Voices Flashcards

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high

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high-pitched, soprano, shrill, girlish, treble

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clear

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audible, firm, resolute, authoritative, carefully, articulated, crisp, distinct

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squeaky

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twittery

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low

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deep, dark

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cold

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hard, steely, dry

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warm

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intimate

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soft

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muted, subdued, whispery, low, breathy, modulated

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loud

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strong, robust, ringing, stentorian, prodigious, booming, commanding

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loud and irritating

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sharp, grating, harsh, piercing, brassy, screechy, ear-splitting

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pleasant or soothing

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euphonious, melodious, sweet, dulcet, mellifluous, seductive, rich, lyrical, languid, sweet, silken, soft, honey-voiced

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bright

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chirpy, chirrupy, bubbly

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slow-speaking and somewhat mannered (or with prolonged vowels)

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drawling

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mournful

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sepulchral, funereal

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artificial or pretentious

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affected

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falsely or overly sweet

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cloying, saccharine, ingratiating

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15
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having pronounced S sounds

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sibilant, hissing

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affectedly elegant, lisping

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mincing

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stammering

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stuttering, sputtering

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like a flute

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fluted, fluty

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shrill and piping

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reedy

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gruff

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husky, throaty, scratchy, raspy, hoarse, gravel-voiced, wheezy, roupy, guttural

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deep

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resonant, sonorous

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deep and refined in articulation

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plummy

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hollow

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tinny

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without intonation

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monotonous, flat

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nasal

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catarrhal, asthmatic

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whiny

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whimpering, puling

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rising and falling monotonously

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singsong, jingly

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nervous

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uncertain, quavering, quavery, edgy