Tone

Absurd means...

• Happy

• Silly, ridiculous

• Optimistic

• sincerer

Ambivalent means

• dejected, sad, unhappy, troubled

• causing suffering, causing pain

• undecided, having mixed emotions, unsure

• unfeeling, hard-hearted, unyielding

Condescending means

• patronising, stooping to the level of one’s inferiors

• upset

• deeply felt, concentrated

• doubtful, disbelieving, skeptical

Critical means

• extremely happy

• personal, close, deeply associated

• considerate, kind, mild, soft

• disapproving

Detached means

• complicated, having many varying characteristics

• uninvolved, having no interest or feelings, objective

• complicated, having many varying characteristics

• earnest, not funny

Ironic means

• wry, an unexpected opposite meaning in words or events

• tending to take the worst possible view of a situation

• reserved, restrained

• lacking respect , lacking reverence

Indignant means

• ridiculing, imitating

• resentful, having strong animosity or rancor

• undecided, having mixed emotions, unsure

• angry, angered by something unjust, mean, unworthy

Malicious means

• actual, uninfluenced by emotion or personal prejudice

• disastrous, calamitous

• spiteful, desiring to harm others or to see others suffer

• frank, candid, spoken without reserve

Nostalgic means

• scornful of the motives or virtues of others, bitterly mocking

• angry, angered by something unjust, mean, unworthy

• extremely happy

• yearning for the past, homesick, wistful

Vindictive means

• ridiculing, imitating

• tending to take the worst possible view of a situation

• angry, angered by something unjust, mean, unworthy

• revengeful, spiteful, bitter, unforgiving