Top Keywords to Help You Discover & Develop Your Voice
Do you intimately know your voice? Are you able to describe your voice? Here are some top keywords from the Macmillan Dictionary to get you started.
- adenoidal ADJECTIVE - if someone’s voice is adenoidal, some of the sound seems to come through their nose
- appealing ADJECTIVE - an appealing look, voice, etc. shows that you want help, approval, or agreement
- a voice like a foghorn PHRASE - a very loud voice
- breathy ADJECTIVE - with loud breathing noises
- brittle ADJECTIVE - if you speak in a brittle voice, you sound as if you are about to cry
- croaky ADJECTIVE - if someone’s voice sounds croaky, they speak in a low rough voice that sounds like they have a sore throat
- dead ADJECTIVE - if someone’s eyes are dead, or if their voice is dead, they feel or show no emotion
- disembodied ADJECTIVE - a disembodied voice comes from someone who you cannot see
- flat ADJECTIVE - spoken in a voice that does not go up and down. This word is often used for describing the speech of people from a particular region.
- fruity ADJECTIVE - a fruity voice or laugh is deep and strong in a pleasant way
- grating ADJECTIVE - a grating voice, laugh, or sound is unpleasant and annoying
- gravelly ADJECTIVE - a gravelly voice sounds low and rough
- gruff ADJECTIVE - a gruff voice has a rough low sound
- guttural ADJECTIVE - a guttural sound is deep and made at the back of your throat
- high-pitched ADJECTIVE - a high-pitched voice or sound is very high
- hoarse ADJECTIVE - someone who is hoarse or has a hoarse voice speaks in a low rough voice, usually because their throat is sore
- honeyed ADJECTIVE - honeyed words or a honeyed voice sound very nice but you cannot trust the person who is speaking
- husky ADJECTIVE - a husky voice is deep and sounds hoarse (=as if you have a sore throat), often in an attractive way
- in an undertone PHRASE - using a quiet voice so that someone cannot hear you
- low ADJECTIVE - a low voice or sound is quiet and difficult to hear
- modulated ADJECTIVE - a modulated voice is controlled and pleasant to listen to
- monotonous ADJECTIVE - a monotonous sound or voice is boring and unpleasant because it does not change in loudness or become higher or lower
- nasal ADJECTIVE - someone with a nasal voice sounds as if they are speaking through their nose
- orotund ADJECTIVE- VERY FORMAL an orotund voice is loud and clear
- penetrating ADJECTIVE - a penetrating voice or sound is so high or loud that it makes you slightly uncomfortable
- raucous ADJECTIVE - a raucous voice or noise is loud and sounds rough
- rough ADJECTIVE - a rough voice is not soft and is unpleasant to listen to
- shrill ADJECTIVE - a shrill noise or voice is very loud, high, and unpleasant
- silvery ADJECTIVE - MAINLY LITERARY a silvery voice or sound is clear, light, and pleasant
- singsong ADJECTIVE - if you speak in a singsong voice, your voice rises and falls in a musical way
- small ADJECTIVE - a small voice or sound is quiet
- smoky ADJECTIVE - a smoky voice or smoky eyes are sexually attractive in a slightly mysterious way
- soft-spoken ADJECTIVE - speaking or said in a quiet gentle voice
- someone’s dulcet tones PHRASE - MAINLY LITERARY the sound of someone’s voice as they speak
- sotto voce ADJECTIVE - FORMAL in a very quiet voice
- stentorian ADJECTIVE - MAINLY LITERARY a stentorian voice sounds very loud and severe
- strangled ADJECTIVE - a strangled sound is one that someone stops before they finish making it
- strident ADJECTIVE - a strident voice or sound is loud and unpleasant
- taut ADJECTIVE - used about something such as a voice or expression that shows someone is nervous or angry
- thick ADJECTIVE - if your voice is thick with an emotion, it sounds less clear than usual because of the emotion
- thickly ADVERB - with a low voice that comes mostly from your throat
- thin ADJECTIVE - a thin voice or sound is high and unpleasant to listen to
- throaty ADJECTIVE - a throaty sound is low and seems to come from deep in your throat
- tight ADJECTIVE - a tight voice or expression shows that you are nervous or annoyed
- toneless ADJECTIVE - a toneless voice does not express any emotion
- tremulous ADJECTIVE - LITERARY if something such as your voice or smile is tremulous, it is not steady, for example because you are afraid or excited
- wheezy ADJECTIVE - a wheezy noise sounds as if it is made by someone who has difficulty breathing
- wobbly ADJECTIVE - if your voice is wobbly, it goes up and down, usually because you are frightened, not confident, or are going to cry.
Source for keywords: Macmillan Dictionary
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