modulated

verbadjust, harmonize

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Synonyms for modulated

verb adjust, harmonize

Antonyms for modulated

leave alone

More words related to modulated

more vocal

adjective. spoken

sonant

adjective. vocal

vocal

adjective. spoken

Word Origin & History

1610s, in music, back-formation from modulation, or else from Latin modulatus, past participle of modulari. General sense from 1620s. In telecommunications from 1908. Related: Modulated; modulating.

Example Sentences for modulated

There was something half-plaintive in the modulated cadences of the query.

His voice was modulated to an unaccustomed mildness as he spoke.

His large voice was modulated to kindliness as he spoke in a casual manner.

I saw it in every deferential gesture of his body, and every modulated tone of his voice.

A complaining clamour, modulated in savage discords, filled our ears.

The breath is projected into the embouchure with modulated force.

His low-pitched, modulated voice was clear and without a tremor.

I asked, in a voice so modulated that it did not reach Legrand.

The voice was soft and modulated, resonant, of a tone as rich as bronze.

He modulated his belligerent shout to a dulcet undertone as we came alongside.