Adjectives that collocate with TONE (Sorted by collocation rank)
skin (88), expressionless (84), light (74), quiet (67), overall (66), dial (63), warm (63), bright (62), dark (61), general (61), colour (59), soft (58), formal (57), clear (56), harsh (55), natural (54), sharp (53), normal (53), matter-of-fact (53), conversational (53), political (52), sarcastic (52), low (52), dulcet (51), level (50), gentle (50), casual (50), cool (49), flesh (49), hushed (49), ringing (48), even (47), flat (47), aggressive (47), mocking (47), firm (47), neutral (46), solemn (46), negative (46), subdued (45), moral (45), dominant (45), clipped (45), pastel (45), prevailing (44), comic (44), grey (44), muted (43), shrill (43), pale (42), humorous (41), biting (41), dry (41), earthy (41), rising (41), commanding (40), patronizing (39), silvery (39), dialling (39), deep (39), icy (39), strident (38), hard (38), engaged (38), threatening (38), sympathetic (37), conciliatory (37), ironic (37), dismissive (36), pleasant (35), mild (34), falling (34), measured (33), social (33), honeyed (33), dramatic (31), urgent (30), sardonic (30), stentorian (28), contemptuous (25), curt (24), bantering (23), reverential (22), rich (22), scathing (22), reasonable (21), shocked (21), gravelly (21), disapproving (20), sepulchral (19), conspiratorial (18), wheedling (18), aggrieved (17), reproachful (16), brisk (13), businesslike (11), frigid (10), forthright (10), favourable (7),
Adjectives that collocate with TONE (Sorted by alphabetical order)
aggressive (47), aggrieved (17), bantering (23), biting (41), bright (62), brisk (13), businesslike (11), casual (50), clear (56), clipped (45), colour (59), comic (44), commanding (40), conciliatory (37), conspiratorial (18), contemptuous (25), conversational (53), cool (49), curt (24), dark (61), deep (39), dial (63), dialling (39), disapproving (20), dismissive (36), dominant (45), dramatic (31), dry (41), dulcet (51), earthy (41), engaged (38), even (47), expressionless (84), falling (34), favourable (7), firm (47), flat (47), flesh (49), formal (57), forthright (10), frigid (10), general (61), gentle (50), gravelly (21), grey (44), hard (38), harsh (55), honeyed (33), humorous (41), hushed (49), icy (39), ironic (37), level (50), light (74), low (52), matter-of-fact (53), measured (33), mild (34), mocking (47), moral (45), muted (43), natural (54), negative (46), neutral (46), normal (53), overall (66), pale (42), pastel (45), patronizing (39), pleasant (35), political (52), prevailing (44), quiet (67), reasonable (21), reproachful (16), reverential (22), rich (22), ringing (48), rising (41), sarcastic (52), sardonic (30), scathing (22), sepulchral (19), sharp (53), shocked (21), shrill (43), silvery (39), skin (88), social (33), soft (58), solemn (46), stentorian (28), strident (38), subdued (45), sympathetic (37), threatening (38), urgent (30), warm (63), wheedling (18),
Last edited April 17, 2012
