tone, tone of voice -- (the quality of a person's voice; "he began in a conversational tone"; "he spoke in a nervous tone of voice")
tone -- ((linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages; "the Beijing dialect uses four tones")
timbre, timber, quality, tone -- ((music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound); "the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely"; "the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet")
spirit, tone, feel, feeling, flavor, flavour, look, smell -- (the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people; "the feel of the city excited him"; "a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting"; "it had the smell of treason")
shade, tint, tincture, tone -- (a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color; "after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted")
note, musical note, tone -- (a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound; "the singer held the note too long")
tone, pure tone -- (a steady sound without overtones; "they tested his hearing with pure tones of different frequencies")
tonicity, tonus, tone -- (the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli; "the doctor tested my tonicity")
tone -- (the quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author; "the general tone of articles appearing in the newspapers is that the government should withdraw"; "from the tone of her behavior I gathered that I had outstayed my welcome")
Overview of verb tone
The verb tone has 5 senses
tone, chant, intone -- (utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically; "The students chanted the same slogan over and over again")
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