Tone Words

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Audacious

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Extremely bold or daring

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Bitter

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Exhibiting strong animosity as a result of pain or grief

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Burlesque

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Comic; mocking through caricature or comic exaggeration.

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Callous

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Unfeeling; insensitive to feeling of others.

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Candid

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Frank, open, honest, sincere

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Caustic

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Intensely sarcastic

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Colloquial

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Conversational in style

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Condescending

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With an air of superiority.

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Contemplative

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Reflecting, thinking

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Contemptuous

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Expressing a lack of respect.

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Critical

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Finding fault, judgmental

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Cynical

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With an attitude of distrust

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Detached

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Disconnected, impartial, neutral

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Didactic

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In a tone intended to preach or teach a lesson about life.

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Disdainful

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Expressing dislike or hate

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Dour

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Sullen, cheerless

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Dramatic

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Exaggerated

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Earnest

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Intense, a sincere state of mind

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Ebullient

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Enthusiastic

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Elegiac

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Sorrowful, regretful

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Erudite

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Learned, scholarly

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Evasive

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Indirect, misleading

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Facetious

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Humorous

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Flippant

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Dismissive, lacking proper respect

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Forthright

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Frank, direct

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Frivolous

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Lacking in seriousness

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Gloomy

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Dark, depressing, cheerless

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Grave

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Grim, somber

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Hostile

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Extremely angry

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Impartial

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Lack of bias

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Indignant

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Anger due to a perceived injustice

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Irreverent

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Lacking proper respect

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Judgemental

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Critical opinions

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Leery

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Suspicious, doubtful, distrustful

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Lyrical

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Full of image, song-like, poet-like, emotional

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Malicious

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Purposefully hurtful

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Matter-of-fact

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Accepting conditions, emotionless

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Melancholy

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Sad, crestfallen

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Menacing

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Threatening

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Mocking

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Treat with contempt or ridicule

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Morose

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Gloomy

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Objective

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Unbiased view

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Accusatory

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Blameful

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Optimistic

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Hopeful, cheerful

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Patronising

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With an air of condescension

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Pedantic

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Overly concerned with minute detail

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Pessimistic

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Seeing the worst side of things, no hope

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Poignant

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Causing sadness or pity, evoking emotion

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Quizzical

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Odd, eccentric, amusing

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Reflective

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Illustrating innermost thoughts and emotions

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Remorseful

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Full of guilt and regret

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Reverent

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Treating a subject with honour and respect

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Sincere

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Without deceit or pretense, genuine

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Solemn

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Deeply earnest, tending toward sad reflection