intonated
Said with pitch
Intonated is the past tense of intonate, meaning to speak or recite with a particular pitch pattern or melodic contour.
The word overlaps almost entirely with intoned but emphasizes the musical quality of speech: The priest intonated the blessing.
Linguists use it technically to describe how speakers apply pitch patterns to utterances.
Frequency of sound
- cadenceRhythmic pulse or pattern
- modulationVarying signals to transmit
- inflectionWord form alteration
- emphasisStress given to something
prosody · articulation · accentuation · enunciation · expression · diction · elocution · resonance
Expressed in speech
- voicedExpressed in speech
- expressedCommunicated in words
- pronouncedSpoken aloud formally
- articulatedHaving segments that bend
verbalized · declared · conveyed · recited · orated · vocalized · announced · stated
pitch
Frequency of sound
- cadenceRhythmic pulse or pattern
- modulationVarying signals to transmit
- inflectionWord form alteration
emphasis · prosody · articulation · accentuation · enunciation · expression · diction · elocution · resonance · timbre
uttered
Expressed in speech
- voicedExpressed in speech
- expressedCommunicated in words
- pronouncedSpoken aloud formally
articulated · verbalized · declared · conveyed · recited · orated · vocalized · announced · stated · chanted
melody
Pleasing sequence of notes
soprano · tenor · chant · serenade · cantata · hymn · chorus · harmony · vibrato · coloratura
intonatedmonotone
Single unvarying pitch
flat · monotonous · expressionless · uninflected · toneless