sing-songy
Rhythmically rising, falling
Sing-songy describes speech or sounds with an exaggerated rising and falling pitch, like a children's nursery rhyme or a taunting schoolyard chant.
The tone often suggests artificiality, condescension, or excessive cheerfulness: Her sing-songy voice grated on my nerves.
A variant of singsong with the same meaning.
Musical sequence of notes
- melodyPleasing sequence of notes
- chorusSingers performing together
- serenadeOutdoor romantic performance
- balladNarrative poem or song
ditty · jingle · refrain · carol · hymn · aria · air · motif
Rhythmic pulse or pattern
- intonationPitch variation in speech
- inflectionWord form alteration
- modulationVarying signals to transmit
- crooningSinging softly, sentimentally
warbling · trilling · undulating · dulcet · euphonic · humming · chanting · melodious
Repetitive rhythmic phrase
- mantraRepeated focus phrase
- droneUnmanned flying machine
- monotonousUnchangingly dull
- recitationOral delivery from memory
incessant · rote · over and over · tiresome · droning · repetition · incantation · patterned
tune
Musical sequence of notes
- melodyPleasing sequence of notes
- chorusSingers performing together
- serenadeOutdoor romantic performance
ballad · ditty · jingle · refrain · carol · hymn · aria · air · motif · cantata
cadence
Rhythmic pulse or pattern
- intonationPitch variation in speech
- inflectionWord form alteration
- modulationVarying signals to transmit
crooning · warbling · trilling · undulating · dulcet · euphonic · humming · chanting · melodious · tuneful
chant
Repetitive rhythmic phrase
- mantraRepeated focus phrase
- droneUnmanned flying machine
- monotonousUnchangingly dull
recitation · incessant · rote · over and over · tiresome · droning · repetition · incantation · patterned · unvarying
beat
Rhythmic pulse or strike
meter · cadence · flow · pattern · syncopation · bounce · lilt · accent · pace · measure
sing-songymonotone
Single unvarying pitch
monotonous · flat · droning · deadpan · toneless
sing-songynatural
Not artificially produced
conversational · matter-of-fact · unaffected · straightforward · plain-spoken