tone down voice

  • 1tone down — Synonyms and related words: abate, achromatize, allay, alleviate, assuage, atone, attemper, attune, baffle, bank the fire, blanch, bleach, blunt, chasten, chord, constrain, control, cushion, damp, dampen, de emphasize, deaden, deafen, decolor,… …

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  • 2tone — [tōn] n. [ME < OFr & L: OFr ton < L tonus, a sound < Gr tonos, a stretching, tone < teinein, to stretch: see THIN] 1. a) a vocal or musical sound b) its quality 2. an intonation, pitch, modulation, etc. of the voice that expresses a… …

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  • 3tone — ► NOUN 1) a musical or vocal sound with reference to its pitch, quality, and strength. 2) the sound of a person s voice, expressing a feeling or mood. 3) general character: trust her to lower the tone of the conversation. 4) (also whole tone) a… …

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  • 4tone — tone1 W2 [təun US toun] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(voice)¦ 2¦(sound)¦ 3¦(general feeling/attitude)¦ 4¦(colour)¦ 5¦(electronic sound)¦ 6 raise/lower the tone (of something) 7¦(body)¦ 8¦(music)¦ 9¦(voice level)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 5tone — tone1 [ toun ] noun *** ▸ 1 sound of voice ▸ 2 character of something ▸ 3 quality of voice etc. ▸ 4 signal/warning sound ▸ 5 color ▸ 6 of musical note ▸ 7 firmness of muscles etc. ▸ 8 in linguistics 1. ) count or uncount the sound of someone s… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 6tone — 1 noun 1 VOICE SHOWING FEELING (C) (plural) the way your voice sounds that shows how you are feeling, or what you mean: “Why would I lie?” Nora asked in an injured tone. | She spoke in warm tones about her family. | tone of voice spoken (=used… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 7tone — toneless, adj. tonelessly, adv. tonelessness, n. /tohn/, n., v., toned, toning. n. 1. any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.: shrill tones. 2. quality or character of sound. 3. vocal sound; the sound… …

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  • 8Tone remote — General Electric Mobile Radio, unknown year). This GE manual covers tone and DC remotes. ] [To confirm the use of the phrase tone remote as accurate in describing this type of device, please see US Patent and Trademark Office patent ID 6950653,… …

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  • 9tone — n 1. sound, noise, note, voice, sonance; pitch, frequency. 2. timbre, tonality, tone color, tone quality, sound quality, color, coloring, Music. clang color or tint, Music, Ger. Klangfarbe; ring, clang, resonance; sonority, sonorousness, richness …

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  • 10tone — I UK [təʊn] / US [toʊn] noun Word forms tone : singular tone plural tones *** 1) a) [countable/uncountable] the sound of someone s voice that shows what they are feeling Meredith trembled at the tenderness in his tone. a tone of voice: Really?… …

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