tone (GENERAL MOOD)

The Wall Street Journal leads its world-wide newsbox with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev striking "a Cold War tone" as he pledged to go ahead with rearmament plans in response to what he said were NATO's plans to expand close to Russia's border.

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tone (GENERAL MOOD) Show phonetics
noun [S]
the general mood or main qualities of something:
I didn't like the jokey tone of the article - I thought it inappropriate.
Trust you to lower the tone of the evening by telling vulgar jokes, Martin!
Well, I thought it might raise the moral tone of the evening if I invited a vicar to the party.
He was in a very bad mood when he arrived, and that set the tone for the whole meeting.

-toned Show phonetics
suffix