Tone Words 2

Question 1

agreeably entertained, occupied, or diverted

Answer 1

Amused

Question 2

Haughty, too convinced of one’s own importance

Answer 2

Arrogant

Question 3

Having the confident quality of someone who is respected/obeyed by others

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Authoritative

Question 4

Playful of witty; speaking or discussing in a clever and teasing manner

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Bantering

Question 5

Bare, dreary, dismal

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Bleak

Question 6

Sarcastic in a scathing and bitter way

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Caustic

Question 7

Possessing an attitude of superiority, patronizing

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Condescending

Question 8

Scornful; disrespectful

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Contemptuous

Question 9

Happy and at ease; satisfied with things as they are

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Contented

Question 10

Doubtful or distrustful of the goodness or sincerity of human motives; distrustful; negative; pessimistic

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Cynical

Question 11

Causing or resulting in a feeling of miserable dejection

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Depressing

Question 12

Depressed or discouraged by the failure of one’s hopes or expectations

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Disappointed

Question 13

Showing contempt or lack of respect; scornful; aloof

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Disdainful

Question 14

Feeling great rapture or delight

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Ecstatic

Question 15

Emotionally excessive; overly demonstrative; overflowing with the words or feelings

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Effusive

Question 16

In high spirits, jubilant; extremely pleased

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Elated

Question 17

Expressing sorrow or lamentation; mourning that which is lost or past

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Elegiac

Question 18

Causing lighthearted laughter and amusement; comic

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Humorous

Question 19

Feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment, anger at injustice

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Indignant

Question 20

Glad, happy

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Joyful

Question 21

Feeling or expressing pensive sadness

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Melancholic

Question 22

Imitating the style of heroic literature in order to satirize an unheroic/ordinary subject

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Mock-heroic

Question 23

Filled with or evoking sadness

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Mournful

Question 24

Treating with an apparent kindness that betrays a feeling of superiority

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Patronizing

Question 25

Profoundly moving; touching

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Poignant

Question 26

Pompous, self-important

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Pretentious

Question 27

Experiencing or showing unhappiness

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Sad

Question 28

Mocking; cynical; sneering; derisive; characterized by bitter or scornful derision

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Sardonic

Question 29

Lacking seriousness

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Silly

Question 30

Not easily convinced; having doubts or reservations

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Skeptical

Question 31

Dark, gloomy; depressed or melancholy in spirit

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Somber

Question 32

Twisted, turned to one side; cleverly and often grimly humorous; expressing dry, especially mocking, humor

Answer 32

Wry