Tone Vocabulary List
Positive Tone/Attitude Words
Amiable Amused
Appreciative
Authoritative
Benevolent Brave Calm
Cheerful
Cheery Compassionate
Complimentary Confident
Consoling Content Dreamy
Ecstatic
Elated Elevated
Encouraging
Energetic
Enthusiastic Excited Exuberant
Fanciful
Friendly Happy
Hopeful
Impassioned
Jovial Joyful
Jubilant
Lighthearted
Loving Optimistic
Passionate
Peaceful
Furious Harsh
Haughty
Hateful
Hurtful Indignant
Inflammatory
Insulting
Irritated Manipulative
Obnoxious Outraged
Passive Playful
Pleasant
Proud
Relaxed Reverent
Romantic
Soothing
Surprised Sweet Sympathetic
Vibrant
Whimsical Quarrelsome
Shameful Smooth
Snooty Superficial
Surly Testy
Threatening Tired Uninterested
Wrathful
Sardonic Satiric
Scornful
Sharp
Silly Taunting
Teasing
Whimsical
Wry
Negative Tone/Attitude Words
Accusing Aggravated
Agitated
Angry
Apathetic Arrogant
Artificial
Audacious
Belligerent Bitter Boring
Brash
Childish Choleric
Coarse
Cold
Condemnatory Condescending Contradictory Critical
Desperate Disappointed Disgruntled Disgusted
Disinterested Facetious
Humor-Irony-Sarcasm Tone/Attitude
Words
Amused Bantering
Bitter
Caustic
Comical Condescending
Contemptuous Critical
Cynical Disdainful Droll
Facetious
Flippant Giddy
Humorous
Insolent
Ironic Irreverent
Joking
Malicious
Mock-heroic Mocking Mock-serious
Patronizing
Pompous Quizzical
Ribald
Ridiculing
Sad Sarcastic
Sorrow-Fear-Worry Tone/Attitude Words
Aggravated Agitated Anxious
Apologetic
Apprehensive Concerned
Confused
Dejected
Depressed Despairing
Disturbed Embarrassed
Fearful Foreboding
Gloomy
Grave
Hollow Hopeless
Horrific
Horror
Melancholy Miserable Morose
Mournful
Nervous Numb
Ominous
Paranoid
Pessimistic Pitiful
Poignant
Regretful
Remorseful Intimae
Judgmental
Learned
Loud Lyrical
Matter-of-fact
Meditative
Nostalgic Objective
Obsequious
Patriotic
Persuasive Pleading
Pretentious
Provocative
Resigned Sad
Serious
Sober
Solemn Somber
Staid
Upset
Questioning Reflective
Reminiscent
Resigned
Restrained Seductive
Sentimental
Serious
Shocking Sincere
Unemotional
Urgent
Vexed Wistful
Zealous
Neutral Tone/Attitude Words
Admonitory Allusive
Apathetic
Authoritative
Baffled Callous
Candid
Ceremonial
Clinical Consoling
Contemplative
Conventional
Detached Didactic
Disbelieving Dramatic
Earnest Expectant
Factual
Fervent
Formal Forthright
Frivolous
Haughty
Histrionic Humble
Incredulous
Informative
Inquisitive Instructive