overenunciating
Speaking with exaggerated clarity
Overenunciating is pronouncing words with exaggerated clarity, articulating each syllable more distinctly than natural speech requires.
People overenunciate when speaking to non-native speakers, recording voicemails, or expressing irritation: She was overenunciating like I was five years old.
Actors and public speakers sometimes overenunciate to ensure audiences catch every word.
Excessively particular
- nitpickingExcessive focus on trivialities
- fastidiousExcessively attentive to detail
- meticulousShowing extreme attention to detail
- punctiliousExcessively careful about details
perfectionist · purist · condescending · patronizing · schoolmasterly · stuffy · prissy · affected
Clear vocal expression
- elocutionFormal speaking skill
- phoneticsStudy of speech sounds
- intonationPitch variation in speech
- accentuationStress placed on syllables
inflection · modulation · emphasis · stress · syllables · consonants · vowels · phonology
Quality of being understood
- audibilityCapacity to be heard
- comprehensibilityClarity of meaning
- clearnessAbsence of obscurity
- precisionAccuracy of measurement
distinctness · understanding · communication · hearing · reception · listening · foreigners · accents
Strikingly expressive or sudden
- exaggeratedMade larger than reality
- hammingExaggerated theatrical performance
- melodramaticExaggeratedly emotional in expression
- stageyArtificially theatrical in manner
performative · affected · bombastic · declamatory · recitation · monologue · actorly · projection
fussy
Excessively particular
- nitpickingExcessive focus on trivialities
- fastidiousExcessively attentive to detail
- meticulousShowing extreme attention to detail
punctilious · perfectionist · purist · condescending · patronizing · schoolmasterly · stuffy · prissy · affected · pretentious
articulation
Clear vocal expression
- elocutionFormal speaking skill
- phoneticsStudy of speech sounds
- intonationPitch variation in speech
accentuation · inflection · modulation · emphasis · stress · syllables · consonants · vowels · phonology · prosody
intelligibility
Quality of being understood
- audibilityCapacity to be heard
- comprehensibilityClarity of meaning
- clearnessAbsence of obscurity
precision · distinctness · understanding · communication · hearing · reception · listening · foreigners · accents · noisy
dramatic
Strikingly expressive or sudden
- exaggeratedMade larger than reality
- hammingExaggerated theatrical performance
- melodramaticExaggeratedly emotional in expression
stagey · performative · affected · bombastic · declamatory · recitation · monologue · actorly · projection · gesticulation
mispronunciation
Incorrect vocal rendering
gaffe · rectify · teaching · coaching · modeling · demonstration · ESL · drill · practice · repetition
pronounce, announce, pronounced, announcement, denounce, renounce, pronunciation, enunciate, renunciation