breathiness
Airy voice texture
Breathiness is a vocal quality in which audible air escapes alongside the voice, creating a soft, whispery sound.
Singers cultivate breathiness for intimacy or vulnerability; speech pathologists may treat it as a symptom of incomplete vocal cord closure.
Her breathiness gave the ballad an aching tenderness.
Rough vocal quality
- raspinessHarsh, grating vocal texture
- aspirationStrong desire for achievement
- phonationVocal fold vibration
- vocalizationProducing sounds with voice
hoarseness · fry · falsetto · timbre · resonance · sibilance · airiness · wheeziness
Absence of sound
- sotto voceIn an undertone
- soft-spokenSpeaking quietly, gently
- subduedReduced in intensity
- murmurSoft, indistinct continuous sound
quietude · inaudible · hushed · muffled · faint · gentle · delicate · wispy
Speech without full voice
- sighAudible emotional breath
- intimacyEmotional closeness between people
- seductionEnticing someone romantically
- closenessState of proximity
sultriness · tenderness · warmth · softness · murmur · pillow talk · caress · hush
huskiness
Rough vocal quality
- raspinessHarsh, grating vocal texture
- aspirationStrong desire for achievement
- phonationVocal fold vibration
vocalization · hoarseness · fry · falsetto · timbre · resonance · sibilance · airiness · wheeziness · softness
hush
Absence of sound
- sotto voceIn an undertone
- soft-spokenSpeaking quietly, gently
- subduedReduced in intensity
murmur · quietude · inaudible · hushed · muffled · faint · gentle · delicate · wispy · feathery
whisper
Speech without full voice
- sighAudible emotional breath
- intimacyEmotional closeness between people
- seductionEnticing someone romantically
closeness · sultriness · tenderness · warmth · softness · murmur · pillow talk · caress · hush · yearning
panting
Rapid labored breathing
- gaspingBreathing in sharp gulps
- huffingLabored, audible breathing
- puffingLabored breathing, short bursts
wheeze · exhale · inhale · respiration · winded · labored · shortness · hyperventilation · recovery · fatigue
- vocalizationsspeak, speaking, talking, whisper, shout
- whisperswhisper, whispering, hushed tone, soft voice, low voice
- timbretimbre, tone color, quality, resonance, overtones
- vocal cuesintonation, pitch, tone, inflection, prosody
- vocal expressionvibrato, inflection, intonation, pitch range, vocal range
- vocal techniquesvibrato, falsetto, head voice, chest voice, mixed voice
breathinessclarity
State of being understandable
crispness · resonance · firmness · projection · full voice
breathinessharshness
Unsparing quality or manner
grating · raspiness · stridency · shrillness · hoarseness
breath, breathe, breathing, breathed, breathes, breathless, breaths, exhalation, inhalation