50 WORDS THAT DESCRIBE TONE IN POETRY AND PROSE

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Apathetic
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Feeling or showing little emotion
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Arrogant
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Bumptious
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Audacious
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fearless and daring
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Bilious
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bad tempered; cross
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Blithe
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joyful, cheerful, or without appropriate thought
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Bombastic
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pompous in speech and manner
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Brash
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(adj.) prone to act in a hasty manner; impudent
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Breezy
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lively and cheerful and relaxed
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Cantankerous
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Bad-tempered; quarrelsome.
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Caustic
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biting in wit
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Coarse
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conspicuously and tastelessly indecent
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Colloquial
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Characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing
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Complacent
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Self-satisfied; smug
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Condescending
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(used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension
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Confiding
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with trust or faith
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Consoling
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affording comfort or solace
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Contemptuous
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Feeling hatred; scornful
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Contentious
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argumentative; quarrelsome; causing controversy or disagreement
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Contented
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satisfied or showing satisfaction with things as they are
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Contradictory
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Expressing the opposite; inconsistent
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Cynical
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Questions the basic sincerity and goodness of people
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Dejected
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Downcast or sad; depressed
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Deliberate
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1. slow (a); 2. to think over (v); 3. on purpose (a)
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Dismissive
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Showing little regard; scornful
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Doleful
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Mournful or full of sorrow; causing grief
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Dour
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(adj.) stern, unyielding, gloomy, ill-humored
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Dreamy
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Reflecting a preoccupation with pleasant thoughts that distract one from one's present surroundings.
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Dutiful
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obedient
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Elegiac
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Expressing sorrow or lamentation
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Euphoric
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Exaggerated feeling of well-being or elation
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Fanciful
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(adj) whimsical, capricious; imaginary; freely imaginative rather than based on reason or reality
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Fervent
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(adj.) very earnest, emotional, passionate; extremely hot
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Frenetic
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frantic; frenzied
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Flippant
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Humorous in a disrespectful, casual way; rudely witty
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Frivolous
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(adj.) of little importance, not worthy of serious attention; not meant seriously
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Galvanizing
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stimulating, energizing
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Giddy
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A light-headed sensation; dizzy; lightheartedly silly
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Gregarious
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outgoing; sociable
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Haughty
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Arrogant, excessively proud and vain
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Illusory
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(adj.) misleading, deceptive; lacking in or not based on reality
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Impish
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Inclined to do slightly naughty things for fun; mischievous.
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Indignant
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Characterized by outrage at something that is perceived as unjust
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Laconic
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Brief, using few words
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Macabre
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(adj.) grisly, gruesome; horrible, distressing; having death as a subject
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Melancholy
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Depression of spirits
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Nihilistic
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a viewpoint that traditional values and beliefs are unfounded and that existence is senseless and useless
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Nostalgic
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Longing for the past
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Obsequious
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marked by or exhibiting a fawning attentiveness
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Opprobrious
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(used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame
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Panegyric
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elaborate praise; formal hymn of praise