SOUND VOCABULARY

Muffle: deaden, a sound or noise, especially by wrapping

Sentence: i could hear their muffled voices from the next room

Dulcet: pleasing to the ear

Sentence: her dulcet voice filled the room with a soothing melody.

Hubbub: loud confused noise from many sources

Sentence: there was a hubbub of excited conversation from over a thousand people

Strident: unpleasantly loud and harsh

Sentence: she tried to laugh, and the sound was harsh and strident

Vociferous: conspicuously and offensively loud

Sentence: he was vociferous in his support of the proposal

Gibberish: unintelligible talking

Sentence: the doctors spoke to one another in their medical gibberish that i was unable to follow

Patter: makes light, rapid and repeated sounds

Sentence: you have to learn to resist the sales patter.

Bleat: the sound of sheep or goats

Sentence: she wanted to scream, but all that would come out was this faint bleat.

Blare: make a loud noise

Sentence: rock music blared through the store from the loudspeakers

Prattle: speak about unimportant matters rapidly and incessantly

Sentence: she began to prattle on about her visit to the dentist

Chomp: chew or bite noisily

Sentence: i would chomp my way through breakfast, even though i’m not hungry.

Jabber: talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner

Sentence: the coworkers would jabber up during lunch breaks.