1-2 Tone words
— Cricketer Greg Thomas to Viv Richards on his miss-swings (that is, a professional cricket player, missing the (red) ball altogether).
abhorrent, cerebral, despondent, fawning, insolent, mirthful, pollyannaish, serene
Insolent
Mom: “Go clean your room!”
Child: “No! I don’t feel like it.”
Mom: “Don’t make me count to three!”
Child: “Go ahead! You won’t! You’re not the boss of me.”
callous, defiant, exultant, indomitable, methodical, piqued, sardonic, wistful
Defiant
kind, nice, calm, mild
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acerbic, chagrined, detached, fervent, insular, misanthropic, pompous, sinister
Acerbic
unrealistically aiming for perfection
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Idealistic
“I am free of all prejudice. I hate everyone equally. ”
― W.C. Fields
What is the tone word being used
Misanthropic
“Tired out we are, my heart and I. Suppose the world brought diadems To tempt us, crusted with loose gems Of powers and pleasures ? Let it try. We scarcely care to look at even A pretty child, or God's blue heaven, We feel so tired, my heart and I.” (My Heart and I)
audacious, consternated, eccentric, idealistic, jaded, obstinate, remorseful, upbraiding
Jaded
“And tonight, I come to you with a pledge to change America's policy. Never again will I allow our political self-interest to deter us from doing what we know to be morally right. Atrocity and terror are not political weapons and to those who would use them - Your day is over. We will never negotiate. We will no longer tolerate and we will no longer be afraid. It's your turn to be afraid.” Air Force One (1997)
callous, defiant, exultant, indomitable, methodical, piqued, sardonic, wistful
Indomitable
disheartened, sad, discouraged, dejected
Are synonyms of what tone word
abhorrent, cerebral, despondent, fawning, insolent, mirthful, pollyannaish, serene
Despondent
stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or chosen course of action, despite attempts to persuade one to do so
Is the definition of what tone word
Obstinate
unconventional and slightly strange
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Eccentric
In the Iron Giant, federal agent, Kent Mansley tries to scare Hogarth into telling him where the Iron Giant is, “You know, Hogarth, we live in a strange and wondrous time: the Atomic Age. But there's a dark side to progress, Hogarth. Ever hear of Sputnik?... Foreign satellite, Hogarth, and all that that implies. Even now it orbits overhead - Boop! Boop! Watching us. We can't see it, but it's there. Much like that giant thing in the woods. We don't know what it is or what it can do. I don't feel safe, Hogarth. Do you?... What am I talking about? WHAT AM I TALKING ABOUT?! I'm talking about your goldarned security, Hogarth! While you're snoozing in your widdle jammies, back in Washington, we're wide awake and worried!”
audacious, consternated, eccentric, idealistic, jaded, obstinate, remorseful, upbraiding
Consternated
...I was a Flower of the mountain yes when I put the rose in my hair like the Andalusian girls used or shall I wear a red yes and how he kissed me under the Moorish wall and I thought well as well him as another and then I asked him with my eyes to ask again yes and then he asked me would I yes to say yes my mountain flower and first I put my arms around him yes and drew him down to me so he could feel my breasts all perfume yes and his heart was going like mad and yes I said yes I will Yes.
–James Joyce, Ulysses (1922)
acerbic, chagrined, detached, fervent, insular, misanthropic, pompous, sinister
Fervent
afraid, careful, cowardly, shy
Are antonyms of what tone word
audacious, consternated, eccentric, idealistic, jaded, obstinate, remorseful, upbraiding
Audacious
done according to a systematic or established form of procedure
Is the definition of what tone word
Methodical
cold, dull, unenthusiastic, dispassionate
Are antonyms of what tone word
acerbic, chagrined, detached, fervent, insular, misanthropic, pompous, sinister
Fervent
Control of Communicable Diseases in Man – Abram S. Benenson: “LEGIONELLOSIS (Legionnaires’ disease; Legionnaires’ pneumonia; Pontiac fever) Identification-An acute bacterial disease with two currently recognized distinct clinicoepidemiologic manifestations: ‘Legionnaires’ disease’ and ‘Pontiac fever’. Both are characterized initially by anorexia, malaise, myalgia, and headache.”
abhorrent, cerebral, despondent, fawning, insolent, mirthful, pollyannaish, serene
Cerebral
As the sun began to set on that eerie Kansas night, the residents of Shawville had no idea what was coming there way. The vast black gray clouds slithered through the sky with the occasional lightning strike. The thunderstorm was expected to be the greatest of their worries, they never imagined in their wildest nightmares that a cyclone of death that would necessitate an F6 rating would crash down into their town.”
acerbic, chagrined, detached, fervent, insular, misanthropic, pompous, sinister
Sinister
reproach, blame, criticize, lecture
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audacious, consternated, eccentric, idealistic, jaded, obstinate, remorseful, upbraiding
Upbraiding
showing a rude and arrogant lack of respect
Is the definition of what tone word
Insolent
Mm, too young, to dumb to realize/ That I should have bought you flowers/ And held your hand/ Should've gave you all my house/ When I had chance/ Take you to every party ‘cause all you wanted to do was dance/ Now my baby’s dancing/ But she’s dancing with another man (Bruno Mars’ When I Was Your Man)
audacious, consternated, eccentric, idealistic, jaded, obstinate, remorseful, upbraiding
Remorseful
“At that time there came to us a man who has done the German people immeasurable harm, Woodrow Wilson, the man who lied with a straight face. If Germany would lay down her arms, then she would get a compassionate, an understanding peace! Then she would not lose her colonies! But the colonial problems were fixed up, all right! The man lyingly promised us that there would be a general disarmament, that we would then be accepted on equal terms among nations, peoples, etc. with equal rights! He lyingly promised us that then secret diplomacy would be done away with, and that we too would then enter into a new age of peace, of equality, of reason, etc.! This arch-liar's stooge was the President Roosevelt of today! He was his right hand man. Our German folk believed this man. They had no idea that they were dealing here with an American President, that is, with a man who has no regard for truths; who, for example, can calmly say before an election: "I shall vote against war," and after the election can say: "I vote for war." And who, when he is then called to answer for it, can explain as calmly as ever: "I said that then because I thought that there would be stupid people who would take it for the truth." (Adolf Hitler, 1942, speaking on “American Lies”)
abhorrent, cerebral, despondent, fawning, insolent, mirthful, pollyannaish, serene
Abhorrent
he talked until their food arrived, littering his chat with references to 'ninety k' and 'a quarter of a mill', and every sentence was angled, like a mirror, to show him in the best possible light: his cleverness, his quick thinking, his besting of slower, stupider yet more senior colleagues...
Robert Galbraith, The Silkworm
acerbic, chagrined, detached, fervent, insular, misanthropic, pompous, sinister
Pompous
mocking, caustic, satirical, arrogant
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callous, defiant, exultant, indomitable, methodical, piqued, sardonic, wistful
Sardonic
disliking humankind and avoiding human society
Is the definition of what tone word
Misanthropic
“The world suddenly opened up, and she was coming to new realizations and a greater awareness, concerning the nature of reality, and the world, which her mortal mind had previously been unable to conceive. She smiled her radiant goddess smile and began to laugh. Her omnipresent peals of mirth resonated through the forest, seeming to echo to the edges of the universe and back. She was getting her first glimpses of the world, seen through the eyes of a goddess; the first sweet tastes of a consciousness empowered beyond all human levels of comprehension, and her spirit was in exultant bliss.” ― Alexei Maxim Russell, Forgotten Lore
callous, defiant, exultant, indomitable, methodical, piqued, sardonic, wistful
Exultant