Tone Words List #3

Question 1

Gruesome and horrifying; ghastly; of, pertaining to, dealing with, or representing death, especially its grimmer or uglier aspect.

Answer 1

Macrabre

Question 2

A gloomy state of mind, especially when habitual or prolonged; depression; sober thoughtfulness; pensive.

Answer 2

Melancholy

Question 3

A petulant, bad-tempered mood; huffy.

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Miffed

Question 4

Shamed, humiliated; possessing wounded pride.

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Mortified

Question 5

Longing for things, persons, or situations of the past, especially in a bittersweet way.

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Nostalgic

Question 6

Confusing and bewildering, often intentionally.

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Obfuscatory

Question 7

Characterized by or showing servile complaisance or deference; fawning; compliant or deferential.

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Obsequious

Question 8

Portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious.

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Ominous

Question 9

Expressing contemptuous reproach; scornful or abusive.

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Opprobrious

Question 10

Very limited or narrow in scope or outlook; provincial.

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Parochial

Question 11

Narrowly, stodgily, and often ostentatiously learned; overly concerned with book learning and formal rules.

Answer 11

Pedantic

Question 12

Having a disparaging, derogatory, or belittling effect or force.

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Pejorative

Question 13

Showing uncomfortable feelings of uncertainty; a state of agitated confusion marked by worry and anxiety.

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Perturbed

Question 14

Marked by a tendency to stress the negative or unfavorable or to take the gloomiest possible view.

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Pessimistic

Question 15

Painfully affecting the feelings; piercing; profoundly moving; touching.

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Poignant

Question 16

Controversial and argumentative.

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Polemical

Question 17

Commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative; straight-forward.

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Prosaic

Question 18

Wise in handling practical matters; exercising good judgment or common sense.

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Pruedent

Question 19

Extremely high or elevated; lofty; of, belonging to, or appealing to an exclusive group.

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Rarefied

Question 20

Uneasily impatient under restriction, opposition, criticism, or delay; resistant to control; stubborn.

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Restive

Question 21

Disdainfully or skeptically humorous: derisively mocking.

Answer 21

Sardonic

Question 22

Given to excessive moralizing; self-righteous; abounding in pithy aphorisms or maxims; Terse and energetic in expression.

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Sententious

Question 23

Marked by seriousness, gravity, solemnity, etc., as of demeanor, speech.

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Sober

Question 24

Characterized by harsh, insistent, and discordant sound; commanding attention by a loud or obtrusive quality.

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Strident

Question 25

Affected with sudden and great wonder or surprise; struck dumb with astonishment.

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Stupefied

Question 26

Given to whimsy or fanciful notions; capricious; playful in an odd and light-hearted way.

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Whimsical

Question 27

Dryly humorous, often with a touch of irony.

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Wry

Question 28

Ludicrously or whimsically comical; clownish.

Answer 28

Zany

Question 29

Marked by fervent partisanship for a person, a cause, or an ideal; ardently active, devoted, or diligent.

Answer 29

Zealous