adenoids
She speaks with an adenoidal croak.
The patient has gross adenoidal enlargement.
The adenoidal whine of their accents dulled her hearing.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Describing qualities of the human voice
aloud
be dripping with somethingidiom
boomy
bray
breathy
brittle
chocolatey
dulcetly
fruity
nasality
nasally
pitchy
purringly
rasping
soft-spoken
stentorian
strangulated
toned
toneless
wispily
Examples of adenoidal
adenoidal
He appeared to have little charm in his general manner or in his appearance and down to earth harsh
adenoidal voice.
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Half-opened petals give the flower an
adenoidal look.
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