tone words 21-40

Question 1

condescending

Answer 1

having or showing a feeling of patronizing superiority.

disapproving : showing that you believe you are more intelligent or better than other people

Question 2

consoling

Answer 2

making or intended to make someone feel better when they are sad or disappointed
serving to comfort someone at a time of grief or disappointment

Question 3

contemptuous

Answer 3

showing contempt or disdain; scornful

disrespectful

Question 4

contentious

Answer 4

belligerent, quarrelsome, having an aggressive or fighting attitude.
causing or likely to cause an argument; controversial.
(of a person) given to arguing or provoking argument.
involving heated argument.

Question 5

coy

Answer 5

making a pretense of shyness or modesty that is intended to be alluring
reluctant to give details, especially about something regarded as sensitive.
marked by cute, coquettish, or artful playfulness

Question 6

cynical

Answer 6

distrustful or contemptuous of virtue, esp. selflessness in others;
believing the worst of others, esp. that all acts are selfish.
sarcastic; mocking
showing contempt for accepted standards of behaviour,
believing that people are motivated by self-interest; distrustful of human sincerity or integrity.

Question 7

deferential

Answer 7

showing deference; respectful.

Question 8

despondent

Answer 8

feeling or showing profound hopelessness, dejection, discouragement, or gloom
in low spirits from loss of hope or courage.

Question 9

detached

Answer 9

separate or disconnected.
aloof and objective.
not showing or feeling interest

Question 10

didactic

Answer 10

intended to teach people a moral lesson
in the manner of a teacher, particularly so as to treat someone in a patronizing way.
intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive.

Question 11

diffident

Answer 11

modest or shy because of a lack of self-confidence.

Question 12

disdainful

Answer 12

full of or expressing contempt for someone or something regarded as unworthy or inferior
showing contempt or lack of respect.

Question 13

droll

Answer 13

curious or unusual in a way that provokes dry amusement

Question 14

earnest

Answer 14

serious in mind or intention
showing or characterized by sincerity of intention
resulting from or showing sincere and intense conviction

Question 15

ecstatic

Answer 15

feeling or expressing overwhelming happiness or joyful excitement.
involving an experience of mystic self-transcendence.
relating to, or characterized by ecstasy or a state of sudden, intense, overpowering emotion:
full of joy; rapturous:

Question 16

effusive

Answer 16

marked by the expression of great or excessive emotion or enthusiasm
expressing feelings of gratitude, pleasure, or approval in an unrestrained or heartfelt manner.

Question 17

elegiac

Answer 17

relating to or characteristic of an elegy, something that expressed similar mournfulness and sorrow
mournful or sad.

Question 18

emphatic

Answer 18

forceful and definitive in expression or action
no revisions on equivocation in use or choice of words
showing or giving emphasis; expressing something forcibly and clearly.

Question 19

euphoric

Answer 19

characterized by or feeling intense excitement and happiness

Question 20

exalted

Answer 20

Raised to or occupying a high position or rank
Exceedingly dignified in form
placed at a high or powerful level; held in high regard
in a state of extreme happiness.