Negative Tone

Question 0

admonitory

Answer 0

to caution, advise, or counsel against something.

Question 1

Accusing

Answer 1

to charge with the fault, offense, or crime (usually followed by of )

Question 2

Agitated

Answer 2

excited; disturbed.

Question 3

Angry

Answer 3

mad

Question 4

Apathetic

Answer 4

not interested or concerned; indifferent or unresponsive: an apathetic audience.

Question 5

Arrogant

Answer 5

making claims or pretensions to superior importance or rights; overbearingly assuming; insolently proud

Question 6

Artificial

Answer 6

made by human skill; produced by humans (opposed to natural )

Question 7

Audacious

Answer 7

extremely bold or daring; recklessly brave; fearless

Question 8

Belligerent

Answer 8

warlike; given to waging war.

Question 9

Bitter

Answer 9

having a harsh, disagreeably acrid taste, like that of aspirin, quinine, wormwood, or aloes.

Question 10

Boring

Answer 10

causing or marked by boredom: a boring discussion; to have a boring time.

Question 11

Brash

Answer 11

impertinent; impudent; tactless

Question 12

Callous

Answer 12

made hard; hardened.

Question 13

Childish

Answer 13

puerile; weak; silly

Question 14

Choleric

Answer 14

extremely irritable or easily angered; irascible: a choleric disposition.

Question 15

Coarse

Answer 15

composed of relatively large parts or particles: The beach had rough, coarse sand.

Question 16

Cold

Answer 16

lacking in passion, emotion, enthusiasm, ardor, etc.; dispassionate: cold reason.

Question 17

Condemnatory

Answer 17

to express an unfavorable or adverse judgment on; indicate strong disapproval of; censure.

Question 18

Condescending

Answer 18

showing or implying a usually patronizing descent from dignity or superiority: They resented the older neighbors’ condescending cordiality.

Question 19

Contradictory

Answer 19

asserting the contrary or opposite; contradicting; inconsistent; logically opposite: contradictory statements.
tending or inclined to contradict.

Question 20

Critical

Answer 20

inclined to find fault or to judge with severity, often too readily.

Question 21

Desperate

Answer 21

reckless or dangerous because of despair or urgency: a desperate killer.

Question 22

Dissapointed

Answer 22

depressed or discouraged by the failure of one’s hopes or expectations: a disappointed suitor.

Question 23

Disgruntled

Answer 23

displeased and discontented; sulky; peevish: Her disgruntled husband refused to join us.

Question 24

Disgusted

Answer 24

to cause loathing or nausea in. | to offend the good taste, moral sense, etc., of; cause extreme dislike or revulsion in: Your vulgar remarks disgust me.

Question 25

Facetious

Answer 25

not meant to be taken seriously or literally: a facetious remark.

Question 26

Furious

Answer 26

full of fury, violent passion, or rage; extremely angry; enraged: He was furious about the accident

Question 27

Harsh

Answer 27

ungentle and unpleasant in action or effect: harsh treatment; harsh manners.

Question 28

Haughty

Answer 28

disdainfully proud; snobbish; scornfully arrogant; supercilious: haughty aristocrats; a haughty salesclerk.

Question 29

Hateful

Answer 29

arousing hate or deserving to be hated: the hateful oppression of dictators.

Question 30

Hurtful

Answer 30

causing or capable of causing harm; injurious: a harmful idea; a harmful habit.

Question 31

Indignant

Answer 31

feeling, characterized by, or expressing strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or base: indignant remarks; an indignant expression on his face.

Question 32

Inflammatory

Answer 32

tending to arouse anger, hostility, passion, etc.: inflammatory speeches.

Question 33

Insulting

Answer 33

giving or causing insult; characterized by affronting rudeness, insolence, etc.

Question 34

Irritated

Answer 34

angered, provoked, or annoyed.

Question 35

Manipulative

Answer 35

influencing or attempting to influence the behavior or emotions of others for one’s own purposes: a manipulative boss.

Question 36

Obnoxious

Answer 36

highly objectionable or offensive; odious: obnoxious behavior.

Question 37

Outraged

Answer 37

an act of wanton cruelty or violence; any gross violation of law or decency.

Question 38

Passive

Answer 38

not reacting visibly to something that might be expected to produce manifestations of an emotion or feeling.

Question 39

Shameful

Answer 39

disgraceful or scandalous: shameful treatment.

Question 40

Quarrelsome

Answer 40

a cause of dispute, complaint, or hostile feeling: She has no quarrel with her present salary.

Question 41

Snooty

Answer 41

of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a snob

Question 42

Superficial

Answer 42

shallow; not profound or thorough: a superficial writer.

Question 43

Surly

Answer 43

churlishly rude or bad-tempered: a surly waiter

Question 44

Testy

Answer 44

irritably impatient; touchy.

Question 45

Threatening

Answer 45

tending or intended to menace: threatening gestures.

Question 46

Tired

Answer 46

exhausted, as by exertion; fatigued or sleepy: a tired runner.

Question 47

Uninterested

Answer 47

not personally concerned in something.

Question 48

Wrathful

Answer 48

very angry; ireful; full of wrath: They trembled before the wrathful queen.