Tone Vocabulary List

 

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Tone Word

Basic Definition/Synonym

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Apologetic

 

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Concerned

 

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Nostalgic

 

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Yearning

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Acclamatory

 

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Admiring

 

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Adoring

loving

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Affectionate

loving

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Agreeable

willing to agree

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Airy

fresh, lively, w/ bit of excitement

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Amorous

loving

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Appreciative

 

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Approving

 

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Ardent

passionate

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Aroused

excited (sexually)

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Beatific

blissful/happy

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Blissful

happy

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Boastful

 

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Caring

 

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Cheerful

 

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Comforting

 

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Complimentary

 

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Confident

certain and assured

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Congratulatory

 

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Delighted

 

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Desirous

 

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Devoted

loyally tender about

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Devout

sincerely religious

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Doting

excessively fond of

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Earnest

sincere

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Ecstatic

intense delight

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Elated

very happy

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Enchanted         

happily hypnotized

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Eulogistic

 

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Euphoric

excessively joyous

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Excited

 

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Exhilarated

full of life and happiness

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Exuberant

extremely excited

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Facetious

amusing, humorous

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Fascinated

attracted and captivated by

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Fervent

passionate

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Flattering

 

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Gushing

 

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Heartfelt

warmly tender

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Idolizing

blindly adoring

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Indulgent

lenient & giving; permissive

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Joyous

 

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Jubilant

joyous & satisfied

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Laudatory

 

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Loving

 

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Modest

 

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Passionate

 

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Playful

 

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Praising

 

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Respectful

 

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Reverent

deeply respectful

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Revering

respectful with awe

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Rhapsodic

extremely excited

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Sentimental

 

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Serene

exuding tranquility

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Soothing

calming & consoling

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Sympathetic

 

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Tender

 

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Venerating

honoring with respect & awe

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Wistful

 

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Worshipful

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Abhorring

full of hate

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Acrimonious

bitter & spiteful

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Aggressive

 

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Annoyed

 

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Antagonistic

 

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Anxious

 

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Apathetic

unconcerned; indifferent

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Apprehensive

 

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Argumentative

 

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Arrogant

overly proud; self-important

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Audacious

fearless; rebellious; immodest

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Belittling

meanly critical

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Belligerent

 

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Bitter

 

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Bossy

 

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Brassy

harsh & noisy

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Broken-hearted

 

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Cheerless

 

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Cocky

overly proud; self-important

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Cold

distant; passionless; unfeeling

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Condescending

speaking down to

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Contemptuous

insulting & sneering

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Contentious

 

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Crabby

 

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Cross

 

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Cynical

bitter; distrustful; pessimistic

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Dejected

depressed

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Depressed

 

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Derisive

insulting & mocking

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Derogatory

putting down someone/thing

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Despairing

hopeless

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Despising

full of hate

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Despondent

hopeless & depressed

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Detached

impartial; not concerned

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Detesting

full of disgust

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Disapproving

 

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Disconsolate

so sad cannot be consoled

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Discouraged

ready to give up; without hope

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Disdainful

critical; full of contempt/scorn

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Disenchanted

giving up hope; bitter

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Disgruntled

 

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Disheartened

depressed

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Dismissive

dismissing from consideration

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Dispirited

depressed

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Displeased

 

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Disrespectful

 

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Domineering

overbearing & aggressive

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Doubtful

 

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Egotistical

overly proud; self-important

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Enraged

 

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Exasperated

frustrated to the point of giving up

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Fuming

angry

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Furious

 

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Gloomy

sad; depressed

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Glum

sad

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Grieving

sad b/c of loss

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Haughty

overly proud; self-important

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Haunting

spooky & hard to forget

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Hawkish

 

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Homesick

 

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Hopeless

 

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Hostile

 

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Ill-mannered

impolite; rude

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Impertinent

smart alecky

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Impudent

disrespectful; rude

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Inconsiderate

thoughtless & therefore rude

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Indifferent

 

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Indignant

 

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Infuriated

 

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Insensitive

unfeeling & therefore often unkind

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Insolent

disrespectful; rude

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Insulting

 

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Irate

 

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Irreverent

disrespectful

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Irritated

 

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Livid

excessively angry

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Lonesome

 

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Longing

 

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Malevolent

wishing evil or harm

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Malicious

cruelly hateful

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Melancholic

depressed

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Miffed

somewhat offended

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Miserable

extremely unhappy

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Mocking

 

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Mournful

sad b/c of loss

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Nagging

 

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Needling

pushy and naggy

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Obsequious

sucking up

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Obsessive

 

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Offended

 

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Overbearing

domineering & aggressive

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Patronizing

speaking down to ( in a fake nice way)

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Peeved

annoyed

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Pensive

 

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Pessimistic

hopeless

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Pompous

showy with importance

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Pretentious

showing off to the extreme

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Regretful

 

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Resentful

 

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Sarcastic

 

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Sardonic

sarcastic

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Sassy

disrespectful & mouthy

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Saucy

boldy smart alecky

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Scoffing

mocking

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Scornful

full of contempt/disrespect

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Shameless

 

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Skeptical

distrusting; non-believing

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Sneering

full of contempt/disrespect

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Snippy

 

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Snobbish

socially superior attitude

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Snooty

socially superior attitude

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Somber

sad; depressed; serious

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Sorrowful

full of sadness

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Surly

crabby

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Sycophantic

sucking up

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Temperamental

irritable; easily annoyed

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Testy

irritated

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Unsympathetic

 

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Uppity

overly proud; self-important

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Wrathful