" intoned "

1: as in whispered, muttered;

•  Synonyms : 

•  breathed,

•  chirped,

•  drawled,

•  gasped,

•  mouthed,

•  mumbled,

•  murmured,

•  muttered,

•  purred,

•  shouted,

•  spluttered,

•  sputtered,

•  squeaked,

•  whispered,

•  articulated,

•  enunciated,

•  pronounced,

•  sonant,

•  oral,

•  spoken,

•  uttered,

•  vocal,

•  voiced

•  Antonyms : 

•  nonvocal,

•  inarticulate,

•  mute,

•  quiet,

•  silent,

•  unexpressed,

•  unsaid,

•  unspoken,

•  unuttered,

•  unvoiced,

•  surd,

•  voiceless

1: to utter in musical or drawn out tones;

  * e.g., " ... The day is begun, the narrator intoned "

•  Synonyms : 

•  chanted,

•  intonated,

•  sang

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: to utter in musical or drawn out tones;

  * e.g., " ... The day is begun, the narrator intoned "

•  Synonyms : 

•  chant,

•  intonate,

•  sing

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)