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Tone/Attitude Words
Words 1-26 on the tone/attitude words list.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Accusatory | charging of wrongdoing |
| Apathetic | indifferent due to lack of energy or concern |
| Awe | solemn wonder |
| Bitter | exhibiting strong animosity as a result of pain or grief |
| Cynical | questions the basic sincerity and goodness of people |
| Condescension | a feeling of superiority |
| Callous | unfeeling, insensitive to feeling of others |
| Contemplative | studying, thinking, reflecting on an issue |
| Critical | finding fault |
| Choleric | hot-tempered, easily angered |
| Contemptuous | showing or feeling that something is worthless or lacks respect |
| Caustic | intense use of sarcasm; stinging, biting |
| Conventional | lacking spontaneity, originality, and individuality |
| Disdainful | scornful |
| Didactic | author attempts to educate or instruct the reader |
| Derisive | ridiculing, mocking |
| Earnest | intense, a sincere state of mind |
| Erudite | learned, polished, scholarly |
| Fanciful | using the imagination |
| Forthright | directly frank without hesitation |
| Gloomy | darkness, sadness, rejection |
| Haughty | proud and vain to the point of arrogance |
| Indignant | marked by anger aroused by injustice |
| Intimate | very familiar |
| Judgmental | authoritative and often having critical opinions |
| Jovial | happy |