intonate
Verb
Verb Forms: intonated, intonating, intonates
- To utter with a particular tone or pitch.
- speak carefully, as with rising and falling pitch or in a particular tone
- "please intonate with sadness"
- recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm
- To intone or recite (words), especially emphatically or in a chanting manner.
- To say or speak with a certain intonation.
- To intone or vocalize (musical notes); to sound the tones of the musical scale; to practise the sol-fa.
- To thunder or to utter in a sonorous or thunderous voice.
Examples
- She would often INTONATE a victory cry after a perfectly executed Words With Friends play.
Origin / Etymology
From Latin intonatus, past participle of intonare (“to thunder, resound”).
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 8
intonate: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordintonate: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
intonate: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 10
intonate: valid Words With Friends Word