tone
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Synonyms for tone
pitch
character
tone something down: moderate
tone something up
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- get into condition
- trim
- shape up
- freshen
- tune up
- sharpen up
- limber up
- invigorate
- get in shape
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Synonyms for tone
a sound of distinct pitch and quality
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a particular vocal quality that indicates some emotion or feeling
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a general impression produced by a predominant quality or characteristic
the property by which the sense of vision can distinguish between objects, as a red apple and a green apple, that are very similar or identical in form and size
tone down: to make less emphatic or obvious
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Synonyms for tone
the quality of a person's voice
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(linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages
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(music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)
the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color
a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound
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- musical notation
- musical scale
- scale
- keynote
- tonic
- supertonic
- mediant
- subdominant
- dominant
- submediant
- leading tone
- subtonic
- pedal
- pedal point
- trill
- shake
- middle C
- chord
- passing note
- passing tone
- semibreve
- whole note
- half note
- minim
- quarter note
- crotchet
- eighth note
- quaver
- semiquaver
- sixteenth note
- demisemiquaver
- thirty-second note
- hemidemisemiquaver
- sixty-fourth note
- acciaccatura
- appoggiatura
- grace note
- blue note
- monotone
a steady sound without overtones
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the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli
a musical interval of two semitones
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the quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author
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utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically
vary the pitch of one's speech
give a healthy elasticity to
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