English Tone Words , Take 2

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apathetic

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indifferent due to lack of energy or concern

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cynical

Back 2

questions the goodness of humanity

Front 3

condescending

Back 3

a feeling of superiority

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choleric

Back 4

easily angered, hot-tempered

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callous

Back 5

insensitive feelings towards others

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contemptuous

Back 6

showing/feeling that something is worthless or lacks respect

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caustic

Back 7

intense use of sarcasm; stinging, biting

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disdainful

Back 8

scornful

Front 9

didactic

Back 9

author attempts to educate or instruct the reader

Front 10

derisive

Back 10

ridiculing, mocking

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earnest

Back 11

intense, a sincere state of mind

Front 12

erudite

Back 12

learned, polished, scholarly

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fanciful

Back 13

using the imagination

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forthright

Back 14

directly frank without hesitation

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haughty

Back 15

proud and vain to the point of arrogance

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indignant

Back 16

marked by anger aroused by injustice

Front 17

jovial

Back 17

happy

Front 18

lyrical

Back 18

expressing a poet's inner feelings; emotional; full of images; songlike

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morose

Back 19

gloomy, sullen, surly, despondent

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malicious

Back 20

purposely hurtful

Front 21

objective

Back 21

an unbiased view; able to leave personal judgments aside

Front 22

obsequious

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polite and obedient in order to gain something

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patronizing

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air of condescension

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pessimistic

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seeing the worst side of things; no hope

Front 25

quizzical

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odd, eccentric, amusing

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ribald

Back 26

offensive in speech or gesture

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sardonic

Back 27

scornfully and bitterly sarcastic

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satiric

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ridiculing to show weakness in order to make a point, teach

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sanguineous

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optimistic, cheerful

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whimsical

Back 30

odd, strange, fantastic, fun

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curt

Back 31

rudely brief, short, terse

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terse

Back 32

short, concise, curt

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colloquial

Back 33

having to do with conversation

Front 34

glib

Back 34

fluent, natural, unconstrained

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placid

Back 35

pleasently calm or peaceful

Front 36

pedantic

Back 36

focus on learning, details

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reticent

Back 37

reserved, reluctant, not to speak freely

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lethargic

Back 38

slow, sluggish

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laudatory

Back 39

containing/expressing praise

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moralistic

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concerned with principles of morality

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pensive

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dreamily thoughtful

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poignant

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affecting the feelings

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elegiac

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pertaining to elegy, sad poem

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blithe

Back 44

joyous, merry, glad

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pretentious

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exaggerated show of dignity, importance

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esoteric

Back 46

understood only by select few

Front 47

hortatory

Back 47

urging to some course of action

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tumultuous

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full of disturbance, riot, uproar

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conciliatory

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overcoming hostility, making ammends/pleasant feelings

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diabolic

Back 50

having qualities of the devil

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ominous

Back 51

threatening, evil , like an omen

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incredulous

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skeptical, not believing

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facetious

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amusing, not serious

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ambivalent

Back 54

mixture of opposite feelings

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effusive

Back 55

pouring out, overflowing

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fervent

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warmth, intensity of spirit

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euphoric

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confidence, happiness

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empathetic

Back 58

sensitive, feeling towards others

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insolent

Back 59

boldly rude or disrespectful

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desolate

Back 60

barren, abandoned, lonely

Front 61

eulogistic

Back 61

high praise; pertaining to a eulogy

Front 62

evade

Back 62

to escape, get around