Ryan burks

Tone and Mood Words

Benevolent

• Showing kindness or goodwill.

Compassionate

• Showing feelings of sympathy for the suffering of others, often with a desire to help.

Complimentary

• Expressing praise or approval.

Forthright

• Direct in speech or manner and very honest.

Serene

• Without worry, stress, or disturbance.

Sympathetic

• Showing, having, or resulting from shared feelings, pity, or compassion.

Objective

• Free of any bias or prejudice caused by personal feelings.

Bewildered

• To confuse or puzzle completely.

Condescending

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

Desolate

• To deprive of inhabitants.

Haughty

• Disdainfully proud, snobbish.

Indignant

• Feeling characterized by, or expressing strong displeasure at something considered unjust.

Melancholy

• To be mournful or depressed.

Mocking

• To attack or treat with ridicule, contempt, or derision.

Ominous

• Portending evil or harm.

Pessimistic

• The tendency to expect the worst and see the worst in all things.

Severe

• Harsh, unnecessarily extreme.

Solemn

• Grave, sober, or mirthless, as a person, the face, speech, tone, or mood.

Somber

• Gloomily dark.

Suspicious

• Tending to cause or excite suspicion.