Tone words: NEVATIVE (-) Flashcards

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Condescending

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to speak to as if one is inferior

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Bitter

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Proceeding from strong animosity

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contemptuous

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to regard or treat with scorn, disrespect

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Disdainful

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To reject aloofly

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Disgusted

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Offensive in a gross, sickly way

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Flippant

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Casually disrespectful

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Indignant

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Feeling/expressing anger by something unjust or mean

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Irreverent

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Disrespectful to authority

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Petty

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Of small importance

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Scornful

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To treat as unworthy

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Cynical

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Belief that one is motivated by selfishness

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Solemn

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Deeply earnest, grave.

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Depressed

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Low in spirits

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Cold

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Lack of emotion, aloof

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Maudlin

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Effusively or tearfully sentimental

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Arrogant

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Unpleasantly self-important

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Melancholic

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Sad, depressed, gloomy.