English tone words 2
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- Bantering
- playful teasing
- Candid
- clear, honest, open
- Colloquial
- having characteristics of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech
- Contentious
- argumentative
- Cynical
- distrusting the sincerity of human motives
- Detached
- impersonal, not involved
- Didactic
- teaching or lecturing (in a negative sense)
- Diffidnet
- insecure, shy, lacking confidence in one's abilities
- Disdainful
- scornful, contemptous treating someone as inferior
- Dramatic
- charcteristic of or appropriate to the drama; employing contrast/conflict
- Effusive
- unduly demonstrative, excessive in emotional expression; gushy; without reserve
- Elegiac
- sorrowful, expressing grief
- Exuberant
- enthusiastic, lively, energetic
- Facetious
- humorous, teasing, tongue-in-cheek
- Flippant
- irreverent joking, direspectful levity
- Incisive
- sharp; keen; penetrating; intellectual quickness
- Incredulous
- disbelieving, skeptical, doubtful
- Indignant
- offended, resentful, annoyed
- Inflammatory
- arousing passion or anger
- Insipid
- lacking distinctive qualities; dull; not exciting
- Irreverent
- lacking veneration, repect
- Learned
- scholarly
- Lugubrious
- excessively sorrowful, mournful
- Moralistic
- concerned with values of right and wrong
- Objective
- free from personal feelings or prejudices; unbiased
- Patronizing
- looking down on; treating as inferior; condescending
- Pedantic
- making a show of knowledge
- Petty
- concerned with narrow, small ideas
- Pretentious
- assuming dignity or importance (especially when unjustified)
- Sardonic
- bitterly scornful, mocking, sarcastic
- Satiric
- using irony, sarcasm, ridicule to expose, denounce or deride vide or folly
- Sentimental
- focusing on feeling; excessive emotion
- Somber
- dark, gloomy, depressing
- Staid
- calm, serious, somber
- Taunting
- insulting; sarcastic
- Turgid
-
pompous or bombastic, excessive self-esteem, exaggerated dignity
(using too many big words) - Vibrant
- full of vigor, energy, excitement
- Whimsical
- unpredictable, erratic, given to odd or fanciful ideas
- clinical
- very objective, no emotion, analytical
- burlesque
- ridicules someone, mocking imitation