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monotonic

monotonic

1 8.1
A voice that keeps the same pitch and tone
  • adjective
  • /ˌmɒnəˈtɒnɪk/
translation icon : monótono
  • During the presentation, she used a monotonic delivery that lacked emotion and variation.

Examples

  • The opening scene, minus the monotonic monologue, was, to me, breathtaking.

    Blog text (30)

  • Do we really need a dude with a monotonic voice beginning the film?

    Blog text (30)

  • However, the growth is not monotonic.

    Blog text (23)

  • Not only monotonic but with a voice so low I had to rewind more than once.

    Blog text (30)

  • You will have heard sound systems that suddenly scream a very loud monotonic sound, normally due to positive feedback from microphone to speaker and back again and so on.

    Blog text (15)

  • His monotonic voice made it difficult to stay awake during the lecture.

  • The teacher spoke in a monotonic tone that failed to engage the students.

Synonyms

flat
vsmonotonic
297 4.4

Not lively and often weak in taste or sound

refers specifically to an unvarying pitch rather than general dullness
monotonous
vsmonotonic
4 5.3

A voice or sound that stays on one tone and does not change

means absence of tone variation without implying boredom
monotone
vsmonotonic
2 5.8

Said or sung in the same tone without change

is defined as lacking variation in pitch or inflection
monotonal
vsmonotonic
7.3

A voice or sound that stays in the same pitch without change

describes lack of tone or pitch variation in general speech
inflectionless
vsmonotonic
7.9

Said in a flat, boring voice with no rise or fall

covers unvarying pitch or tone beyond just missing emphasis

Antonyms

dynamic
155 4.2

Full of energy, new ideas, and constant activity

varied
54 3.3

Containing many different kinds, not all the same

Compounds

decreasing monotonic
  • Specialized
8.8

A sequence or function that never increases as you move along

increasing monotonic
  • Specialized
9.0

A list of numbers that never goes down and each number is the same or bigger than the one before

How Varied

animated
30 3.7
expressive
41 3.4
monotonic
1 8.1

Surface Forms

monotonic positive
monotonicer comparative
monotonichest superlative

Morphology

monotonic = monotone (transparent) = mono + tone + ic

Adding -ic to monotone is a regular derivation, and the resulting sense 'having unvarying tone' is fairly easy to infer.

Etymology

Monotonic comes from the Greek parts mono- 'one' and tonos 'tone' or 'sound', and it carries the same idea as the familiar word monotone. So a monotonic voice or sound stays the same and has no change in pitch.