Words to Describe a Character's Voice

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An occasional, well-paced modifier can help readers better imagine your character's voice and emotional state.

by One Stop For Writers®

accepting

agonized

airily

apologetic

booming

breathless

breathy

brittle

brooding

calm

careful

chime

choked

clipped

cold

controlled

cracked

crisp

croaky

curt

dead

deep

disembodied

drawl

droning

dulcet

flat

flirty

fluttery

forced

formal

frothy

ghostly

giddy

grating

gravelly

groggy

gritty

growl

gruff

guttural

halting

harsh

heated

heavy

high

high-pitched

hoarse

hollowed

honeyed

husky

icy

jarring

jittery

labored

languid

light

lifting

lofty

low

matter-of-fact

melodic

monotonous

muddy

muffled

musical

muted

nasal

panicked

panting

penetrating

peaky

pleading

pleasant

purr

quaver

quiet

quivering

raspy

raucous

reedy

ringing

rocky

rough

satiny

sassy

scratchy

screech

shallow

shrill

silvery

singsong

slurred

small

smoky

smothered

soft-spoken

sputter

squeaky

stern

strained

strangled

taut

thick

thin

throaty

tight

toneless

tuneless

twangy

uneven

velvety

vibrating

warbled

waspy

weary

weighted

wheezy 

whiny

whispery

winded

wobbly

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