Attitude and Tone

Ian T. (United States of America)
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  1. aloof
    distant, cold, or detached in manner
  2. ambivalent
    uncertain or unable to decide about what course to follow
  3. brusque
    rudely abrupt or blunt in speech or manner
  4. cautionary
    serving to warn
  5. compassionate
    showing or having sympathy for another's suffering
  6. condescension
    showing arrogance by patronizing those considered inferior
  7. cynical
    believing the worst of human nature and motives
  8. defensive
    an attitude of excessive sensitivity to criticism
  9. detachment
    lack of emotion or interest
  10. didactic
    instructive, especially excessively
  11. disdainful
    having or showing arrogant superiority
  12. disparaging
    expressive of low opinion
  13. dispassionate
    unaffected by strong emotion or prejudice
  14. distinguished
    standing above others in character or attainment
  15. esteem
    the condition of being honored
  16. grudging
    petty or reluctant in giving or spending
  17. hostile
    characterized by enmity or ill will
  18. hypocritical
    professing feelings or virtues one does not have
  19. indifference
    the trait of remaining calm and seeming not to care
  20. ironic
    displaying incongruity between what is expected and what is
  21. judicious
    marked by the exercise of common sense in practical matters
  22. naive
    marked by or showing unaffected simplicity
  23. nostalgic
    unhappy about being away and longing for familiar things
  24. objective
    the goal intended to be attained
  25. optimism
    the hopeful feeling that all is going to turn out well
  26. pessimism
    a general disposition to expect the worst in all things
  27. pompous
    puffed up with vanity
  28. reserved
    set aside for the use of a particular person or party
  29. resignedly
    with resignation and acceptance; in a resigned manner
  30. reverent
    feeling or showing profound respect or veneration
  31. sarcastic
    expressing or expressive of ridicule that wounds
  32. satirical
    exposing human folly to ridicule
  33. skeptical
    marked by or given to doubt
  34. trite
    repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
  35. whimsical
    determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity
  36. scorn
    lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
  37. flippant
    showing an inappropriate lack of seriousness
  38. tongue-in-cheek
    cleverly amusing in tone
  39. reverential
    feeling or manifesting profound respect or awe
Created on Wed Jul 04 11:58:04 EDT 2012 (updated Thu Jan 10 19:31:07 EST 2013)

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