Flat and Monotone

Flat

Flat adjective - Sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch.

Monotone is a synonym for flat. In some cases you can use "Monotone" instead an adjective "Flat".

Nearby Words: flatter, flatly, flatness, flatlet, flatting

Monotone

Monotone adjective - Sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch.

Flat is a synonym for monotone. You can use "Flat" instead an adjective "Monotone".

Nearby Words: monotonous, monotony, monotonously

Both words in one sentence

  • Useful Notes / British Accents Neither sound anything more than a shallow mocking of the actual one; typically far too flat/monotone, and the vowels are all off — nowhere near mangled enough!
  • While he was criticized by many for being flat and monotone in the first two games, he was highly praised for his performance of Shepard in Mass Effect 3.
  • Series / Boy Meets World Bad "Bad Acting": Averted in "Hogs and Kisses"; Cory isn't exactly flat or monotone in his performance for the Pennbrook video tour, but he does constantly flub his lines and appears very ill-at-ease.
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