Tone Words List ONE

tending to see the worst aspect of things or believe that the worst will happen

• pessimistic

• optimistic

anxious or fearful that something bad or unpleasant will happen

• apprehensive

• comtemplative

tending to remind one of something

• ambivalent

• reminiscent

boringly instructional or academic; very strict and particular

• pedantic

• didactic

having the primary purpose of teaching or instructing, especially moral instruction

• didactic

• pedantic

having opposing attitudes or feelings toward a person, thing, or idea

• ambivalent

• earnest

distressed, wronged, injured; being unfairly treated

• incensed

• aggrieved

angered at something unjust or wrong

• aggrieved

• incensed

characterized by whim; fanciful, unpredictable

• whimsical

• complimentary

grimly or scornfully mocking, bitterly sarcastic; intention is to hurt

• sardonic

• belligerent