Catcher in the Rye Tone Vocab
Indignant
Marked by anger aroused by injustice
Ironic
Marked by usage of words that mean the opposite of what you really think/feel in order to be funny or deceptive/manipulative
Lamentable
Mournful; marked by regret
Insipid
Not interesting or exciting; dull or boring
Whimsical
Odd, strange, fantastic; fun
Sanguineous
Optimistic and cheerful
Nostalgic
Pleasure and sadness that is caused by remembering something from the past and wishing you could experience it again
Remorseful
Regretful; penitent; contrite
Satiric
Ridiculing to show weakness in order to make a point, teach
Insolent
Rude or impolite; showing disregard for people
Taunting
Sarcastically challenging or insulting
Disdainful
Scornful, feeling or belief that something or someone is worthless or despicable
Sardonic
Scornfully and bitterly sarcastic
Wry
Slightly sarcastic in a humorous way; clever with a bit of irony
Melancholic
Sorrowful
Contemplative
Studying, thinking, reflecting on an issue
Ominous
Suggestive that bad things will come; foreboding of evil; inauspicious; portentous
Compassionate
Sympathetic and showing concern for others
Pedantic
1) Unimaginative and dull; 2) Narrowly or stodgily (very old-fashioned) or often very ostentatiously learned
Audacious
1) Very confident and daring, perhaps recklessly so; 2.) Original and bold; 3) Contemptuous of law, religion, or decorum
Sentimental
1) Weakly emotional; 2) expressive of tender emotions, such as nostalgia, love, pity
Detached
Aloof and objective
Objective
An unbiased view; able to leave personal judgments aside
Unnerving
Causing one to become nervous, afraid, upset, unable to think clearly
Forthright
Directly frank without hesitation (frank = open, honest, candid)
Ostentatious
Displaying knowledge or wealth that is meant to attract attention, admiration, or envy
Melodramatic
Emotional or dramatic in a way that is very extreme or exaggerated
Bitter
Exhibiting strong animosity as a result of pain or grief
Lugubrious
Full of sorrow or sadness; sad in an exaggerated or insincere manner
Jovial
Happy
Malevolent
Having or showing a desire to harm another; arising from intense and vicious ill will, spite, or hatred; malicious
Irreverent
Having or showing a lack of respect for something or someone that is usually treated with respect; satiric
Pretentious
Having or showing the unpleasant quality of people who want to be regarded as more impressive, successful, or important than they really are
Funereal
Having the mournful, somber character of a funeral; sepulchral; gloomy
Apathetic
Indifferent due to lack of energy or concern
Caustic
Intense use of sarcasm; stinging or biting (inducing emotional pain)
Reverent
Treating a subject with honor and respect
Facetious
Treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor; flippant
Hostile
Unfriendly, antagonistic
Hyperbolic
With exaggeration, marked in its heavy overstatement
Foreboding
With fearful apprehension
