Tone Word Vocabulary List
POSITIVE Tone/Attitude Words
Admiring
Amiable
Amused
Appreciative
Benevolent
Brave
Calm
Cheerful
Comforting
Compassionate
Complimentary
Confident
Content
Dreamy
Ecstatic
Elated
Elevated
Encouraging
Energetic
Enthusiastic
Excited
Exuberant
Fanciful
Forgiving
Friendly
Giddy
Happy
Hopeful
Impassioned
Jovial
Joyful
Jubilant
Lighthearted
Loving
Optimistic
Passionate
Peaceful
Playful
Pleasant
Proud
Relaxed
Playful
Respectful
Romantic
Reverent
Sincere
Soothing
Sweet
Sympathetic
Whimsical
Contradictory
Critical
Desperate
Disappointed
Disgruntled
Disgusted
Disinterested
Disrespectful
Frivolous
Furious
Harsh
Haughty
Hateful
Hurtful
Indignant
Inflammatory
Insulting
Irritated
Judgmental
Manipulative
Obnoxious
Outraged
Passive
Quarrelsome
Self-pitying
Shameful
Smooth
Snooty
Superficial
Surly
Testy
Threatening
Tired
Uninterested
Wrathful
Mocking
Patronizing
Pompous
Quizzical
Ridiculing
Sarcastic
Sardonic
Satiric
Scornful
Sharp
Silly
Taunting
Teasing
Whimsical
Wry
Grim
Hollow
Hopeless
Horrific
Horror
Melancholy
Miserable
Morose
Mournful
Nervous
Numb
Ominous
Paranoid
Pessimistic
Pitiful
Poignant
Regretful
Remorseful
Resigned
Sad
Sober
Serious
Solemn
Somber
Staid
Upset
Frivolous
Humble
Impartial
Incredulous
Indifferent
Informative
Inquisitive
Instructive
Intimate
Loud
Lyrical
Matter-of-fact
Meditative
Nostalgic
Objective
Patriotic
Pleading
Persuasive
Provocative
Pretentious
Questioning
Reflective
Reminiscent
Resigned
Restrained
Seductive
Sentimental
Serious
Shocking
Sincere
Straightforward
Surprised
Unemotional
Urgent
Vexed
Wistful
Zealous
NEGATIVE Tone/Attitude Words
Accusing
Aggravated
Agitated
Angry
Argumentative
Arrogant
Artificial
Audacious
Belligerent
Biased
Biting
Bitter
Blasphemous
Boring
Brash
Childish
Coarse
Cold
Condemnatory
Confused
HUMOROUS– IRONIC – SARCASTIC Tone/Attitude Words
Amused
Bantering
Caustic
Comical
Condescending
Contemptuous
Critical
Cynical
Disdainful
Droll
Facetious
Flippant
Humorous
Insolent
Ironic
Irreverent
Joking
Malicious
SORROWFUL – FEARFUL – WORRISOME Tone/Attitude Words
Anxious
Apologetic
Apprehensive
Concerned
Confused
Dejected
Depressed
Despairing
Disturbed
Embarrassed
Fearful
Foreboding
Gloomy
Grave
NEUTRAL Tone/Attitude Words
Apathetic
Allusive
Authoritative
Baffled
Callous
Candid
Ceremonial
Clinical
Consoling
Contemplative
Conventional
Detached
Disbelieving
Dramatic
Earnest
Expectant
Factual
Fervent
Formal
Forthright