ton

Usage

• catatonic

  A catatonic person is in a state of suspended action; therefore, they are rigid, immobile, and unresponsive.

• intone

  If someone is intoning something, they are saying it in a slow and serious way without making their voice rise or fall.

• monotonous

  A monotonous activity is so repetitious that it quickly becomes boring and dull.

• atonal

  characterized by avoidance of traditional western tonality

• attune

  adjust or accustom to

• baritone

  lower in range than tenor and higher than bass

• catatonia

  extreme tonus

• intonation

  rise and fall of the voice pitch

• monotone

  of a sequence or function

• monotony

  the quality of wearisome constancy, routine, and lack of variety

• tonal

  employing variations in pitch to distinguish meanings of otherwise similar words

• tone

  utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically

• tonic

  of or relating to or producing normal tone or tonus in muscles or tissue

• tune

  adjust for (better) functioning

• undertone

  a quiet or hushed tone of voice