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TONE OF VOICE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of a person's voice
Example:
he spoke in a nervous tone of voice
Synonyms:
tone; tone of voice
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("tone of voice" is a kind of...):
delivery; manner of speaking; speech (your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tone of voice"):
note (a tone of voice that shows what the speaker is feeling)
rotundity; roundness (the fullness of a tone of voice)
undertone (a quiet or hushed tone of voice)
