Style Tone Words 43-84

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humourous in a light way, comedy with high exageration

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farcical

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believing that everything that happens in destined and therefore out of the handso f the individual

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fatalistic

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conspicuously bold or colorful

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flamboyant

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flowing smoothly

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fluid

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inclined to attack cherished beliefs and traditions

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iconoclastic

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inclined to use subjective impressions rather than objective reality

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impressionistic

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characterized by an unexpected turn of events, often the opposite of what was intended

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ironic

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showing disrepsect for things that are usually respected or revered

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irreverent

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chcracterized by the kind of language used in journalism

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journalistic

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intense, spontaneous, musical

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lyrical

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having the characteristics of melodrama in which emotions and plot are exaggerated and characterization is shallow

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metaphorical

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feeling or expressing grief

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mournful

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ordinary or common

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mundane

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tending to present things in art and literature as they appear in nature or actuality

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naturalistic

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inclined to long for or dwell on things of the past

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nostalgic

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uninfluenced by personal feelings seeing things from the oustide, not subjectively

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objective

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indicating or threatening evil or danger as dark clouds indicate that a storm is coming

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ominous

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a satirical imitation of something serious

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parody

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able to get a person to do something or to agree with one by an appeal to reason or other convincing device

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persuasive

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interested in the study of basic truths of existance and reality

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philosophical

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having or displaying a reverence for God and religion; sometime used pejoratively, when the display is exessive and overly righteous

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pious

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having the qualities of poetry

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poetical

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displaying one's importance in an exaggerated way

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pompous

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simple and crude

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primitive

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preoccupied with lewd and lustful thoughts

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prurient

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having to do with the human mind and behavoir

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psychological

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strict or severe in matters of morality

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puritanical

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inclined to represent things as they really are

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realistic

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characterized by certain patterns, beats, or accents

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rhythmic

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having feelings or thought of love, but when associated with nineteenth century literature or any such literature it suggests as style that emphasizes freedom or form, imagination, and emotion

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romantic

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mocking, taunting, bitter

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sardonic

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using sarcasm and irony

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satirical

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taking pleasure in things that appeal to the senses

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sensuous

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plain, harsh, completely

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stark

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relying on one's own inner impressions

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subjective

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stressting imagery and the subconcious and sometimes distoring ordinary ideas in order to arrive at artistic truths

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surrealistic

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effectively concise, brief

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terse

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stale, worn out

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trite

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sophisicated, socially polished

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urbane

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prudish, stuffy, and puritanical

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victorian

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inclined to be playful, humourous, or fanciful

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whimsical

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using more words than necessary to say what you have to say

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wordy