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    MicrosoftWord-Tone Words

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    This document provides a list of tone words with definitions to describe the attitude or mood conveyed rather than just saying "positive" or "negative". It includes words such as apprehensive, which means fearful or uneasy, and bombastic, which means pompous or grandiose. The list contains over 50 tone words ranging from accusatory and bitter to jovial and optimistic to help describe tones beyond simply positive and negative.

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    This document provides a list of tone words with definitions to describe the attitude or mood conveyed rather than just saying "positive" or "negative". It includes words such as apprehensive, which means fearful or uneasy, and bombastic, which means pompous or grandiose. The list contains over 50 tone words ranging from accusatory and bitter to jovial and optimistic to help describe tones beyond simply positive and negative.

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    good list of positive and negative tone words

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    49200983001 MicrosoftWord-Tone Words

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    This document provides a list of tone words with definitions to describe the attitude or mood conveyed rather than just saying "positive" or "negative". It includes words such as apprehensive, which means fearful or uneasy, and bombastic, which means pompous or grandiose. The list contains over 50 tone words ranging from accusatory and bitter to jovial and optimistic to help describe tones beyond simply positive and negative.

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    156 views3 pages

    MicrosoftWord-Tone Words

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    Pranjyoti Saikia
    This document provides a list of tone words with definitions to describe the attitude or mood conveyed rather than just saying "positive" or "negative". It includes words such as apprehensive, which means fearful or uneasy, and bombastic, which means pompous or grandiose. The list contains over 50 tone words ranging from accusatory and bitter to jovial and optimistic to help describe tones beyond simply positive and negative.

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    The document discusses many different tones that can be used to describe one's writing or speech, ranging from very positive to very negative.

    Some tones that convey negative emotions mentioned include bitter, contemptuous, cynical, derisive, disdainful, gloomy, hostile, indignant, malicious, menacing, mocking, morose, and pessimistic.

    Some tones that convey positive emotions mentioned include awe-struck, candid, contemplative, ebullient, euphoric, jovial, laudatory, optimistic, reflective, reverent, sincere, and sanguine.

    Tone Words (dont just say positive and negative)

    abject miserable, wretched


    accusatory blameful; charging of wrong doing
    apathetic indifferent due to lack of energy or concern
    apprehensive uneasy about something; fearful
    audacious extremely bold or daring; recklessly brave
    awe-struck showing solemn wonder
    banal overdone, trite, clich
    belligerent quarrelsome, combative, antagonistic
    bitter exhibiting strong animosity as a result of pain or grief
    bombastic pompous, inflated, grandiose
    burlesque comic; mocking through caricature or comic exaggeration
    callous unfeeling, insensitive to feelings of others
    candid frank, open, honest, sincere
    caustic intensely sarcastic, stinging, biting
    choleric hot-tempered, easily angered
    colloquial conversational in style; verbally informal
    condescending with an air of superiority
    contemplative studying, thinking, reflecting on an issue
    contemptuous expressing contempt, a lack of respect, or hate
    conventional lacking spontaneity, originality, and individuality
    critical finding fault, judgemental
    cutting abrasive, hurtful, cold
    cynical with an attitude of distrust of people and human nature
    derisive ridiculing, mocking
    despondent showing extreme discouragement or depression
    detached disconnected, disinterested, impartial, neutral
    didactic in a tone intended to preach a sermon or teach a lesson about life
    disdainful expressing contempt, dislike, or hate
    dour sullen, dreary, cheerless
    dramatic theatrical, colorful, exaggerated, overdone
    dreamy vague, indistinct, faint, undefined

    earnest intense, a sincere state of mind


    ebullient bubbling, excited, enthusiastic
    elegiac expressing sorrow or regret; mournful
    erudite learned, polished, scholarly
    euphoric with a feeling of elation or great joy
    evasive indirect, misleading, ambiguous
    facetious playfully humorous
    fanciful using the imagination
    flippant dismissive and lacking proper respect
    forthright directly frank without hesitation
    frivolous lacking in seriousness
    gloomy dark, depressing, cheerless
    grave serious, somber, grim
    halfhearted indifferent, uncaring, unenthusiastic
    haughty proud and vain to the point of arrogance
    hostile extremely angry
    impartial showing a lack of bias
    incisive impressively direct and decisive
    indignant feeling or showing anger due to a perceived injustice
    intimate very familiar, cozy
    irreverent lacking proper respect or seriousness
    judgmental authoritative and often having critical opinions
    jovial happy
    laudatory pertaining to or expressing praise
    leery suspicious, doubtful, distrustful
    listless lethargic, sluggish, weary, lifeless
    lyrical expressing a poet's inner feelings; emotional; full of images; song-like
    malicious purposely hurtful
    matter-of-fact accepting of conditions; not fanciful or emotional
    melancholy sad, despondent, crestfallen, heartbroken
    menacing threatening, frightening, terrifying
    mocking treating with contempt or ridicule
    morose gloomy, sullen, surly, despondent

    objective an unbiased view-able to leave personal judgments aside


    obsequious overly flattering or eager to please in order to gain something
    ominous signifying evil or harm; foreboding
    optimistic hopeful, cheerful
    patronizing with an air of condescension
    pedantic overly concerned with minute detail; conspicuous about ones
    learning/knowledge
    pessimistic seeing the worst side of things; no hope
    poignant causing sadness or pity; evoking emotion
    quizzical odd, eccentric, amusing
    reflective illustrating innermost thoughts and emotions
    remorseful full of guilt and regret
    reverent treating a subject with honor and respect
    ribald offensive in speech or gesture
    ridiculing slightly contemptuous banter; making fun of
    sarcastic sneering, caustic
    sardonic scornfully and bitterly sarcastic
    satiric ridiculing to show weakness in order to make a point, teach
    sincere without deceit or pretense; genuine
    solemn deeply earnest, tending toward sad reflection
    sanguine optimistic, cheerful
    whimsical odd, strange, fantastic; fun
    wry expressing a mixture of mild amusement and irony
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