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Words to describe someone's voice

• adenoidal:
  if someone’s voice is adenoidal, some of the sound seems to come through their nose
• appealing:
  an appealing look, voice etc shows that you want help, approval, or agreement
• breathy:
  with loud breathing noises
• brittle:
  if you speak in a brittle voice, you sound as if you are about to cry
• croaky:
  if someone’s voice sounds croaky, they speak in a low rough voice that sounds as if they have a sore throat
• dead:
  if someone’s eyes are dead, or if their voice is dead, they feel or show no emotion
• disembodied:
  a disembodied voice comes from someone who you cannot see
• flat:
  spoken in a voice that does not go up and down. This word is often used for describing the speech of people from a particular region.
• fruity:
  a fruity voice or laugh is deep and strong in a pleasant way
• grating:
  a grating voice, laugh, or sound is unpleasant and annoying
• gravelly:
  a gravelly voice sounds low and rough
• gruff:
  a gruff voice has a rough low sound
• guttural:
  a guttural sound is deep and made at the back of your throat
• high-pitched:
  a high-pitched voice or sound is very high
• hoarse:
  someone who is hoarse or has a hoarse voice speaks in a low rough voice, usually because their throat is sore
• honeyed:
  honeyed words or a honeyed voice sound very nice but you cannot trust the person who is speaking
• husky:
  a husky voice is deep and sounds hoarse (=as if you have a sore throat), often in an attractive way
• low adjective:
  a low voice or sound is quiet and difficult to hear
• low adverb:
  in a deep voice, or with a deep sound
• matter-of-fact:
  used about someone’s behaviour or voice
• modulated:
  a modulated voice is controlled and pleasant to listen to
• monotonous:
  a monotonous sound or voice is boring and unpleasant because it does not change in loudness or become higher or lower
• nasal:
  someone with a nasal voice sounds as if they are speaking through their nose
• orotund:
  an orotund voice is loud and clear
• penetrating:
  a penetrating voice or sound is so high or loud that it makes you slightly uncomfortable
• plummy:
  a plummy voice or way of speaking is considered to be typical of an English person of a high social class. This word shows that you dislike people who speak like this.
• quietly:
  in a quiet voice
• raucous:
  a raucous voice or noise is loud and sounds rough
• ringing:
  a ringing sound or voice is very loud and clear
• rough:
  a rough voice is not soft and is unpleasant to listen to
• shrill:
  a shrill noise or voice is very loud, high, and unpleasant
• silvery:
  a silvery voice or sound is clear, light, and pleasant
• singsong:
  if you speak in a singsong voice, your voice rises and falls in a musical way
• small:
  a small voice or sound is quiet
• smoky:
  a smoky voice or smoky eyes are sexually attractive in a slightly mysterious way
• softly spoken:
  someone who is softly spoken has a quiet gentle voice
• sotto voce adjective, adverb:
  in a very quiet voice
• stentorian:
  a stentorian voice sounds very loud and severe
• strangled:
  a strangled sound is one that someone stops before they finish making it
• strangulated:
  strangled
• strident:
  a strident voice or sound is loud and unpleasant
• taut:
  used about something such as a voice or expression that shows someone is nervous or angry
• thick:
  if your voice is thick with an emotion, it sounds less clear than usual because of the emotion
• thickly:
  with a low voice that comes mostly from your throat
• thin:
  a thin voice or sound is high and unpleasant to listen to
• throaty:
  a throaty sound is low and seems to come from deep in your throat
• tight:
  a tight voice or expression shows that you are nervous or annoyed
• toneless:
  a toneless voice does not express any emotion
• tremulous:
  if something such as your voice or smile is tremulous, it is not steady, for example because you are afraid or excited
• wheezy:
  a wheezy noise sounds as if it is made by someone who has difficulty breathing
• wobbly:
  if your voice is wobbly, it goes up and down, usually because you are frightened, not confident, or are going to cry