Tones Flashcards

(64 cards)

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Filled with or characterized by a lively energy and excitement.

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Exuberant

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Having or displaying a friendly and pleasant manner.

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Amiable

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Over imaginative and unrealistic

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Fanciful

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Cheerful and friendly

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Jovial

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Feeling or expressing great happiness or triumph

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Jubilant

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Feeling or showing deep and solemn respect

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Reverent

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Playfully quaint or fanciful esp. in an appealing and amusing way

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Whimsical

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Showing or feeling no interest, enthusiasm, or concern

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Apathetic

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Having or revealing an exaggerated sense of one’s own importance or abilities

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Arrogant

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Showing a willingness to take surprisingly bold risks

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Audacious

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Hostile and aggressive

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Belligerent

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Self-assertive in a rude, noisy, or overbearing

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Brash

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Bad tempered or irritable

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Choleric

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Rude, crude, vulgar

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Coarse

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Expressing strong disapproval; censorial

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Condemnatory

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Angry or dissatisfied

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Disgruntled

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Treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor

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Facetious

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Arrogantly superior and disdainful

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Haughty

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Feeling or showing or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment

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Indignant

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Showing disapproval or contempt towards others

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Snooty

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Existing or occurring at or on the surface

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Superficial

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bad-tempered and unfriendly

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Surly

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Easily irritated

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Testy

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The playful and friendly exchange of teasing remarks

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Bantering

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Sarcastic in a scathing and bitter way
Caustic
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Showing contempt; scornful
Contemptuous
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Contemptuous; mocking
Cynical
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Showing contempt or lack of respect
Disdainful
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Curious or unusual in a way that provoked dry humor
Droll
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Not showing a serious or respectful attitude
Flippant
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Showing a rude and arrogant lack of respect
Insolent
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Showing a lack of respect for people or things that are generally taken seriously
Irreverent
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Affectedly and irritatingly grand, solemn, or self important
Pompous
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Referring to sexual matters in an amusingly rude or irreverent way
Ribald
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Grimly mocking or cynical
Sardonic
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Using or expressing dry, esp. mocking humor
Wry
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Anxious or fearful that something unpleasant or bad will happen
Apprehensive
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Sad and depressed
Dejected
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Showing the loss of all hope
Despairing
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Fearful apprehension; a feeling that something bad will happen
Foreboding
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Sullen and ill-tempered
Morose
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Threatening; inauspicious; giving the feeling that something bad will happen
Ominous
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Evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret
Poignant
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Formal and dignified
Solemn
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Sedate, respectable, and unadventurous
Staid
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Giving a warning or reprimand
Admonitory
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Showing or having an insensitive and cruel disregard for others
Callous
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Truthful and straightforward
Candid
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Intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as the ulterior motive
Didactic
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Resulting from or showing sincere and intense conviction
Earnest
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Having or displaying a passionate intensity
Fervent
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Over theatrical or melodramatic in character or style
Histrionic
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Unwilling or unable to believe something
Incredulous
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Curious or inquiring
Inquisitive
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Closely acquainted; familiar
Intimate
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Expressing the writer's emotion in an imaginative and beautiful way
Lyrical
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Obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree
Obsequious
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Attempting to impress by affecting greater importance
Pretentious
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Tending to remind one of something
Reminiscent
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Characterized by reserve or moderation; unemotional or dispassionate
Restrained
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Of or prompted by feelings of tenderness, sadness, or nostalgia
Sentimental
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Annoyed, frustrated, worried
Vexed
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Having or showing a feeling of vague or regretful longing
Wistful
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Having or showing great energy
Zealous