monotone

Examples

• All

• I could see the stiff, official way she held herself, her careful monotone when she spoke.

  Fiction book (1998)

• Then he spoke without looking at me, with a very low voice and in a monotone.

  Fiction book (1993)

• You just get the same monotone mood all the time.

• "Avoid direct eye contact, and speak in a soft monotone."

  Did You Hear About the Morgans? (2009)

• After the fourth pass, he began talking to himself in a low, rapid monotone.

  Fiction book (2001)

• In a sort of monotone voice, she said, "You are strangers, right?"

  Fiction book (1991)

• What about people who are introverted, have a monotone voice, and are generally low energy?

  Blog text (28)

• "We'll go back to the hoist now," he said in a low monotone.

  Fiction book (1992)

• At the morgue, until she'd broken down, she'd spoken in the emotionless monotone of a person in shock.

  Fiction book (1991)

• The teacher's presentation was so dull that the students struggled to stay awake, as she spoke in a monotone voice.

Synonyms

D

drone

vsmonotone

16 5.2

A long low steady sound that plays behind a tune

covers voice or singing staying on one pitch rather than only the low sound

D

droning

vsmonotone

8 6.5

A low, constant sound like insects or a machine

applies to speaking or singing that stays on one pitch and sounds dull

L

level tone

vsmonotone

5.1

A calm even way of speaking that does not show strong feeling

is similar but highlights dullness and lack of musical pitch change

Antonyms

D

dynamic

155 4.2

Full of energy, new ideas, and constant activity

V

varied

54 3.3

Containing many different kinds, not all the same

How Varied

intonation pattern

• Specialized

1 5.6

monotone

8 5.3

level tone

5.1

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology