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tone = speakers attitude

POSITIVE TONE WORDS


NEUTRAL
(+, , or neutra!"
NE#ATIVE TONE WORDS
admiring
adoring
afectionate
appreciative
approving
bemused
benevolent
blithe
calm
casual
celebratory
cheerful
comforting
comic
compassionate
complimentary
conciliatory
confdent
contented
delightful
earnest
ebullient
ecstatic
efusive
elated
empathetic
encouraging
euphoric
excited
exhilarated
expectant
facetious
fervent
fippant
forthright
friendly
funny
gleeful
gushy
happy
hilarious
hopeful
humorous
interested
introspective
jovial
joyful
laudatory
light
lively
mirthful
modest
nostalgic
optimistic
passionate
placid
playful
poignant
proud
reassuring
refective
relaxed
respectful
reverent
romantic
sanguine
scholarly
self-assured
sentimental
serene
silly
sprightly
straightforward
sympathetic
tender
tranquil
whimsical
wistful
worshipful
zealous
commanding
direct
impartial
indirect
meditative
objective
questioning
speculative
unambiguous
unconcerned
understated
abhorring
acerbic
ambiguous
ambivalent
angry
annoyed
antagonistic
anxious
apathetic
apprehensive
belligerent
bewildered
biting
bitter
blunt
bossy
cold
conceited
condescending
confused
contemptuous
curt
cynical
demanding
depressed
derisive
derogatory
desolate
despairing
desperate
detached
diabolic
disappointed
disliing
disrespectful
doubtful
embarrassed
enraged
evasive
fatalistic
fearful
forceful
foreboding
frantic
frightened
frustrated
furious
gloomy
grave
greedy
grim
harsh
haughty
holier-than-thou
hopeless
hostile
impatient
incredulous
indiferent
indignant
infammatory
insecure
insolent
irreverent
lethargic
melancholy
mischievous
miserable
mocing
mournful
nervous
ominous
outraged
paranoid
pathetic
patronizing
pedantic
pensive
pessimistic
pretentious
psychotic
resigned
reticent
sarcastic
sardonic
scornful
self-deprecating
selfsh
serious
severe
sinister
septical
sly
solemn
somber
stern
stolid
stressful
strident
suspicious
tense
threatening
tragic
uncertain
uneasy
unfriendly
unsympathetic
upset
violent
wry
$ood = e$otiona! e%e&t t'at
t'e te(t &reates )or t'e audien&e
POSITIVE *OOD WORDS NE#ATIVE *OOD WORDS
amused
awed
bouncy
calm
cheerful
chipper
confdent
contemplative
content
determined
dignifed
dreamy
ecstatic
empowered
energetic
enlightened
enthralled
excited
exhilarated
firty
giddy
grateful
harmonious
hopeful
hyper
idyllic
joyous
jubilant
liberating
light-hearted
loving
mellow
nostalgic
optimistic
passionate
peaceful
playful
pleased
refreshed
rejuvenated
relaxed
relieved
satiated
satisfed
sentimental
silly
surprised
sympathetic
thanful
thoughtful
touched
trustful
vivacious
warm
welcoming
aggravated
annoyed
anxious
apathetic
apprehensive
barren
brooding
cold
confning
confused
crany
crushed
cynical
depressed
desolate
disappointed
discontented
distressed
drained
dreary
embarrassed
enraged
envious
exhausted
fatalistic
foreboding
frustrated
futile
gloomy
grumpy
haunting
heartbroen
hopeless
hostile
indiferent
infuriated
insidious
intimidated
irate
irritated
jealous
lethargic
lonely
melancholic
merciless
moody
morose
nauseated
nervous
nightmarish
numb
overwhelmed
painful
pensive
pessimistic
predatory
rejected
restless
scared
serious
sic
somber
stressed
suspenseful
tense
terrifying
threatening
uncomfortable
vengeful
violent
worried

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