N. faintness, faint sound,
whisper, breath, undertone, underbreath,
murmur,
hum,
susurration,
tinkle, "still small voice." hoarseness,
raucity V. whisper,
breathe,
murmur,
purl,
hum,
gurgle,
ripple,
babble, flow,
tinkle,
mutter, susurrate, steal on the ear, melt in the air, float on the air
Adj. inaudible, scarcely audible, just audible, low, dull,
stifled,
muffled,
hoarse,
husky, gentle, soft,
faint, floating,
purling, flowing,
whispered, liquid,
soothing,
dulcet,
susurrant,
susurrous Adv. in a whisper, with bated breath,
sotto voce, between the teeth, aside,
piano,
pianissimo, d la sourdine, out of earshot inaudibly, (ii) specific sounds
N. creak,
creaking, discord,
&c. 414,
stridor, roughness, sharpness,
&c. adj,
cacophony, cacoepy, acute note, high note,
soprano,
treble,
tenor,
alto,
falsetto, penny trumpet, voce di testa
V. creak,
grate,
jar,
burr, pipe,
twang,
jangle,
clank,
clink,
scream,
yelp,
buzz, set the teeth on edge, corcher les oreilles, pierce the ears, split the ears, split the head, offend the ear, grate upon the ear, jar upon the ear
Adj. creaking,
stridulous, harsh, coarse,
hoarse, horrisonous|, rough,
gruff,
grum,
sepulchral, hollow, sharp, high, acute,
shrill, trumpet-toned,
piercing,
ear-piercing, high-pitched,
high-toned,
cracked,
discordant,
cacophonous N. aphony,
aphonia,
dumbness,
obmutescence, absence of voice, want of voice,
dysphony, cacoepy, silence,
raucity, harsh voice, unmusical voice,
falsetto, "childish treble mute",
dummy V. keep silence, speak low, speak softly,
whisper, silence, render mute, render silent,
muzzle,
muffle,
suppress,
smother,
gag, strike dumb,
dumfounder, drown the voice, put to silence, stop one's mouth, cut one short, stick in the throat
Adj. aphonous,
dumb,
mute, deafmute, deaf and dumb,
mum, tongue- tied, breathless, tongueless, voiceless, speechless, wordless, mute as a fish, mute as a stockfish, mute as a mackerel, silent,
muzzled,
inarticulate, inaudible,
croaking,
raucous,
hoarse,
husky, dry, hollow,
sepulchral, hoarse as a raven, rough
Adv. with bated breath, with the finger on the lips,
sotto voce, in a low tone, in a cracked voice, in a broken voice
Phr. vox faucibus haesit
