toneless

Examples

• All

• Her voice was quiet, nearly toneless, when it should have been strained with pain.

  Fiction book (1990)

• "Her voice was toneless, as if she were too emptied to give her words inflection.

  Fiction book (1998)

• "I hate you," he says in a toneless voice.

  Fiction book (1996)

• "Stop, Frank," he said in a low, toneless voice.

  Fiction book (1998)

• Her voice was low, toneless.

  Fiction book (1999)

• Her voice is toneless as a robot's.

  Fiction book (1992)

• "Turn the page," Alice said, and her voice, toneless and flat, brought Clara's head up.

  Fiction book (1993)

• We've got a lot to talk about, and now this," in a queer toneless voice that had silenced them both for a moment.

  Fiction book (2002)

• "Could you turn down the light, please?" she said in a toneless voice.

• "I hate you," he says in a toneless voice.

Synonyms

M

monotonous

vstoneless

4 5.3

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

emphasizes lack of pitch or emotion rather than repetition

C

characterless

vstoneless

1 5.8

Having nothing special or interesting

describes absence of personality rather than specific pitch or expression

I

inflectionless

vstoneless

7.9

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

lacks pitch and emotional variation rather than only emphasis

M

monotonal

vstoneless

7.3

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

focuses on absence of pitch change rather than repeated pattern

G

gradeless

vstoneless

6.8

A surface that shows no gradual change in color or light and looks flat

is about missing small changes rather than only pitch or emotion

D

dullish

vstoneless

3.7

Not bright in color and not very interesting

is a mild general lack of liveliness, not necessarily flat in sound

Antonyms

D

dynamic

155 4.2

Full of energy, new ideas, and constant activity

E

expressive

41 3.4

Showing feelings and ideas clearly in the face or voice

T

toned

1 4.6

With a soft, clear color or sound that creates a calm mood

How Expressive

animated

30 3.7

expressive

41 3.4

toneless

1 6.3

neutral

24 3.5

monotone

2 5.8

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology