Describing a Character's Voice

• Strident: loud and unpleasant.
• Taut: nervous or angry voice.
• Thick: less clear than usual because of overflowing emotions.
• Thickly: with a low voice that comes from the throat mostly.
• Thin: high and unpleasant to listen to.
• Throaty: a low voice that comes from the deep throat.
• Tight: a tight voice or expression shows that one is nervous or annoyed.
• Singsong: a voice that rises and falls and contains an element of musicality.
• Small: a quiet voice.
• Smoky: sexually attractive in a slightly mysterious way. 
• Softly spoken: if someone is softly spoken; they have a quiet gentle voice.
• Sotto voce (adjective, adverb): in a very quiet voice.
• Stentorian: very loud and severe.
• Strangled: abrupted sound; when someone stops before they finish making it.  
• Toneless: a voice that does not express any emotions.
• Tremulous: a voice that is not steady because of excitement or fear. 
• Wheezy: a wheezy noise sounds as if it is made by someone who has difficulty breathing.
• Wobbly: Sound that goes up and down because of fright, lack of confidence or when one is about to cry.
• Plummy:  a plummy way of speaking or voice is considered to be typical of an English person of high social class. The word keeps the connotation of disliking that voice. 
• Raucous: a voice that sounds loud and rough. 
• Ringing: a voice that is very loud and clear.
• Rough: a voice that is not soft and that is unpleasant to listen to.
• Shrill: a voice that is very loud, high and unpleasant. 
• Silvery: a voice that is clear, light, and pleasant.

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