9.1.5: Tone Words Balla 2007

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TONE WORDS

1. abrupt
2. accepting
3. adventurous
4. affectionate
5. afraid
6. aggravated
7. aggressive
8. agitated
9. agreeable
10. alarmed
11. aloof
12. ambitious
13. amiable
14. angry
15. annoyed
16. anxious
17. apathetic
18. apologetic
19. appreciative
20. approving
21. ardent
22. arrogant
23. artificial
24. astutely
25. audacious
26. authoritative

27. bad
28. banal
29. benevolent
30. bewildered
31. bitter
32. bland
33. bleak
34. blissful
35. bored
36. boring
37. callous
38. calm
39. caustic
40. cautious
41. chaotic
42. chauvinistic
43. cheerful/cheery

44. childish
45. coarse
46. cognitive
47. comforting
48. compassionate

49. concerned
50. condescending

51. confident
52. conflicted
53. confused
54. consoling
55. contemplative

56. content
57. contented
58. contradictory

59. convincing

60. corrosive

61. critical
62. curious
63. cynical
64. defeated

65. dejected

66. depressed

67. desperate

68. destructive

69. detached

70. determined

71. disappointed

72. disbelief

73. discouraged

74. disgusted
75. disheartened

76. disinterested

77. dismal

78. distant
79. disturbed

80. domineering

81. dramatic
82. dreamy
83. dull
84. ecstatic
85. eerie
86. elated
87. embarrassed

88. embattled

89. emotionless

90. empathetic

91. encouraging

92. enthusiastic

93. envious
94. esoteric
95. euphoric
96. excited
97. explosive

98. exuberant

99. facetious

100. fearful
101. feminine

102. flippant
103. flirtatious

104. foreboding

105. frantic
106. frazzled

107. friendly
108. frightened

109. frivolous

110. frustrated

111. fulsome
112. furious
113. genial
114. gentle
115. giddy
116. glibly
117. good

118. happy

119. harsh

120. hating

121. haughty

122. hollow

123. hopeful

124. humble

125. humorous

126. hurt

127. hypnotic

128. hypocritical

129. idealistic

130. impassioned

131. impatient

132. impious
133. impotent

134. indifferent

135. inevitability

136. informative

137. innocent
138. inquisitive

139. insightful

140. instructive

141. intellectual

142. intense
143. interrogative

144. intrinsic
145. inventive

146. ironic
147. irrational

148. irreverent

149. irritated

150. jealous
151. journalistic

152. jovial
153. joyful
154. jubilant
155. laconic
156. languid
157. lethargic

158. lighthearted

159. lonely
160. loving
161. macho
162. majestic

163. malicious

164. manipulative

165. masculine

166. meditative

167. meek
168. melancholic

169. meticulous

170. militaristic

171. miserable

172. modest
173. morbid
174. morose
175. mournful

176. mystical

177. naive
178. nervous
179. nostalgic
180. numb
181. objective
182. obnoxious
183. obsessive
184. odious
185. optimistic
186. outraged
187. overt
188. overwhelmed

189. palliative
190. paranoid
191. passionate

192. passive
193. patriotic
194. patronizing

195. peaceful
196. pensive
197. persuasive

198. perturbed
199. perverted
200. pessimistic

201. regretful
202. reluctant
203. reminiscent

204. remorseful

205. removed
206. resentful
207. resigned
208. revelator
209. reverent
210. savvy
211. scrupulous
212. secretive
213. self - indulgent

214. serene
215. simpering
216. sly
217. sneaky
218. solitary
219. somber
220. sorrowful
221. spiteful
222. submissive

223. tender
224. thoughtful

225. tranquil
226. trite
227. violent
228. vulgar
229. woodenly
230. zestful

Adapted from Balla AP-05