MHS - English II - Tone List 1
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 apathetic | showing little or no emotion |
| callous | insensitive; indifference |
| amiable | friendly; sociable |
| jubilant | showing great joy |
| obnoxious | offensive, or odious |
| brash | hasty, rash, tasteless |
| mocking | sarcastic pretended seriousness |
| poignant | affecting or moving the emotions |
| candid | outspoken; open and sincere |
| jovial | hearty, joyous humor |
| condescending | patronizing or superior behavior |
| caustic | severely critical or sarcastic |
| patronizing | offensively condescending manner |
| grave | serious, solemn, sober |
| foreboding | a strong inner feeling of a future misfortune |
| learned | showing learning or knowledge |
| pretentious | assumption of dignity or importance |
| nostalgic | a bittersweet longing for things of the past |
| baffled | confusion or bewilderment |
| belligerent | combative, quarrelsome |
| disdainful | expressing extreme contempt |
| satirical | using irony or sarcasm to expose human folly |
| despairing | hopelessness |
| didactic | inclined to teach or moralize excessively |
| vulgar | crude; coarse; unrefined |
| insipid | dull; bland |
| esoteric | belonging to the select few |
| pedantic | overly concerned with learning or rules |
| bombastic | language filled with extravagant images |
| grotesque | bizarre in character or appearance |
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