1. Tone
Attitude/Feeling

2. Group 1: Chiefly Rational Toned Words
Didactic: designed or intended to teach
Admonitory: expressing admonition
Indignant: feeling or showing anger because of something unjust or unworthy: filled with or marked by indignation
Frank: marked by free, forthright, and sincere expression
Incredulous: not credulous; disinclined or indisposed to believe; skeptical
Cynical: having or showing the attitude or temper of a cynic
Insinuating: winning favor and confidence by imperceptible degrees
Oracular: of, relating to, or being an oracle

3. Group 2: Pleasure Toned Words
Jubilant: exultant
Elated: marked by high spirits
Contented: feeling or showing satisfaction with one's possessions, status, or situation
Enraptured: to fill with delight
Sprightly: marked by a gay lightness and vivacity

4. Group 3: Attitudes/Tones of Pain
Vexed: to bring trouble, distress, or agitation to
Mournful: expressing sorrow
Dismal: showing or causing gloom or depression
Melancholy: a gloomy state of mind, especially when habitual or prolonged; depression.
Plaintive: expressing sorrow, mournful
Fretful:disposed or quick to fret; irritable or peevish.
Querulous: full of complaints

5. Group 4: Attitudes/Tones of Passion
Hysterical: uncontrollably emotional.
Impulsive: actuated or swayed by emotional or involuntary impulses
Impetuous: of, relating to, or characterized by sudden or rash action, emotion, etc.; impulsive:
Frantic: desperate or wild with excitement, passion, fear, pain, etc.; frenzied.

6. Group 5: Attitudes of Friendliness
Cordial: courteous and gracious; friendly
Indulgent:characterized by or showing indulgence; benignly lenient or permissive
Solicitous: eager or anxious to do something
Accommodating: easy to deal with; eager to help or please; obliging.
Obliging: willing or eager to do favors, offer one's services, etc.; accommodating

7. Group 6: Attitudes of Unfriendliness
Sharp: having a thin cutting edge or a fine point; well-adapted for cutting or piercing:
Severe: having a thin cutting edge or a fine point; well-adapted for cutting or piercing:
Cutting: wounding the feelings severely; sarcastic.
Antisocial: unwilling or unable to associate in a normal or friendly way with other people:
Spiteful: full of spite or malice; showing spite; malicious; malevolent; venomous:
Boorish: crude, disparaging
Disparaging: that disparages; tending to be little or bring reproach upon:
a disparaging remark.

8. Group 6: Attitudes of Unfriendliness (cont.)
Derisive: contemptuous, expressing ridicule
Scornful: full of scorn; derisive; contemptuous.
Satirical: sarcastic, mocking others
Insolent: boldly rude.
Impudent: Obsolete. shameless or brazenly immodest.
Belittling: to regard or portray as less impressive or important than appearances indicate; depreciate; disparage.
Contemptuous: showing or expressing contempt or disdain; scornful; disrespectful.
Reproving: to prove again.

9. Group 7: Attitudes of Comedy
Facetious: amusing; humorous.
Ironic: using words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning; containing or exemplifying irony
Satiric: of, pertaining to, containing, or characterized by satire
Mocking: to ridicule by mimicry of action or speech; mimic derisively.
Uproarious: very funny, as a person or situation.

10. Group 8: Attitudes of Animation
Earnest: serious in intention, purpose, or effort; sincerely zealous
Vigorous: strong; active; robust:
Hearty: genuine; sincere; heartfelt
Ardent: intensely devoted, eager, or enthusiastic; zealous:
Rapturous: full of, feeling, or manifesting ecstatic joy or delight.
Feverish: excited, restless, or uncontrolled, as if from fever.
Exalted: rapturously excited.
Hasty: moving or acting with haste; speedy; quick; hurried.

11. Group 9: Attitudes of Apathy
Inert: having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance
Sluggish: indisposed to action or exertion; lacking in energy; lazy; indolent:
Languid: lacking in vigor or vitality; slack or slow:
Indifferent: without interest or concern; not caring; apathetic:
Stoical: impassive; characterized by a calm, austere fortitude befitting the Stoics:
Monotonous: lacking in variety; tediously unvarying:
Feeble: physically weak, as from age or sickness; frail
Blasé: indifferent to or bored with life; unimpressed, as or as if from an excess of worldly pleasures.

12. Group 10: Attitudes of Self-Importance
Lofty: of imposing height
Imperious: domineering in a haughty manner; dictatorial; overbearing
Exultant:triumphantly happy
Peremptory: insisting on immediate attention or obedience
Domineering: inclined to rule arbitrarily or despotically; overbearing; tyrannical
Haughty: disdainfully proud; snobbish; scornfully arrogant; supercilious:
Bombastic: inflated, pretentious
Pompous: affectedly and irritatingly grand, self-important
Condescending: showing or implying a usually patronizing descent from dignity or superiority.
Sententious: given to moralizing(commenting on issues of right and wrong) in a pompous or affected manner.

13. Positive Toned Words
Lighthearted: free from care, anxiety, or seriousness
Exuberant: extreme or excessive in degree, size, or extent
Complimentary: expressing praise or admiration : expressing or containing a compliment
Sympathetic: existing or operating through an affinity, interdependence, or mutual association
Amiable: generally agreeable
Fanciful: marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience
Jubilant: exultant
Consoling: to alleviate the grief, sense of loss, or trouble of
Cheery: marked by cheerfulness or good spirits
Enthusiastic: filled with or marked by enthusiasm
Elated: marked by high spirits
Compassionite:(compassion) sympathetic pity and concern for the sufferings or misfortunes of others.
Whimsical: full of, actuated by, or exhibiting whims
Pleasant: having qualities that tend to give pleasure
Ecstatic: of, relating to, or marked by ecstasy
Reverent: expressing or characterized by reverence

14. Negatively Toned Words
Wrathful: (wrath) extreme anger
Condemnatory: to declare to be reprehensible, wrong, or evil usually after weighing evidence and without reservation
Agitated: feeling or appearing troubled or nervous.
Belligerent: waging war; specifically : belonging to or recognized as a state at war and protected by and subject to the laws of war
Choleric: easily moved to often unreasonable or excessive anger : hot-tempered
Disgruntled: to make ill-humored or discontented- usually used as a participial adjective
Bitter: distasteful or distressing to the mind
Indignant: feeling or showing anger because of something unjust or unworthy : filled with or marked by indignation
Quarrelsome: apt or disposed to quarrel in an often petty manner
Inflammatory: tending to excite anger, disorder, or tumult
Surly: menacing or threatening in appearance
Brash: done in haste without regard for consequences

15. Humor/Irony/Sarcasm/Satire
Patronizing: to adopt an air of condescension toward: treat haughtily or coolly
Ribald: referring to sexual matters in a rude way
Droll: having a humorous, whimsical, or odd quality
Facetious: joking or jesting often inappropriately
Flippant: lacking proper respect or seriousness
Quizzical: comically quain
Satiric: manifesting or given to satire
Sardonic: disdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking
Caustic: marked by incisive sarcasm

16. Humor/Irony/Sarcasm/Satire (cont.)
Bantering: to speak to or address in a witty and teasing manner
Wry: using dry, especially mocking humor
Disdainful: full of or expressing disdain
Irreverent: lacking proper respect or seriousness; also
Condescending: showing or characterized by a patronizing or superior attitude toward others
Pompous: having or exhibiting self-importance
Wry: to pull out of or as if out of proper shape : make awry
Cynical: having or showing the attitude or temper of a cynic
Insolent: exhibiting boldness or effrontery

17. Sorrow/Fear/Worry Somber: so shaded as to be dark and gloomy
Despairing: given to, arising from, or marked by despair: devoid of hope
Morose: having a sullen and gloomy disposition
Remorseful: motivated or marked by remorse
Resigned: to give (oneself) over without resistance
Poignant: painfully affecting the feelings
Melancholy: an abnormal state attributed to an excess of black bile and characterized by irascibility or depression
Foreboding: the act of one who forebodes; also : an omen, prediction, or presentiment especially of coming evil
Solemn: marked by the invocation of a religious sanction
Staid: marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restrain
Pessimistic: of, relating to, or characterized by pessimism
Ominous: being or exhibiting an omen : portentous; especially : foreboding or foreshadowing evil
Apprehensive: anxious that something bad or unpleasant will happen
Staid: sedate, respectable, and unadventurous

18. Neutral Toned Words
Formal: following or according with established form, custom, or rule
Sentimental: marked or governed by feeling, sensibility, or emotional idealism
Candid: free from bias, prejudice, or malice
Objective: relating to or existing as an object of thought without consideration of independent existence — used chiefly in medieval philosophy
Pretentious: making usually unjustified or excessive claims
Incredulous: unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true; not credulous
Questioning: an interrogative expression often used to test knowledge
Apathetic: having or showing little or no feeling or emotion
Fervent: having or showing great warmth or intensity of spirit, ardent

19. Neutral Toned Words (cont.)
Learned: acquired by learning
Conventional: formed by agreement or compact
Authoritative: having or proceeding from authority
Judgmental: of, relating to, or involving judgement
Disbelieving: to hold not worthy of belief : not believe
Ceremonial: marked by, involved in, or belonging to ceremony: stressing careful attention to form and detail

20. Tone/attitudes that are chiefly rational 1
Informative, explanatory, instructive, uncertain, critical, persuasive, pleading, coaxing,

21. Admonitory
giving or conveying a warning or reprimand.

22. Amiable adjective
having or showing pleasant, good-natured personal qualities; affable:
friendly; sociable:
agreeable; willing to accept the wishes, decisions, or suggestions of another or others.

23. Amiable
having or showing pleasant, good-natured personal qualities

24. Apathetic
showing or feeling no interest, enthusiasm, or concern.

25. Ardent:
enthusiastic or passionate.

26. Clinical adjective
of or relating to the observation and treatment of actual patients rather than theoretical or laboratory studies.
efficient and unemotional; coldly detached.

27. Condemnatory
to declare to be reprehensible, wrong, or evil usually after weighing evidence and without reservation
to pronounce guilty
to adjudge unfit for use or consumption
to declare convertible to public use under the right of eminent domain

28. Consoling
to alleviate or lessen the grief, sorrow, or disappointment of; give solace or comfort

29. Consoling verb (used with object), consoled, consoling.
to alleviate or lessen the grief, sorrow, or disappointment of; give solace or comfort

30. Cynical captious, peevish
having or showing the attitude or temper of a cynic
based on or reflecting a belief that human conduct is motivated primarily by self-interest

31. Didactic adjective
intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive.
in the manner of a teacher, particularly so as to treat someone in a patronizing way.

32. Elated
very happy or proud; jubilant; in high spirits

33. Elated
very happy or proud; jubilant; in high spirits:

34. Exuberant adjective
effusively and almost uninhibitedly enthusiastic; lavishly abundant
abounding in vitality; extremely joyful and vigorous.
extremely good; overflowing; plentiful
profuse in growth or production; luxuriant; superabundant

35. Facetious
treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor

36. Fanciful
characterized by or showing fancy; capricious or whimsical in appearance
suggested by fancy; imaginary; unreal
led by fancy rather than by reason and experience; whimsical

37. Fervent
having or showing great warmth or intensity of spirit, feeling,enthusiasm, etc.

38. Frank marked by free, forthright, and sincere expression
unmistakably evident
clinically evident and unmistakable

39. Haughty
arrogantly superior and disdainful.

40. Incredulous
not credulous; disinclined or indisposed to believe; skeptical

41. Indignant
feeling or showing anger because of something unjust or unworthy: filled with or marked by indignation

42. Insinuating
winning favor and confidence by imperceptible degrees; ingratiating
tending gradually to cause doubt, distrust, or change of outlook often in a slyly subtle manner

43. Jubilant adjective
showing great joy, satisfaction, or triumph; rejoicing; exultant

44. Jubilant
showing great joy, satisfaction, or triumph; rejoicing; exultant

45. Obsequious adjective
obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree.

46. Oracular resembling an oracle; as in solemnity of delivery
of, relating to, or being an oracle

47. Pretentious
attempting to impress by affecting greater importance, talent, culture, etc., than is actually possessed

48. Rapturous:
characterized by, feeling, or expressing great pleasure or enthusiasm.

49. Reverent
feeling, exhibiting, or characterized by reverence; deeply respectful

50. Satiric noun
the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.

51. Whimsical given to whimsy or fanciful notions; capricious
of the nature of or proceeding from whimsy, as thoughts or actions
erratic; unpredictable