Absurd | Accepting |
Accidental | Adventurous |
Alluring | Austere |
Beautiful | Bombastic |
Boring | Calm |
Casual | Charming |
Comical | Composed |
Confident | Contradictory |
Cool | Cynical |
Dark | Dazzling |
Decent | Decorous |
Desolate | Desperate |
Diabolic | Dignified |
Dramatic | Dreadful |
Dreamlike | Dreary |
Dull | Easygoing |
Elegant | Erratic |
Fantastical | Farcical |
Fast | Fearless |
Fearsome | Flamboyant |
Flat | Flowery |
Formal | Formidable |
Garish | Grandiose |
Grave | Happy |
Heavy | Intense |
Ironical | Lavish |
Lively | Majestic |
Noble | Nostalgic |
Ornate | Ostentatious |
Overblown | Peaceful |
Plain | Posh |
Proper | Puffy |
Quaint | Quiet |
Random | Refined |
Relaxed | Romantic |
Satirical | Scary |
Sensitive | Sentimental |
Serious | Smug |
Solemn | Somber |
Sophisticated | Spooky |
Stark | Strange |
Stylish | Sumptuous |
Surreal | Suspenseful |
Suspicious | Tacky |
Tedious | Terrifying |
Touching | Tragic |
Tranquil | Turgid |
Uninspired | Unpredictable |
Unreal | Unstable |
Unsteady | Volatile |
Etymology
The word atmosphere originates with the ancient Greek words atmos "vapor, steam" and sphaira "sphere." Atmosphere is primarily used to describe the layer of gases that envelop a planet. Its use to describe creative works, places, things and people is an analogy to a feeling that surrounds and hangs in the air.| Overview: Atmosphere | ||
Type | ||
Definition | The overall emotional impression created by something. | |
Commonly Applied To | LiteratureCreative WorksPlacesPeople | |
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