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Tone Words. Steven Jacob ELA-5 STEM. Benevolent. characterized by or expressing goodwill or kindly feelings Synonyms: caring, goodness, happiness. Compassionate.
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Tone Words Steven Jacob ELA-5 STEM
Benevolent • characterized by or expressing goodwill or kindly feelings • Synonyms: caring, goodness, happiness
Compassionate • a feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is stricken by misfortune, accompanied by a strong desire to alleviate the suffering. • Synonyms: Caring, Sympathetic
Complimentary • of thenature of, conveying, or expressing a compliment, often one that is politely flattering: a complimentary remark • Synonyms: commendatory, praising, laudatory
Forthright • going straight to the point; frank; direct; outspoken: It's sometimes difficult to be forthright and not give offense • Synonyms: forthrightly, squarely, blunt, candid, frank
Serene • calm, peaceful, or tranquil; unruffled • Synonyms: undisturbed, imperturbable, unperturbed, composed, collected
Sympathetic • characterized by, proceeding from, exhibiting, or feeling of care • Synonyms: commiserating, kind, tender, affectionate
Objective • something that one's efforts or actions are intended to attain or accomplish; purpose; goal • Synonyms: object, destination, aim
Bewildered • completely puzzled or confused; perplexed • Synonyms: mystify, nonplus, confuse, daze, confound, stagger, muddle
Condescending • to behave as if one is conscious of descending from a superior position, rank, or dignity • Synonyms: patronizing, disdainful, supercilious
Desolate • barren or laid waste; devastated • Synonyms: ravaged, desert, lonesome, lost; miserable, wretched, woebegone, woeful, inconsolable, cheerless, hopeless
Haughty • disdainfully proud; snobbish; scornfully arrogant; supercilious • Synonyms: lordly, disdainful, contemptuous
Indignant • feeling, characterized by, or expressing strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or base • Synonyms: angry, resentful, infuriated, mad
Melancholy • a gloomy state of mind, especially when habitual or prolonged; depression • sadness, dejection, despondency, seriousness gloomy, despondent, blue, dispirited, sorrowful, dismal, doleful, glum, downcast, serious
Mocking • to attack or treat with ridicule, contempt, or derision • Synonyms: deride; taunt, flout, gibe; chaff, tease
Ominous • portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious • Synonyms: portentous, threatening, menacing, fateful
Pessimistic • the tendency to see, anticipate, or emphasize only bad or undesirable outcomes, results, conditions, problems • Synonyms: despairing, hopeless
Severe • harsh; unnecessarily extreme • Synonyms: strict, hard, stern, unadorned, demanding, exacting
Solemn • grave, sober, or mirthless, as a person • Synonyms: serious, august, imposing, stately, ritual, ceremonial, devotional
Somber • gloomily dark; shadowy; dimly lighted • Synonyms: dusky, murky, sunless, lugubrious, mournful, doleful, melancholy
Suspicious • to believe or look guilty, false, counterfeit, undesirable, defective, bad, etc., with little or no proof • Synonyms: suspect, dubious, doubtful mistrustful, wary, disbelieving, strange, mysterious
Irreverent • A feeling that is opposed to respect/ also shows a characterization of disrespect • Synonyms: irreligious, impious, profane