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Tone Words - simples
Subject: Yr 12 Appliations
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Sample TONE Words List
POSITIVE Tone Words
1. Lighthearted carefree; happy; cheerful
2. Optimistic positive; disposed to take a favorable view of events or conditions and expect a favorable outcome
3. Compassionate tender; merciful
4. Benevolent expressing goodwill or kind feelings; humane; charitable
5. Jovial contented; cheerful; characterized by joyous humor or a spirit of good fellowship
6. Confident certain; assured; having a strong belief or full assurance; sure of oneself or one’s own abilities; bold
7. Ecstatic delighted; enchanted
8. Reverent deeply respectful; showing great esteem
9. Console to alleviate or lessen the grief, sorrow or disappointment of; give comfort
10. Appreciative feeling or expressive of gratitude
11. Elevated exalted or noble; to raise the spirits
12. Encouraging to inspire with courage, spirit, or confidence
13. Enthusiastic having or showing great excitement or interest
14. Hopeful full of hope; expressing hope; giving or inspiring hope
15. Ardent characterized by intense feeling; passionate; fervent; intensely devoted; eager; enthusiastic; impassioned
16. Joyful joyful; happy; jubilant
17. Playful pleasantly humorous or jesting
18. Proud feeling pleasure or satisfaction over something regarded as highly honorable; highly honorable or creditable
19. Righteous believing oneself to be morally right and just; virtuous; noble
20. Comforting to soothe in time of affliction or distress
NEGATIVE Tone Words
1. Accusatory to charge with fault, offense, crime, or wrong doing
2. Bitter characterized by intense antagonism or hostility; hard to admit or accept
3. Critical inclined to find fault or to judge with severity, often too readily
4. Pessimistic expecting the worst possible outcome
5. Anxious full of mental distress or uneasiness because of fear or danger; greatly worried
6. Disgruntled discontented; dissatisfied
7. Disparaging sarcastic; critical
8. Inflamed irate; provoked
9. Haughty arrogant; condescending
10. Menacing threatening; ominous
11. Disappointed depressed or discouraged by the failure of one’s hopes or expectations
12. Horrified showing or indicating great shock or horror
13. Belligerent warlike; given to waging war
14. Condescending arrogant; snobbish
15. Depressing sad; gloomy; dejected
16. Indignant expressing strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, or insulting
17. Morbid gruesome; macabre
18. Despairing to be overcome by a sense of futility or defeat; to lose all hope
19. Hollow without real or significant worth; insincere or false
20. Insolent boldly rude or disrespectful; insulting
NEUTRAL Tone Words
1. Indifferent impersonal; emotionless
2. Earnest sincere; heartfelt; serious in intention, purpose, or effort
3. Composed calm; detached
4. Forthright straightforward; candid; going straight to the point; frank; direct; outspoken
5. Matter-of-fact accepting of conditions; not fanciful or emotional
6. Impartial not partial or biased; fair; just
7. Authoritative having an air of authority; exercising or exerting authority
8. Contemplative thoughtful; reflective; meditative
9. Formal using textbook style; following accepted styles; methodical, precise or stiff
10. Objective not influenced by personal feelings; interpretations, or prejudice; based on facts; unbiased
11. Factual of or pertaining to facts; concerning facts
12. Instructive serving to instruct or inform; conveying instruction; knowledge, or information
13. Questioning characterized by indicating intellectual curiosity; inquiring
14. Serious not funny; in earnest
15. Unemotional showing no emotion
16. Impassive without emotion; unmoved; calm; serene
17. Detached impartial or objective; disinterested; unbiased; not involved or concerned
18. Candid frank; outspoken; open and sincere; straightforward