Adenoidal: if someone's voice is adenoidal, some of the sound seems to come through their nose.
Appealing: an appealing look, voice etc shows that you want help, approval, or agreement.
Breathy: with loud breathing noises.
Brittle: if you speak in a brittle voice, you sound as if you are about to cry.
Croaky: if someone's voice sounds croaky, they speak in a low rough voice that sounds as if they have a sore throat.
Dead: if someone's eyes are dead, or if their voice is dead, they feel or show no emotion.
Disembodied: a disembodied voice comes from someone whom you cannot see
Flat: spoken in a voice that does not go up and down. This word is often used for describing the speech of people from a particular region.
Fruity: a fruity voice or laugh is deep and strong in a pleasant way.
Grating: a grating voice, laugh, or sound is unpleasant and annoying
Gravelly: a gravelly voice sounds low and rough.
Gruff: a gruff voice has a rough low sound.
Guttural: a guttural sound is deep and made at the back of your throat.
High-pitched: a high-pitched voice or sound is very high.
Hoarse: someone who is hoarse or has a hoarse voice speaks in a low rough voice, usually because their throat is sore.
Honeyed: honeyed words or a honeyed voice sound very nice but vou cannot trust the person who is speaking.
Husky: a husky voice is deep and sounds hoarse (=as if you have a sore throat), often in an attractive way.
Low: a low voice or sound is quiet and difficult to hear or used for describing a deep voice or a sound that has a long wavelength.
Matter-of-fact: used about someone's behaviour or voice.
Modulated: a modulated voice is controlled and pleasant to listen to.
Monotonous: a monotonous sound or voice is boring and unpleasant because it does not change in loudness or become higher or lower.
Nasal: someone with a nasal voice sounds as if they are speaking through their nose.
Orotund: an orotund voice is loud and clear.
Penetrating: a penetrating voice or sound is so high or loud that it makes you slightly uncomfortable.
Plummy: a plummy voice or way of speaking is considered to be typical of an English person of a high social class. This word shows that you dislike people who speak like this.
Quietly: in a quiet voice.
Raucous: a raucous voice or noise is loud and sounds rough.
Ringing: a ringing sound or voice is very loud and clear.
Rough: a rough voice is not soft and is unpleasant to listen to.
Shrill: a shrill noise or voice is very loud, high, and unpleasant.
Silvery: a silvery voice or sound is clear, light, and pleasant.
Singsong: if you speak in a singsong voice, your voice rises and falls in a musical way.
Small: a small voice or sound is quiet.
Smoky: a smoky voice or smoky eyes are sexually attractive in a slightly mysterious way.
Stentorian: a stentorian voice sounds very loud and severe.
Strangled: a strangled sound is one that someone stops before they finish making it.
Strangulated: strangled.
Strident: a strident voice or sound is loud and unpleasant.
Taut: used about something such as a voice or expression that shows someone is nervous or angry.
Thick: if your voice is thick with emotion, it sounds less clear than usual because of the emotion.
Thin: a thin voice or sound that is high and unpleasant to listen to.
Throaty: a throaty sound that is low and seems to come from deep in your throat.
Toneless: a toneless voice does not express any emotion.
Tremulous: if something such as your voice or smile is tremulous, it is not steady, for example, because you are afraid or excited.
Wheezy: a wheezy noise sounds as if it is made by someone who has difficulty breathing.
Wobbly: if your voice is wobbly, it goes up and down, usually because you are frightened, not confident, or are going to cry
