10Th Grade; English; Tone List

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Scholarly

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suitable or of interest to learned persons

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scornful

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to have both anger and disgust; contemptuous

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sentimental

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a romantic or nostalgic feeling

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solemn

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marked by grave sedateness and earnest sobriety

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sympathetic

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sensitivity to another's emotions

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taunting

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sarcastic challenge or insult, mocking

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threatening

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expressing to inflict pain

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turgid

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excessively embellished in style or language

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urbane

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being really smooth; slick in manner

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urgent

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calling for immediate action; pressing

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worshipful

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giving or expressing respect or veneration

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Admiring

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expressing marvel or amazement; thinking highly of

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Angry

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emotionally charged with hatred

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Apprehensive

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anxious or fearful about the future; uneasy

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Bantering

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to speak in a witty or teasing manner

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Benevolent

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for the purpose of doing good

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Biting

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able to grip or impress deeply

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Candid

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indicating or suggesting sincere honesty

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Clinical

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direct observation; analytical; rigor

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Colloquial

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of or relating to conversation

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Compassionate

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sympathetic

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Complimentary

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a favorable expression of esteem

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Concerned

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worried, interestedly engaged

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Condescending

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patronizing attitude or behavior

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Confident

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marked by a state of mind exhibiting easy coolness and freedom
from uncertainty

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Contemptuous

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expressing lack of respect; disdain

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Contentious

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likely to be argumentative

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Cynical

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believing or showing the belief that people are motivated chiefly by
base or selfish concerns

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Detached

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exhibiting an aloof objectivity usually free from prejudice or
self-interest

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Determined

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firmly resolved

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Didactic

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designed to teach; intended to convey instruction and information

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DIffident

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hesitant in acting or speaking through lack of self-confidence

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Disdainful

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feeling of contempt for what is beneath one; scorn

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Disgusted

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marked aversion to something disliked

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Dramatic

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stirring the imagination and emotions deeply

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Ecstatic

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rapturously delighted

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Effusive

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excessively demonstrative; showing emotions

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Elegiac

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expressing sorrow for something past

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Facetious

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jocular in an often inappropriate manner

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Factual

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restricted to or based on evidence

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Fanciful

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marked by unrestrained imagination rather than reason
and experience

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Flippant

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lacking proper respect or seriousness

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hopeful

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desire with anticipation of fulfillment

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Impartial

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treating or effecting all equally

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Incisive

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impressively to the point

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Indignant

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anger aroused by something unjust, unworthy, or mean

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Inflammatory

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tending to incite anger, disorder, or tumult

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Informative

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imparting knowledge

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Insipid

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dull, flat, tasteless

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Insolent

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audaciously rude or disrespectful

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Ironic

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incongruity of an actual result and the normal result
expected (often humorous)

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Irreverent

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lack of proper respect

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Learned

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gained knowledge or understanding by studying

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Lugubrious

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mournful often to an exaggerated degree

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Mock-heroic

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terms frequently used interchangeable to designate a literary form that burlesques a story by treating a trivial subject in the “grand style” or uses the epic formulas to make ridiculous a trivial subject by ludicrously overstating it.

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Mocking

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treating with contempt or ridicule; jeering; scoffing

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Mock-serious

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a mixture of ridicule and formal tone

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Moralistic

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characterized by or expressing a narrow and conventional
moral attitude

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Mornful

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expressing sorrow

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Neutral

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not engaged on either side

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Nostalgic

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yearning for a past experience

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Objective

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expressing ideas without adding in personal feelings

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Patronizing

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to treat like a child, to belittle one’s intelligence, to speak in
a high-handed manner

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Pedantic

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narrowly stodgy, and often ostentatiously learned

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Petty

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marked by or reflective of narrow interests and sympathies

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Prententious

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expressing unwarranted or exaggerated importance,
worth or stature

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Respectful

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giving specific attention or consideration to something

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Restrained

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being without excess or extravagance

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Sardonic

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disdainfully or skeptically humorous

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Satiric

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literary technique holding up human vices and follies to ridicule
or scorn