Tone Words

Steven JacobELA-5STEM

Benevolent

• characterized by or expressing goodwill or kindly feelings

• Synonyms: caring, goodness, happiness

Compassionate

• a feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is stricken by misfortune, accompanied by a strong desire to alleviate the suffering.

• Synonyms: Caring, Sympathetic

Complimentary

• of the nature of, conveying, or expressing a compliment, often one that is politely flattering: a complimentary remark

• Synonyms: commendatory, praising, laudatory

Forthright

• going straight to the point; frank; direct; outspoken: It's sometimes difficult to be forthright and not give offense

• Synonyms: forthrightly, squarely, blunt, candid, frank

Serene

• calm, peaceful, or tranquil; unruffled• Synonyms: undisturbed, imperturbable,

unperturbed, composed, collected

Sympathetic

• characterized by, proceeding from, exhibiting, or feeling of care

• Synonyms: commiserating, kind, tender, affectionate

Objective

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

• Synonyms: object, destination, aim

Bewildered

• completely puzzled or confused; perplexed• Synonyms: mystify, nonplus, confuse, daze,

confound, stagger, muddle

Condescending

• to behave as if one is conscious of descending from a superior position, rank, or dignity

• Synonyms: patronizing, disdainful, supercilious

Desolate

• barren or laid waste; devastated• Synonyms: ravaged, desert, lonesome, lost;

miserable, wretched, woebegone, woeful, inconsolable, cheerless, hopeless

Haughty

• disdainfully proud; snobbish; scornfully arrogant; supercilious

• Synonyms: lordly, disdainful, contemptuous

Indignant

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

• Synonyms: angry, resentful, infuriated, mad

Melancholy

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

• sadness, dejection, despondency, seriousness gloomy, despondent, blue, dispirited, sorrowful, dismal, doleful, glum, downcast, serious

Mocking

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

• Synonyms: deride; taunt, flout, gibe; chaff, tease

Ominous

• portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious

• Synonyms: portentous, threatening, menacing, fateful

Pessimistic

• the tendency to see, anticipate, or emphasize only bad or undesirable outcomes, results, conditions, problems

• Synonyms: despairing, hopeless

Severe

• harsh; unnecessarily extreme• Synonyms: strict, hard, stern, unadorned,

demanding, exacting

Solemn

• grave, sober, or mirthless, as a person• Synonyms: serious, august, imposing, stately,

ritual, ceremonial, devotional

Somber

• gloomily dark; shadowy; dimly lighted• Synonyms: dusky, murky, sunless, lugubrious,

mournful, doleful, melancholy

Suspicious

• to believe or look guilty, false, counterfeit, undesirable, defective, bad, etc., with little or no proof

• Synonyms: suspect, dubious, doubtful mistrustful, wary, disbelieving, strange, mysterious

Irreverent

• A feeling that is opposed to respect/ also shows a characterization of disrespect

• Synonyms: irreligious, impious, profane