warbled
Sang with trills
Warbled is the past tense of warble, meaning to sing with trills, quavers, or melodic variations.
Birds warble; so do humans attempting a similar lilting quality: She warbled an old folk tune.
The word often carries a gently mocking tone when applied to people, suggesting an affected or wavering vocal style: The soprano warbled through the aria.
Voiced a tune
- croonedSang in hushed tones
- trilledSang with vibration
- quaveredShook while speaking
- yodeledSang with register shifts
serenaded · vocalized · falsetto · vibrato · tremolo · lilting · melodic · tuneful
Sang with vibration
- chirpedMade small bird sounds
- tweetedPosted on a platform
- sangVoiced a tune
- twitteredUttered quick, light sounds
caroled · whistled · thrush · robin · lark · finch · sparrow · canary
sang
Voiced a tune
yodeled · serenaded · vocalized · falsetto · vibrato · tremolo · lilting · melodic · tuneful · crooner
trilled
Sang with vibration
twittered · caroled · whistled · thrush · robin · lark · finch · sparrow · canary · oriole
quavered
Shook while speaking
shook · fluttered · wobbled · tremulous · shaky · unsteady · nervous · hesitant · emotional · cracked
garbled
Confused and unintelligible
fuzzy · scrambled · unclear · raspy · hoarse · scratchy · distorted · unintelligible · transmission · radio