singsong
2
6.7
- noun
- /ˈsɪŋˌsɔŋ/
:
entonación cantarina
- "Off with your clothes," the mother said in a singsong voice.
- say in singsong
- singsong in speech
- high-pitched singsong
Examples
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A covey of Chinese men in quilted cotton pajama suits shuffled by, chattering to one another in singsong cadence.
Fiction book (1992) -
"Someone has to go," came Agathe's pointed singsong from the doorway.
Fiction book (2002) -
Following me through the house, she asked questions in her singsong voice.
Fiction book (1996) -
I was beginning to like the singsong of his speech, the way he pronounced American.
Fiction book (1992) -
Now, as always, he is calling "Bernard" in that singsong way.
Fiction book (2001) -
"Answer her in the singsong voice reserved for second-graders asking personal questions."
Fiction book (1999) -
"We're running behind," the technician explains in a high-pitched, singsong voice.
Academic text (2007) -
Howya, Bridie, the men would say in chorus, and I'd hear her voice, a laughing singsong of Howya, John.
Fiction book (2001) -
Somehow my brother knew and, at every opportunity, joyfully taunted me in singsong: "You're gonna get yours, you're gonna get yours."
Fiction book (1996) -
He spoke in a singsong voice that made his instructions sound playful and rhythmic.
Synonyms
1
5.6
Singing or speaking in one steady, flat voice without change
Antonyms
How Monotonous
8
6.5
2
6.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Singsong joins sing and song, which gives the idea of a steady little tune. So a singsong can mean the regular rise and fall in speech, like a repeated 'little tune' in the voice.