monotone
monotone
Definition
mono·tone (män′ə tōn′)
noun
- uninterrupted repetition of the same tone; utterance of successive syllables or words without change of pitch or key
- monotony or sameness of tone, style, manner, color, etc.
- a single, unchanging musical tone
- recitation, chanting, or singing in such a tone
- a person who can sing only in such a tone
Etymology: < LL monotonus: see monotonous
adjective
mon′o·ton′ic (-tän′ik) adjective
monotone
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- drone: He rushed to open a third story window after listening to hours of droning monotone on the Cardiff Bay Barrage Bill.
Adjective modifier
- low: A low monotone or a high-pitched voice can be difficult to understand or grating to the ears.
- grumpy: I apologize to everyone who had to listen to my grumpy monotone that night [ won't have that, it was quality!
- dull: Is this her way of turning herself into a dull monotone, freeing herself from my sterile posing?
- flat: All the men dress in black and whisper in flat monotones and all the ' baddies ' speak in dodgy central European accents.
- strange: From a distance you could hear him talking loudly to himself in a strange, unearthly monotone.
Modifies a noun
- voice: Then he said in a monotone voice: " Patent is granted, whatever Microsoft wants is completely fine.
- function: Is success in the marketplace a monotone function of achieved dependability?
- vocal: Chugging guitars and monotone vocals are their main asset, but they pull off the melodic rock thing off pretty well.
- transformation: In any case, when measuring retrieval effectiveness any strictly monotone transformation of the measure will do just as well.
- guy: That well paid job you've got in that building with those monotone guys in suits?
- color: The intrigue is further deepened by large areas of uncovered canvas and monotone color.
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