breathiest
Maximally soft-spoken voice
Breathiest is the superlative form of breathy, describing a voice or vocal quality with the most audible breath mixed into the sound.
A breathy voice lets air escape while speaking or singing, creating an intimate or whispery effect: Her breathiest notes came during the ballad's quietest moments.
Speech without full voice
- murmurSoft, indistinct continuous sound
- sighAudible emotional breath
- gaspSudden sharp breath
- hushedReduced to silence
aspirated · airy · wispy · soft-spoken · intimate · sultry · husky · feathery
Artificially elevated singing register
- vibratoOscillating pitch effect
- crooningSinging softly, sentimentally
- beltingForceful chest-voice singing
- legatoUnbroken musical phrasing
phrasing · resonance · timbre · projection · sustain · tone · pitch · register
whisper
Speech without full voice
hushed · aspirated · airy · wispy · soft-spoken · intimate · sultry · husky · feathery · delicate
falsetto
Artificially elevated singing register
- vibratoOscillating pitch effect
- crooningSinging softly, sentimentally
- beltingForceful chest-voice singing
legato · phrasing · resonance · timbre · projection · sustain · tone · pitch · register · diaphragm
aspiration
Strong desire for achievement
glottal · phonation · articulation · unvoiced · airflow · consonant · exhalation · phoneme · plosive · affricate