealistic

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insipid

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-Lacking vigor or interest

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Scornful

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-Showing contempt

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Poignant

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-Evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret

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Pretentious

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-Attempting to impress by making somtheing seem better than it actually is

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Flippant

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-not showing a serious or respectful attitude

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Melodramatic

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-Dramatic story, exaggerated characters, exciting events intending to appeal to the emotions

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Insolent

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-Showing rude and arrogant lack of respect

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Lugubrious

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-Looking or sounding sad and dismal

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Malevolent

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Having or showing a wish to do evil to others

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Colloquial

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-Used in everyday language, not formal or literary

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Idiomatic

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-Using expressiont that are natural to a native feature

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Obscure

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-Uncertain

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Pithy

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-Concise and forcefully expressive

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Turgid

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-tediously pompous or bombastic

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Esoteric

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-Intended for to be understood by a select group of people with a special knowledge

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Circuitous

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-longer than the most direct way

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Elliptical

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Using ellipsis, especially so as to be difficult to understand

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Polemical

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-Relating to strongly critical, controverial or disputatious writing or speech

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Pejorative

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expressing contempt or dissapproval

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Bombastic

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High-sounding but with little meaning; inflated

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provincial

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-someone from a small province

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Punchy

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Having an immediate impact; forceful

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verbose

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-Using more words than needed

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Obtuse

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-Annoying insensitive or hard to understand

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Trite

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- Overused - Cliche - Lacking originallity

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Declamatory

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Vehement or impassioned in expression

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Epistolary

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- in the form of letters (dear john...._

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Orotund

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Pompous or pretentious

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Succinct

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-breifly and clearly expressed

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Vitriolic

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Bitter critiscism or malice

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Blithe

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-Happy or joyous

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conciliatory

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Intended to pacify

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Ebullient

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Cheerful and full of energy

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Facetious

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-treating serious issues with deliberatly inappropirate humor; flippant

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Fervent

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Passionate intensity

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Forthright

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-direct and outspoje, straighforward and honest

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Introspective

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shows one's own mental and emotional processes

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Jovial

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cheerful and friendly

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Laudatory

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Praising and commendation

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Sangiune

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blood red or optimistic and positive especially in bad situations

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Sprightly

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escpecially of an old person: full of energyq

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Abhorring

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Regard with disgust and hatred

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Acerbic

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Sharp and forthright

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Belligerent

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Hostile and agressive

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Diabolic

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Like the devil

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Fatalicsitc

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Relating to the belief that all events are predetermined and inevitable

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Reticent

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Not revealing thoughts or feeling readily

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Sardonic

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Grimly mocking or cynical

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Stolid

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Calm, dependablem showing little emtion or animaltion

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Strident

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-harsh and grating | presenting your point of view in an excessivley forceful way