Tone words - List 1 - A-B

Question 1

Abashed

Answer 1

ashamed or embarrassed; also disconcerted

Question 2

Abhorring

Answer 2

to regard with extreme aversion; to loathe, or detest. Overall disinterest

Question 3

Abstruse

Answer 3

difficult to understand

Question 4

Acerbic

Answer 4

tone of harshness or severity

Question 5

Acrimonious

Answer 5

angry and bitter

Question 6

Admonishing

Answer 6

cautioning, reproving or scolding; especially in a mild and good-willed manner; reminding

Question 7

Aloof

Answer 7

not friendly or forthcoming; cool and distant

Question 8

Ambivalent

Answer 8

uncertainty or fluctuation, or do two opposite or conflicting things

Question 9

Ardent

Answer 9

characterized by intense feeling; intensely devoted, eager, or enthusiastic; fierce

Question 10

Bantering

Answer 10

playful conversation

Question 11

Belligerent

Answer 11

warlike; given to waging war

Question 12

Bemused

Answer 12

bewildered, confused, lost in thought; preoccupied

Question 13

Blithe

Answer 13

joyous, merry in disposition; glad; cheerful

Question 14

Boorish

Answer 14

rough and bad-mannered, coarse

Question 15

Burlesque

Answer 15

an artistic composition (esp. literary or dramatic) that vulgarizes lofty material or treats ordinary material with mock dignity, for the sake of laughter