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inflected

inflected

6.0
A voice that changes tone or pitch to show feeling
  • adjective
  • /ɪnˈflɛktɪd/
translation icon : modulado
  • By using an inflected voice during her speech, she kept the audience engaged and attentive.

Examples

  • The teacher emphasized the importance of speaking with an inflected tone to convey emotions more effectively.

  • He noticed that his friends often used an inflected tone when discussing exciting or dramatic events.

  • It's it struck me as it strikes me as a bold, impressive, ambitious work of ideologically inflected social science.

  • And he speaks in just the gentlest, most lilting, Welsh inflected accent, like he's just mesmerizing to listen to you.

Synonyms

modulated
vsinflected
6.8

Sound changed in volume or tone to make it pleasant

varies tone or pitch without implying deliberate adjustment

Antonyms

monotone
2 5.8

Said or sung in the same tone without change

uninflected
1 8.0

Speech that stays flat and shows little feeling

How Expressive

expressive
41 3.4
inflected
6.0
monotone
8 5.3

Surface Forms

inflected positive

Morphology

inflected = inflect (transparent) = inflect + ed

The adjectival use 'inflected' is a direct formation from 'inflect' meaning 'to vary or modulate', so the sense is predictable.

Etymology

Inflected comes from the Latin parts in- 'into' and flectere 'to bend', the same root as flex. A helpful image is a voice that is 'bent'—when someone speaks with an inflected tone the voice changes up or down to show feeling or meaning.