Tones by Tone

A Handy Lookup Reference for the many Gemstone Tones, compiled and sorted by Seomanthe Bartley-Olberath. Some tones in the tables below are duplicated in multiple columns in cases where they fall into more than one category.

To use these tones, use the following syntax:

 ":tone =verb ::target Hello there!
 ":happy =shout ::reader Hello there!
    Speaking happily to you, Seomanthe shouts, "Hello there!"

Tones by Tone

Sound	Manner	Happy	Unhappy	Annoyed	Rude/Impolite	Angry	Friendly/Polite	Uncomfortable	Baffled/Worried	Serious	Excited/Bored
affected	absentminded	agreeable	accusing	affronted	abrupt	acid	admiring	abashed	abashed	adamant	alert
austere	aggressive	amiable	affected	aggravated	absent	affronted	adoring	affronted	absentminded	assertive	amorous
brazen	alert	amorous	agonizing	annoyed	acerbic	aggravated	affable	aggravated	anxious	austere	animated
careless	ambivalent	amused	ambivalent	apoplectic	acrid	aggresive	affectionate	agitated	ashamed	authoritative	ardent
clear	animated	appreciative	annoying	argumentative	aggravated	agitated	agreeable	ambivalent	astounded	bland	ardent
deep	apocryphal	approving	apathetic	bitter	aggresive	angry	amiable	apathetic	baffled	bleak	astounded
faint	assertive	ardent	apprehensive	brisk	agitated	apoplectic	amicable	ashamed	befuddled	bold	authoritative
feeble	astounded	ardent	ashamed	cantankerous	airy	assertive	amorous	awkward	bemused	calm	avid
hearty	audacious	bawdy	avaricious	churlish	aloof	brazen	apologetic	bashful	bewildered	candid	bawdy
hoarse	austere	breezy	begrudging	coarse	apathetic	caustic	ardent	bleary	bleak	casual	bored
hushed	baffling	bright	bleak	covetous	apoplectic	churlish	breezy	cagey	bleary	chaste	boring
husky	bawdy	cheeky	cantankerous	curt	arch	coarse	charming	careful	cagey	clinical	brash
indistinct	belated	cheerful	compulsive	deprecating	arrogant	cold	cheeky	cautious	clueless	commanding	covetous
laughing	bewildering	cloying	conflicted	despairing	audacious	contentious	comforting	compulsive	conflicted	confident	daft
loud	breathless	comical	covetous	devilish	baffling	cool	compliant	dazed	confused	confidential	delirious
melodic	breezy	contented	cranky	disgruntled	belligerent	cross	concerned	defensive	curious	decided	depressed
monotone	brief	daft	defeated	disgusted	biting	cruel	consoling	dejected	delirious	decisive	devilish
mushy	broad	delighted	dejected	doleful	blithe	dark	contrite	despairing	disbelieving	decorous	dramatic
nasal	careless	devilish	depressed	exasperated	blunt	defiant	conversational	dire	disconcerted	defeated	emphatic
plodding	charming	devoted	desperate	explicit	bossy	diabolical	cordial	disconcerted	disoriented	deliberate	enchanted
quavering	chaste	dreamy	despondent	express	brazen	dire	coy	disheartened	distant	demure	excited
quiet	cloying	droll	disappointed	feisty	brusque	disagreeable	delicate	doleful	distracted	detached	exultant
raspy	clueless	eager	disapproving	fierce	callous	express	diffident	dreadful	doubtful	determined	fanciful
rough	coaxing	ecstatic	disconsolate	forced	cantankerous	fierce	discreet	embarrassed	dreadful	devoted	fervent
shrill	complacent	enchanted	disheartened	frosty	cheeky	frightened	dutiful	feeble	dubious	didactic	frantic
slow	compliant	exultant	dispirited	frustrated	churlish	furious	encouraging	flustered	dumbfounded	diligent	fussy
soft	confidential	fanciful	dreadful	grudging	clinical	hateful	flirtatious	forced	evasive	diplomatic	glowing
squeaky	confiding	fond	dull	gruff	cloying	heartless	gallant	furtive	flustered	docile	greedy
thick	cordial	generous	fearful	guilty	coarse	heated	gentle	guarded	fretful	dry	heedless
throaty	crafty	gleeful	forced	heated	condescending	heedless	indulgent	guilty	furtive	dutiful	hysterical
thunderous	daft	glowing	forlorn	impatient	contemptuous	horrified	informal	half-hearted	guarded	earnest	idle
	deliberate	happy	frightened	impertinent	contentious	hostile	inviting	heartbroken	guilty	emotional	indolent
	delirious	heedless	gloomy	imploring	crafty	impudent	irreverent	heedless	half-hearted	erudite	jaded
	detached	impish	glum	indignant	crass	impulsive	joking	horrified	halting	even	languid
	determined	inviting	grumpy	irritated	crisp	insulting	kind	hungry	hasty	expectant	laughing
	diabolical	ironic	guilty	jealous	crude	intimidating	loving	hushed	helpless	explicit	lazy
	diligent	irreverent	heartbroken	merciless	cryptic	malevolent	magnanimous	inane	hesitant	express	lifeless
	discreet	jovial	heavy	offended	deprecating	menacing	mild	indecisive	horrified	facetious	lusty
	disinterested	jubilant	helpless	outraged	derisive	merciless	mischievous	insipid	hushed	forceful	noncommittal
	docile	laughing	hollow	peeved	disagreeable	nasty	modest	introspective	inane	frank	obsessive
	drunken	merry	hopeless	peevish	disdainful	ominous	optimistic	lifeless	incredulous	gracious	passionate
	dumbfounded	nostalgic	horrified	piqued	dismissive	outraged	pawky	lovelorn	inquisitive	grave	passive
	enticing	obsessive	hungry	pitiless	disparaging	outrageous	pitying	nagging	interested	grim	perfunctory
	erudite	optimistic	hushed	prudish	disrespect	petulant	placid	nervous	introspective	honest	plodding
	express	pawky	inconsolable	reproachful	distasteful	pitiless	polite	nonsensical	lovelorn	humble	rabid
	facetious	perky	indolent	reproving	doleful	rabid	praiseful	painful	naive	impartial	rapt
	fascinated	playful	jaded	resentful	facetious	reproving	reassuring	pensive	nonplussed	impassive	rapturous
	feeble	pleased	jealous	satirical	flippant	resentful	respectful	pitying	oblivious	insistent	resolved
	firm	praiseful	lifeless	sharp	grating	sadistic	sage	prudish	perplexed	introspective	riotous
	flat	proud	listless	short	harsh	savage	suave	quavering	puzzled	jaded	rousing
	forced	rabid	lovelorn	snotty	haughty	severe	sweet	reluctant	quavering	laconic	sensuous
	formal	rapturous	merciless	sour	heartless	short	sympathetic	reticent	querulous	languid	speculative
	furtive	rejoicing	miserable	stern	heedless	spiteful	tame	scandalous	skittish	measured	suave
	fussy	relieved	morose	stiff	hostile	spurious	teasing	sheepish	speechless	meditative	surprised
	gallant	riotous	mournful	strained	icy	terse	understanding	shy	stilted	musing	tenacious
	generous	roguish	obsessive	sulky	imperious	threatening	warm	skittish	tenacious	nostalgic	unexpected
	glib	rousing	offended	tart	impudent	tight	winning	speechless	terrified	philosophical	vehement
	grandiose	satirical	painful	testy	impulsive	uncouth		squeamish	thoughtless	pompous	vociferous
	grateful	suave	pitying	tight	indifferent	unfeeling		stilted	timid	reasoned	voracious
	half-hearted	sublime	plodding	uncouth	insincere	unkind		strained	tremulous	reflective	winning
	helpful	triumphant	quavering	unfeeling	insolent	vengeful		suspicious	uncertain	resolute
	helpless	unctuous	rabid	unhelpful	insulting	venomous		tense	vacuous	resolved
	honest	whimsical	regretful	unkind	ironic	vexed		tentative	vapid	reticent
	hopeful	winning	remorseful	warning	irreverent	vicious		toneless	woeful	self-assured
	hurried	witty	resentful	withering	knowing	warning		tormented	wondering	serious
	impartial		rueful	wounded	lascivious	waspish		tremulous	worried	shrewd
	impassive		sad	wrathful	lazy	withering		trepidatious		sober
	imploring		shaky		lewd	wrathful		uncomfortable		solemn
	indecisive		skittish		licentious			unconvincing		stalwart
	indolent		sober		lofty			uneasy		staunch
	ingratiating		somber		lusty			vacuous		steady
	innocent		sorrowful		merciless			vapid		strident
	insipid		squeamish		mocking			wishy-washy		tame
	intoxicated		stilted		nagging					truthful
	introspective		strained		nasty					unassuming
	laborious		sullen		obnoxious					unctuous
	lame		tearful		ominous					urbane
	lascivious		terrified		outrageous
	lewd		tired		patronizing
	licentious		toneless		pedantic
	light		tormented		perfunctory
	lofty		tremulous		pitiless
	longing		trepidatious		pompous
	measured		unhappy		pretentious
	meek		vengeful		reproving
	mendacious		whining		roguish
	modest		wishy-washy		rude
	mushy		woeful		sadistic
	musing		wounded		sarcastic
	mysterious				sassy
	naive				scandalous
	neutral				scathing
	nonchalant				scornful
	nonsensical				self-absorbed
	nostalgic				severe
	obsequious				shameless
	obsessive				short
	offhanded				snide
	passive				snobbish
	patient				snotty
	pensive				spurious
	perfunctory				sulky
	perspicacious				terse
	persuasive				thoughtless
	pious				trite
	pitying				uncouth
	placating				unfeeling
	placid				ungracious
	plain				unhelpful
	plaintive				unkind
	pleading				venomous
	pleasant				voracious
	pointed				withering
	polite				wrathful
	pompous
	pragmatic
	prayerful
	pretentious
	prim
	prompt
	quick
	rapt
	reasonable
	resentful
	resigned
	reticent
	reverent
	rhetorical
	roguish
	sagacious
	sage
	sardonic
	seductive
	self-absorbed
	self-assured
	sensuous
	serene
	shameless
	shrewd
	silky
	simple
	sincere
	skeptical
	sleepy
	slow
	sly
	smarmy
	smooth
	smug
	soothing
	speculative
	squeamish
	stalwart
	staunch
	stilted
	stoic
	stout
	strict
	stubborn
	stupid
	sublime
	submissive
	subtle
	sudden
	suggestive
	surreptitious
	sycophantic
	tame
	tenacious
	tender
	theatrical
	thoughtful
	trite
	truthful
	unassuming
	unconvincing
	unctuous
	unexpected
	urbane
	urgent
	vague
	vigorous
	wary
	weak
	weary
	wicked
	wishful
	wistful
	wooden
	wry

Speech Verbs

Soothe/Comment	Sound	Polite	Rude/Impolite	Angry	Happy/Amused	Confused/Querulous	Excited/Interested	Sad/Demoralized	Academic/Sermonic	Debate	Militaristic
admit	bark	acknowledge	admonish	accuse	approve	agonize	babble	admit	advocate	acknowledge	bite out
allow	bawl	acquiesce	argue	biteout	babble	ask	blather	agonize	affirms	advocate	boom
apologize	bellow	add	bark	biting	banter	babble	boast	attempt	amend	affirms	challenge
appease	blubber	admit	bemoan	blusters	brag	beseech	brag	bawl	announce	allow	command
assure	blurt	advise	biteout	boom	cackle	blather	chatter	beg	argue	amend	demand
attest	boom	affirms	blusters	chide	chatter	carp	chirps	bemoan	articulate	argue	direct
cajole	breathe	agree	brag	choke out	cheer	coax	choke out	beseech	assert	articulate	force
cautions	call	amend	cackle	condescend	chirps	echo	congratulate	blubber	assure	assert	hail
chatter	chant	answer	carp	counter	choke out	falter	conspire	carp	begin	attest	interrogate
comment	cough	apologize	chastise	criticize	commend	fret	coo	commiserate	cautions	aver	order
commiserate	croaks	appease	chime in	curse	compliment	gasps	crow	complain	chastise	cajole	report
confess	croon	approve	choke out	denounce	coo	guess	cry	deny	clarify	chastise	reprimand
confide	drawl	articulate	cluck	echo	deadpan	hazard	deny	echo	coax	chime in	resolve
confirm	echo	attempt	condescend	glower	droll	inquire	echo	fret	commend	claim	swear
console	enunciate	attest	counter	grate	effuse	maunders	effuse	gripe	conclude	counter	thunder
deadpan	exclaim	banter	criticize	groan	enthuse	mumble	encourages	groan	concur	critique	upbraid
deflect	falter	chime in	critique	grumble	exult	mutter	enthuse	grouse	confess	declare	warn
disclose	gasps	commend	curse	heckle	fuss	ponder	exult	grovel	confirm	denounce
divulge	growl	compliment	deny	howl	gush	protest	fascinated	grumble	consider	deter
echo	grunt	concede	dismiss	huff	hail	pry	flirt	implore	console	disagree
express	hiss	concur	distract	insinuate	jest	quaver	fuss	insist	contend	dismiss
gossip	holler	consider	divulge	interrogate	joke	query	gasps	keen	continue	distract
imply	howl	demur	drone	lambaste	laugh	ramble	gossip	lament	correct	elaborates
insinuate	hum	deter	entreat	malicious	marvel	rant	gush	mope	counter	enunciate
laud	intone	elaborates	gloat	mutter	mocks	rave	hail	mutter	declaim	explain
mention	keen	encourages	goad	nag	prattle	request	howl	opine	declare	force
muse	lisp	express	gossip	needle	quip	snivel	laud	plead	disagree	grant
note	moan	flatter	grate	quarrel	ramble	squall	marvel	pout	disclose	hint
oblige	mouth	flirt	gripe	rant	reassure	squawk	pant	protest	dissuade	intimate
observe	murmur	greet	grouse	rebuke	rejoice	squeak	prattle	quaver	drone	maintain
offer	pant	hint	grumble	ridicule	reminisce	sulk	profess	sigh	drone	object
placate	prattle	indicate	heckle	scoffs	sigh	urge	ramble	snivel	elaborates	orate
prods	purr	introduce	huff	scold	simper	venture	rave	sob	emphasize	persuade
promise	quaver	oblige	hushes	seethe	singsong	wheedles	rejoice	squall	explain	pontificate
prompt	rasp	praise	insinuate	spit	snickers	wish	reminisce	sulk	grant	posit
proposes	rattle off	promise	interject	splutter	squeal	worry	simper	vent	hazard	predicate
reaffirm	read	prompt	interrogate	sputter	toast	yammer	speculate	wail	hypothesize	pronounce
recall	recites	proposes	interrupt	squawk	trill	yelp	squeal	wheedles	inform	proposes
reconsider	roar	quibble	jeer	squeak	warble		trill	whimper	instruct	quarrel
recount	scream	reaffirm	lambaste	swear	witter		urge	whine	intimate	quibble
reflect	screech	reassure	malicious	threaten			vow	worry	lecture	rattle off
reinforce	shout	recommend	mocks	thunder			warble		maunders	realize
reiterate	shriek	say	mutter	upbraid			wish		observe	reason
relent	singsong	share	nag	vent			witter		orate	rebut
remark	slur	soothe	needle	warn			wonder		persuade	reconsider
reminisce	snarl	toast	press	yells			yammer		pontificate	recount
reply	snivel		prods						posit	reflect
resolve	splutter		pry						pray	retort
reveal	squall		quarrel						preach	specify
share	squawk		razz						proclaim	stress
soothe	squeak		rebuke						proposes	submit
specify	squeal		reproach						quote	surmise
state	stammer		retort						rattle off	testify
stress	stutter		ridicule						realize	theorize
submit	thunder		scoffs						reason
testify	trill		singsong						rebut
toast	warble		snap						recall
vent	wheeze		sneer						recites
	whisper aloud		snickers						recommend
	witter		sputter						recount
	yammer		squawk						regale
	yells		swear						rehearse
	yelp		taunt						reinforce
			tease						reiterate
			upbraid						remind
									repeat
									respond
									retort
									ridicule
									stipulate
									stress
									suggest
									supply
									surmise
									theorize
									urge