Tone Words

Kaleb Smith3/21/11

6th

Benevolent

• characterized by or expressing goodwill or kindly feelings

• Synonym: nice

Compassionate

• having or showing compassion• Synonym: loving

Complimentary

• given free as a gift or courtesy• Synonym: free

Forthright

• going straight to the point; frank; direct; outspoken

• Synonym:

Serene

• calm, peaceful, or tranquil; unruffled• Synonym:

Sympathetic

• characterized by, proceeding from, exhibiting, or feeling sympathy; sympathizing; compassionate

• Synonym: Compassionate

Objective

• something that one's efforts or actions are intended to attain or accomplish; purpose; goal; target

• Synonym: goal

Bewildered

• completely puzzled or confused; perplexed• Synonym: confused

Condescending

• showing or implying a usually patronizing descent from dignity or superiority

• Synonym: arrogant

Desolate

• solitary; lonely• Synonym: barren

Haughty

• disdainfully proud; snobbish; scornfully arrogant; supercilious

• Synonym: condescending

Indignant

• feeling, characterized by, or expressing strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or base

• Synonym: Angry

Melancholy

• sober thoughtfulness; pensiveness• Synonym: Solemn

Mocking

• to attack or treat with ridicule, contempt, or derision

• Synonym: mimic

Ominous

• portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious

• Synonym: foreboding

Pessimistic

• pertaining to or characterized by pessimism; gloomy

• Synonym: Gloomy

Severe

• harsh; unnecessarily extreme• Synonym: harsh

Solemn

• grave, sober, or mirthless, as a person, the face, speech, tone, or mood

• Synonym: grave

Somber

• gloomy, depressing, or dismal• Synonym: dismal

Suspicious

• inclined to suspect, especially inclined to suspect evil; distrustful

• Synonym: distrustful

irreverent

• not reverent; manifesting or characterized by irreverence; deficient in veneration or respect

• Synonym: irrelevant