Tone Words

Rachel StuartEnglish-6th

3-21-11

Benevolent

• Characterized by or expressing goodwill or kindly feelings.

• Synonym: Kind

Compassionate

• to have compassion for; pity. • Synonym: caring

Complimentary

• Of the nature of, conveying, or expressing a compliment, often one that is politely flattering.

• Synonym: praiseful

Forthright

• Going straight to the point; frank; direct; outspoken.

• Synonym: Straight forward

Serene

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

Sympathetic

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

• Synonym: kindly

Objective

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

• Synonym: Goal

Bewildered

• Completely puzzled or confused; perplexed. • Synonym: Confuse

Condescending

• Showing or implying a usually patronizing descent from dignity or superiority.

• Synonym: act, move

Desolate

• Barren or laid waste; devastated.• Synonym: Abandon

Haughty

• disdainfully proud; snobbish; scornfully arrogant ; supercilious.

• Synonym: prideful

Indignant

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

• Synonym: incensed

Melancholy

• a gloomy state of mind, especially when habitual or prolonged; depression.

• Synonym: sad

Mocking

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

• Synonym: disrespectful

Ominous

• portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening.

• Synonym: forbidding

Pessimistic

• pertaining to or characterized by pessimism; gloomy.

• Synonym: demoralized

Severe

• harsh; unnecessarily extreme: severe criticism; severe laws.

• Synonym: intense

Solemn

• grave, sober, or mirthless, as a person, the face, speech, tone, or mood: solemn remarks.

• Synonym: grave

Somber

• gloomily dark; shadowy; dimly lighted: a somber passageway.

• Synonym: drab

Suspicious

• tending to cause or excite suspicion; questionable: suspicious behavior.

• Synonym: mistrustful

Irreverent

• not reverent; manifesting or characterized by irreverence; deficient in veneration or respect: an irreverent reply.

• Synonym: disrespectful