tone words 61-80

Question 1

insolent

Answer 1

showing a rude and arrogant lack of respect

boldly rude or disrespectful; contemptuously impertinent; insulting

Question 2

irreverent

Answer 2

lacking proper respect or seriousness
do not show respect for people or things that are generally respected
showing a lack of respect for people or things that are generally taken seriously.

Question 3

jovial

Answer 3

cheerful and friendly.
Having a joyous humor or a spirit of good fellowship.
good-humored cheerfulness and conviviality
hearty, joyous humor

Question 4

jubilant

Answer 4

feeling or expressing great joy
feeling or expressing great happiness and triumph.
full of extreme happiness

Question 5

laudatory

Answer 5

expressing praise and commendation.

containing or expressing praise

Question 6

lugubrious

Answer 6

mournful; exaggeratedly or affectedly mournful.
dismal
looking or sounding sad and dismal

Question 7

maudlin

Answer 7

self-pityingly or tearfully sentimental, often through drunkenness
foolishly tearful or sentimental

Question 8

mawkish

Answer 8

lacking flavor or having an unpleasant taste
exaggeratedly or childishly emotional
sentimental in a feeble or sickly way

Question 9

mock-heroic

Answer 9

imitating the style of heroic literature in order to satirize an unheroic subject.
a burlesque imitation of the heroic character or literary style
typically satires or parodies that mock common classical stereotypes of heroes and heroic literature

Question 10

mock-serious

Answer 10

pretending to be serious as a joke

falsely serious

Question 11

moralistic

Answer 11

overfond of making moral judgements about others’ behavior; too ready to moralize
having or showing strong opinions about what is right behavior and what is wrong behavior

Question 12

morbid

Answer 12

suggesting an unhealthy mental state or attitude; unwholesomely gloomy, sensitive, extreme
characterized by or appealing to an abnormal and unhealthy interest in disturbing and unpleasant subjects, especially death and disease

Question 13

ominous

Answer 13

giving the impression that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen; threatening; inauspicious
having a menacing, alarming character foreshadowing evil or disaster

Question 14

optimistic

Answer 14

conveying a sense of hope, and a positive outlook for the future
hopeful and confident about the future.

Question 15

pacific

Answer 15

peaceful in character or intent

mild of temper : peaceable.

Question 16

passive

Answer 16

subtler and weaker

accepting or allowing what happens or what others do, without active response or resistance.

Question 17

patronizing

Answer 17

apparently kind or helpful but betraying a feeling of superiority; condescending
they speak or behave toward you in a way that seems friendly, but that shows that they think they are superior to you.

Question 18

pedantic

Answer 18

someone is too concerned with literal accuracy or formality
an irritating person who is eager to correct small errors others make, or who wants everyone to know just how much of an expert they are, especially in some narrow or boring subject matter

Question 19

pejorative

Answer 19

expressing contempt or disapproval.
a word expressing contempt or disapproval.
having negative connotations
tending to disparage or belittle : depreciatory

Question 20

penitent

Answer 20

feeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses : repentant
feeling or showing sorrow and regret for having done wrong