CANTILLATED Antonyms

• uttered in a monotonous cadence or rhythm as in chanting

• tediously repetitious or lacking in variety

• sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch

• uttered through the medium of speech or characterized by speech; sometimes used in combination

• spoken in soft hushed tones without vibrations of the vocal cords

• recite in elocution

• speak against in an impassioned manner

• a soft indistinct utterance

• talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice

• grind with the gums; chew without teeth and with great difficulty

• a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech

• a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone

• talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice

• make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath

• a reproach for some lapse or misdeed

• a gentle blow

• the sound made by a gentle blow

• voluble conversation

• genre of African-American music of the 1980s and 1990s in which rhyming lyrics are chanted to a musical accompaniment; several forms of rap have emerged

• the act of hitting vigorously

• strike sharply

• make light, repeated taps on a surface

• perform rap music

• talk volubly

• recite in elocution

• repeat aloud from memory

• render verbally

• narrate or give a detailed account of

• specify individually