Tone Words 4 Flashcards
Indifferent due to lack of energy or concern
Apathetic
Grateful; thankful; showing pleasure; enthusiastic
Appreciative
Fearful or anxious, especially about the future
Apprehensive
Tired and impatient due to loss or interest, weary of repetition
Bored
Open and sincere, honest
Candid
Feeling or showing concern for others; deeply sympathetic
Compassionate
Eager to know or learn something; questioning
Curious
Instructive, designed to teach
Didactic
Predicting or sensing danger or evil to come, warning of danger
Foreboding
Not caring, having no interest; unbiased, impartial
Indifferent
Encouraging; reassuring; motivating the reader to act
Inspirational
Having the attention or curiosity engaged; attentive
Interested
Educated, experienced, scholarly; erudite
Learned
Characterized by a narrow and conventional righteous attitude, language attempting to regulate the behavior of others (toward its own definition of correct or moral behavior)
Moralistic
Menacing; threatening, of bad omen
Ominous
Characterized by an excessive display of learning or scholarship; tending to show off one’s learning
Pedantic
Showing honor or high regard; full of, characterized by, or showing politeness or deference
Respectful
Treating a subject with honor and respect; feeling or expressing very deep respect and awe
Reverent
Describes a tone that is academic, learned and studious
Scholarly
Solemn; grave
Serious
Simple and easy to understand; direct and clear
Straightforward
Compassionate; feeling, showing, or expressing agreement toward an idea or situation or person
Sympathetic
Menacing; having a hostile or deliberately frightening quality or manner
Threatening
Requiring immediate action or attention; imperative or pressing
Urgent
