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Tone Words List
list of tone words for ap enlsih 12
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Accusatory | expressing or implying an accusation |
| Acerbic | sharp,harsh,biting |
| Apathetic | showing little or no emotion, indifferent |
| Ardent | passionate, zealous,fiery |
| Awed | filled with reverence,dread, and wonder |
| Bellicose | hostile,aggressive,inclined to fight |
| Belligerent | hostile, aggressive,inclined to fight |
| Benevolent | charitable, kind, generous |
| Callous | hardened, unfeeling, indifferent to the suffering of others |
| Candid | honest,open,straightforward |
| Caustic | harsh or corrosive, acerbic |
| Condescending | showing a superior, patronizing attitude |
| Contemplative | deeply thoughtful, reverent |
| Contemptuous | showing deep hatred or disapproval, scornful |
| Cynical | skeptical of the motives of others, contemptuously distrustful |
| Derisive | mocking,jeering,contemptuous |
| Didactic | instructive,inclined to teach or moralize,often excessively |
| Disdainful | scornful,haughty,proud |
| Effusive | unrestrained or profuse in emotional expression,gushy |
| Elegiac | mournful, expressing sorrow or lamentation |
| Erudite | learned or scholarly |
| Facetious | meant to be humorous,without serious intent |
| Fanciful | imaginative, whimsical |
| Flippant | disrespectfully casual,frivolous |
| Foreboding | marked by a sense of impending evil, ominous |
| Histrionic | overly dramatic, affected in behavior or speech |
| Incredulous | expressing anger at unjust actions or treatment, expressing offense |
| Inflammatory | arousing strong emotion, especially anger |
| Irreverent | lacking reverence, disrespect of what is generally respected or accepted |
| Jaded | unenthusiastic,dull, or apathetic, usually as a result of repetition or disappointment,weary, worn out |
| Jovial | jolly, good-humored |
| Laudatory | expressing praise or admiration |
| Lugubrious | exaggeratedly mournful or gloomy |
| Malicious | intending to harm, showing malice |
| Maudlin | foolishly or tearfully sentimental(emotional) |
| Morose | sullen,withdrawn,gloomy |
| Nostalgic | bittersweet longing for the past, homesick |
| Obsequious | fawning,exhibiting servile attentiveness |
| Ominous | menacing, threatening, foreshadowing harm or evil |
| Optimistic | expecting the best, having a positive outlook |
| Patronizing | condescending, betraying a feeling of superiority |
| Pedantic | excessively scholarly or bookish |
| Pensive | dreamily thoughtful, usually marked by some sadness |
| Pessimistic | expecting the worst, having a negative outlook |
| Petulant | unreasonably ill-tempered |
| Philosophical | calm and stoical in the face of difficulty or disappointment |
| Poignant | profoundly moving, evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret |
| Pompous | self-important |
| Pretentious | attempting to impress |
| Reflective | thoughtful,deliberating, meditative |
| Reverent | showing or feeling awe, respect or veneration |
| Ribald | coarsely mocking, vulgar |
| Saccharine | overly sweet or sentimental |
| Sanguine | cheerfully optimistic,confident,hopeful |
| Sarcastic | cutting,mocking |
| Sardonic | scornfully mocking, disdainfully humorous, skeptical |
| Sentimental | swayed by feeling, excessively emotional,controlled by feeling rather than thought |
| Solemn | deeply earnest, marked by ceremony or ritual |
| Somber | dismal, gloomy,dark,dull |
| Vituperative | harshly and abusively censorious(deeply critical of others) |
| Whimsical | fanciful,unpredictable,subject to change and whim, |
| Wry | dryly humorous,ironic and amusing |
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