Mood + Tone words

• Accusatory


  Charging of wrong doing
• whimsical


  odd, strange, fantastic, fun
• apathetic


  indifferent due to lack of energy /concern
• bitter


  exhibiting strong animosity as result of pain/grief
• cynical


  questions basic sincerity/goodness of people
• condescending


  feeling of superiority
• callous


  unfeeling, insensitive to feelings of others
• contemplative


  studying, thinking, reflecting on issue
• critical


  finding fault
• Optimistic


  cheerful, positive
• contemptuous


  showing/feeling that something if worthless
• caustic


  Intense use of sarcasm, stinging, biting
• solemn


  deeply earnest
• disdainful


  scornful
• didactic


  author attempts to educate/instruct reader
• derisive


  ridiculing/mocking
• earnest


  intense, sincere state of mind
• erudite


  learned, polished, scholarly
• fanciful


  using imagination
• forthright


  directly frank without hesitation
• gloomy


  darkness, sadness, rejection
• haughty


  proud and vain to point of arrogance
• indignant


  marked by anger aroused by injustice
• sincere


  without deceit/deception
• judgmental


  authoritative, often having critical opinions
• jovial


  happy, cheerful
• sarcastic


  sneering, caustic
• matter-of-fact


  accepting of conditions
• mocking


  treating with contempt/ridicule
• morose


  gloomy, sullen, surly, despondent
• malicious


  purposefully hurtful
• objective


  unbiased view able to leave personal judgement aside
• ironic


  implying something different than what is stated
• obsequious


  polite, obedient in order to gain something
• patronising


  air of condescension, talking down to someone
• pessimistic


  seeing worst side of things, no hope
• quizzical


  odd, eccentric, amusing
• ribald


  offensive in speech/gesture
• reverent


  treating subject with honour/respect
• reflective


  illustrating innermost thoughts/emotions