Condemning tone
Guy talks to a woman at a bar.
Guy: So do you come here often?
Woman: No.
Guy: Okay. So where are you from?
Woman: (condemning tone) Are you trying to hit on me? How old are you? Forty? Fifty? You know how old I am? Twenty-eight. So maybe you should look for someone your own age.
1) Is condemning appropriate here? Is it too strong in meaning for this kind of context? Should it has been condemnatory instead?
2) Is tone what you would use to describe how the woman says her dialog?
Top answer
Hi I think 'condemning' is fine here. Another word would be 'scathing' which would mean that she makes no moral judgement, but is scornful and putting the man in his place 'Condemnatory' is stronger and definitely moral. It is close to accusation 'Tone' is correct.
- Hi I think 'condemning' is fine here.
- Another word would be 'scathing' which would mean that she makes no moral judgement, but is scornful and putting the man in his place 'Condemnatory' is stronger and definitely moral.
- It is close to accusation 'Tone' is correct.
- The tone of voice just is the way that one person is speaking to another Hope this helps, Dave
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Hi
I think 'condemning' is fine here. Another word would be 'scathing' which would mean that she makes no moral judgement, but is scornful and putting the man in his place
'Condemnatory' is stronger and definitely moral. It is close to accusation
'Tone' is correct. The tone of voice just is the way that one person is speaking to another
Hope this helps, Dave
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