Tone Vocabulary

showing deep sincerity or feeling; serious

• Earnest

• Flippant

• Incensed

• Sulking

superficial; shallow; thoughtless

• Satirical

• Indignant

• Incensed

• Flippant

disbelieving; unconvinced; questioning

• Jaded

• Obsequious

• Earnest

• Incredulous

lacking respect for things that are generally taken seriously

• Irreverent

• Obstinate

• Impartial

• Aggrieved

Lacking enthusiasm, usually due to having had too much of the same thing

• Ambivalent

• Jaded

• Satirical

• Flippant

overly obedient and/or submissive; fawning; grovelling

• Colloquial

• Incensed

• Obsequious

• Wretched

making fun, specifically to show someone’s weakness; ridiculing

• Vindictive

• Satirical

• Jaded

• Belligerent

vengeful; spiteful; bitter; unforgiving

• Ardent

• Docile

• Obstinate

• Vindictive

expressing sorrow or regret

• A) Apologetic

• B) Jubilant

• C) Indifferent

• D) Belligerent

showing a lack of interest or concern

• A) Indifferent

• B) Jubilant

• C) Apologetic

• D) Belligerent