tonelessadj.

/ˈtəʊnlɪs/

Etymology: < tone n. + -less suffix.

Destitute of tone.

1. Soundless, mute; of a body: without resonance.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > non-resonance > [adjective]

deada1533

sullen1599

wooden1609

flat1626

shallow1626

lumpish1742

dowf1768

toneless1773

deadish1783

insonorous1795

tubby1807

veiled1816

puffy1832

narrow-toned1865

woolly1872

woody1875

dull1878

irresonant1899

1773 W. Kenrick Rhetorical Gram. Eng. Lang. 35 in New Dict. Eng. Lang. This sound..in oratorial and poetical stile..is contracted and rendered almost toneless in speech.

1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VI. 129 The side of the chest is completely dull and toneless.

2. Having no distinctive quality; (a) of sound: without modulation or expression; (b) of colour: dull.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [adjective] > dull

fadec1290

wannish?a1412

obscure1490

sada1539

dull1552

smoky1576

sober1603

dead1640

dirty1665

invivid1669

dusty1676

saddisha1678

austere1680

worn-out1731

sombrous1792

sombre1805

toneless1833

lacklustre1843

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > [adjective] > monotonous sound

droning1601

drony1754

monotone1770

monotonous1774

toneless1833

droned1863

strumming1887

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > quality of voice > [adjective] > dull

blinda1398

flat1626

unmodulated1755

immodulated1765

toneless1833

inflectionless1878

timbreless1928

(a)

1833 Philol. Museum 2 386 The Old English..the Middle English, and the New, inflect all these verbs in a plain and toneless -ed.

1847 Fraser's Mag. 36 105 The harsh roar of his toneless, irritating voice.

1861 S. Brooks Silver Cord I. viii. 30/1 ‘Mrs. Empson is my aunt..’, said Mrs. Berry, in a toneless voice.

(b)1843 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters I. 193 In paintings, they [sc. the skies] are commonly toneless, crude, and wanting in depth and transparency.1856 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters III. 237 The Apennine limestone is so grey and toneless.1883 R. G. White Mr. Washington Adams in Eng. 80 Her hair, a toneless brown.

3. Lacking tone in body or mind; void of energy; listless, dull.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased > disordered or out of sorts

out of estatec1400

disordainedc1430

out of order1530

mistempered?1541

untemperate1541

so-soa1592

indisposed1598

discomposed1603

out of sorts1621

disorderly1655

queerish1684

out of one's gears1699

disordered1708

uneasy1725

seedy1729

queer1749

scaly1803

quisby1807

under the weather1827

all nohow1852

toneless1854

nohowish1867

chippy1868

fishy1868

off-colour1876

dicky1883

on-and-offish1888

cheap1891

crook1916

lousy1933

the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased > with reduced vitality

pulled1616

down-man1670

untoned1803

wilted1809

collapsed1847

toneless1854

1854 F. L. Mackenzie in Miles Mem. (1856) 263 Must I..withered, toneless..Trudge on through life.

1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VI. 39 The fibres of the heart are not primarily diseased, but are merely more or less toneless and atrophied.

Derivatives

ˈtonelessly adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > quality of voice > [adverb] > without expression

tonelessly1888

1888 tr. Ibsen's Ghosts (Camelot Classics) 198 Oswald (tonelessly as before) The Sun.

1895 I. Zangwill Master iii. vii ‘I see he calls you Eleanor’, he observed tonelessly.

ˈtonelessness n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > [noun] > weakness

faintise1297

weaknessa1300

faintc1320

feebleness1340

languishingc1384

lamea1400

unferea1400

unferenessa1400

unwielda1400

impotence1406

imbecility?a1425

languisha1425

languoringa1438

unwieldness1437

faintnessa1440

impotency1440

infirmityc1440

debility1484

unlustiness1486

resolution1547

unwieldiness1575

languishment1576

infirmness1596

weakness1603

prostrationa1626

exolution1634

languidness1634

prosternation1650

faintingnessa1661

debilitude1669

flaccidity1676

atony1693

puniness1727

faintishness1733

adynamia1743

asthenia1802

adynamy1817

weakliness1826

tonelessness1873

atonicity1900

the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > impairment of mental powers > aboulia or psychasthenia

neurasthenia1833

abulia1848

neuradynamia1848

neurastheny1849

tonelessness1873

aboulomania1883

psychoparesis1883

nervous breakdown1884

psychasthenia1900

the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > intonation, pitch, or stress > [noun] > accent > stress accent > lack of stress > of a language

tonelessness1873

1873 J. Earle Philol. Eng. Tongue (ed. 2) vii. 409 When this adverbial -ly was superadded to the adjectival, the latter shrank into tonelessness.

1891 G. Meredith One of our Conquerors II. v. 105 Her present tonelessness of blood and being.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	toneless
释义	tonelessadj. /ˈtəʊnlɪs/ Etymology: < tone n. + -less suffix. Destitute of tone. 1. Soundless, mute; of a body: without resonance. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > non-resonance > [adjective] deada1533 sullen1599 wooden1609 flat1626 shallow1626 lumpish1742 dowf1768 toneless1773 deadish1783 insonorous1795 tubby1807 veiled1816 puffy1832 narrow-toned1865 woolly1872 woody1875 dull1878 irresonant1899 1773 W. Kenrick Rhetorical Gram. Eng. Lang. 35 in New Dict. Eng. Lang. This sound..in oratorial and poetical stile..is contracted and rendered almost toneless in speech. 1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VI. 129 The side of the chest is completely dull and toneless. 2. Having no distinctive quality; (a) of sound: without modulation or expression; (b) of colour: dull. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [adjective] > dull fadec1290 wannish?a1412 obscure1490 sada1539 dull1552 smoky1576 sober1603 dead1640 dirty1665 invivid1669 dusty1676 saddisha1678 austere1680 worn-out1731 sombrous1792 sombre1805 toneless1833 lacklustre1843 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > [adjective] > monotonous sound droning1601 drony1754 monotone1770 monotonous1774 toneless1833 droned1863 strumming1887 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > quality of voice > [adjective] > dull blinda1398 flat1626 unmodulated1755 immodulated1765 toneless1833 inflectionless1878 timbreless1928 (a) 1833 Philol. Museum 2 386 The Old English..the Middle English, and the New, inflect all these verbs in a plain and toneless -ed. 1847 Fraser's Mag. 36 105 The harsh roar of his toneless, irritating voice. 1861 S. Brooks Silver Cord I. viii. 30/1 ‘Mrs. Empson is my aunt..’, said Mrs. Berry, in a toneless voice. (b)1843 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters I. 193 In paintings, they [sc. the skies] are commonly toneless, crude, and wanting in depth and transparency.1856 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters III. 237 The Apennine limestone is so grey and toneless.1883 R. G. White Mr. Washington Adams in Eng. 80 Her hair, a toneless brown. 3. Lacking tone in body or mind; void of energy; listless, dull. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased > disordered or out of sorts out of estatec1400 disordainedc1430 out of order1530 mistempered?1541 untemperate1541 so-soa1592 indisposed1598 discomposed1603 out of sorts1621 disorderly1655 queerish1684 out of one's gears1699 disordered1708 uneasy1725 seedy1729 queer1749 scaly1803 quisby1807 under the weather1827 all nohow1852 toneless1854 nohowish1867 chippy1868 fishy1868 off-colour1876 dicky1883 on-and-offish1888 cheap1891 crook1916 lousy1933 the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased > with reduced vitality pulled1616 down-man1670 untoned1803 wilted1809 collapsed1847 toneless1854 1854 F. L. Mackenzie in Miles Mem. (1856) 263 Must I..withered, toneless..Trudge on through life. 1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VI. 39 The fibres of the heart are not primarily diseased, but are merely more or less toneless and atrophied. Derivatives ˈtonelessly adv. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > quality of voice > [adverb] > without expression tonelessly1888 1888 tr. Ibsen's Ghosts (Camelot Classics) 198 Oswald (tonelessly as before) The Sun. 1895 I. Zangwill Master iii. vii ‘I see he calls you Eleanor’, he observed tonelessly. ˈtonelessness n. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > [noun] > weakness faintise1297 weaknessa1300 faintc1320 feebleness1340 languishingc1384 lamea1400 unferea1400 unferenessa1400 unwielda1400 impotence1406 imbecility?a1425 languisha1425 languoringa1438 unwieldness1437 faintnessa1440 impotency1440 infirmityc1440 debility1484 unlustiness1486 resolution1547 unwieldiness1575 languishment1576 infirmness1596 weakness1603 prostrationa1626 exolution1634 languidness1634 prosternation1650 faintingnessa1661 debilitude1669 flaccidity1676 atony1693 puniness1727 faintishness1733 adynamia1743 asthenia1802 adynamy1817 weakliness1826 tonelessness1873 atonicity1900 the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > impairment of mental powers > aboulia or psychasthenia neurasthenia1833 abulia1848 neuradynamia1848 neurastheny1849 tonelessness1873 aboulomania1883 psychoparesis1883 nervous breakdown1884 psychasthenia1900 the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > intonation, pitch, or stress > [noun] > accent > stress accent > lack of stress > of a language tonelessness1873 1873 J. Earle Philol. Eng. Tongue (ed. 2) vii. 409 When this adverbial -ly was superadded to the adjectival, the latter shrank into tonelessness. 1891 G. Meredith One of our Conquerors II. v. 105 Her present tonelessness of blood and being. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.1773
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