Tone Words Flashcards
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Ironic
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Subtle mockery
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Cynical
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Questions the basic goodness of people
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Irate
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Very angry
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Facetious
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Playfully humorous
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Skeptical
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Questioning
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Dogmatic
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Assertive, arrogant
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Acerbic
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Caustic, biting, stinging, as in an acerbic verbal attack
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Denigrating
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To put down
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Sardonic
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Mocking
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Disdainful
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Scornful
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Resigned
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Given up to a situation
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Remote
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Distant, aloof, hard to reach
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Indifferent
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Apathetic, not interested
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Maudlin
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Tear jerking
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Fallacious
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Based on a fallacy, something false
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Ambivalent
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Indecisive
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Apathetic
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Uncaring, uninvolved
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Callous
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Unfeeling
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Caustic
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Biting, intense use of sarcasm
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Contemptuous
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Scornful
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Morose
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Very gloomy and sad
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Rancorous
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Hateful
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Sardonic
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Very sarcastic and scornful
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Wistful
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Full of wishful ywarnjng
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Empathetic
To be able to empathize, to put yourself in the place of someone else to understand how that person feels
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Reflective
Thinking, pondering, reflecting on a problem, idea, or issue
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Jocular
Joking
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Contemplative
Reflective, contemplating things
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Academic
Scholarly
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Candid
Open, honest, frank
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Levity
Humor
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Jovial
Happy
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Nostalgic
Thinking well of the past
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Sentimental
Resulting from feeling rather than reason or thought
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Whimsical
Playful, funny, or not giving real thought to the act as in impulsiveness, can also mean odd or freakish
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Idealistic
Could be positive as in art where imagination is valued over the copying of objects as they really are; could be negative if it means that a person is controlled by emotion rather than reason and thought
