Chapter Words Relating to Matter of Index by Roget's Thesaurus

Hoarseness, huskiness, raucity.

(Verbs). To whisper, breathe, murmur, mutter, purl, hum, croon, gurgle, ripple, babble, flow.

(Phrases). Steal on the ear; melt, float on the air.

(Adjectives). Inaudible, scarcely audible, low, dull, stifled, muffled, hoarse, husky, gentle, breathed, etc., soft, floating, purling, etc., liquid, mellifluous, dulcet, flowing, soothing.

(Adverbs). In a whisper, with bated breath, under one's breath, sotto voce, between the teeth, aside, piano, pianissimo, à la sourdine.

2 SPECIFIC SOUNDS

• Sudden and violent sounds.

Snap (Substantives), knock, click, clash, slam, clack, crack, crackling, crepitation, decrepitation, report, pop, plop, bang, ping, zip, clap, burst, explosion, discharge, crash, detonation, firing, salvo, atmospherics.

Squib, cracker, gun, pop-gun.

(Verbs). To snap, knock, etc., brustle.

(Adjective). Snapping, etc.

• Repeated and protracted sounds.

Roll (Substantives), rumble, rumbling, hum, humming, shake, trill, chime, tick, beat, toll, ticking, tick - tack, patter, tattoo, ding - dong, drumming, quaver, tremolo, ratatat, rataplan, rattat, clatter, clutter, rattle, racket, rub-a-dub.

(Phrases). The devil's tattoo; tuck of drum.

(Verbs). To roll, beat, tick, toll, drum, etc., drum, or din in the ear.

(Adjectives). Rolling, rumbling, etc.

• Resonance (Substantives), ring, ringing, jingle, chink, tinkle, tink, tintinnabulation, gurgle, chime, toot, tootle, see 404.

Reflection, reverberation, echo.

(Verbs). To resound, ring, jingle, clink, etc.

(Adjectives). Resounding, resonant, tintinnabular, ringing, etc.

(Phrase). Clear as a bell.

Bass, low, flat or grave note, chest-note, baritone, deep - toned, deep - sounding, deep-mouthed, hollow, sepulchral, basso profundo.

• Hissing sounds.

Sibilation (Substantives), hiss, buzz, whiz, rustle, fizz, fizzle, wheeze, whistle, snuffle, sneeze, sternutation.

(Verbs). To hiss, buzz, etc.

(Adjectives). Sibilant, hissing, buzzing, etc.

High notes, see 410.

• Harsh sounds.