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Sound can be described in terms of its properties and characteristics such as pitch, intensity, duration, timbre and texture or musical properties such as rhythm, melody and harmony. Sound can also be described with analogies to senses, concepts and things. For example, it can be described as colorful or industrial. Another important way to describe sounds is with onomatopoeic words that imitate a sound such as beep, quack or yelp. The following vocabulary can be used to describe sound.
abrasive
airy
antagonistic
asymmetric
atmosphere
atonal
audible
balanced
bass
beating
bitter
blast
boom
bouncy
bright
broken
buzz
cacophony
cadence
chaotic
character
chiming
clamorous
clap
clear
cliche
clicking
clinking
coarse
cohesive
colorful
complex
constant
continuous
cracking
crashing
crescendo
crisp
crunch
dark
deafening
decrescendo
delicate
dense
depth
diminishing
discordant
disharmonic
disjointed
distant
drip
droning
drumming
dry
dull
dynamic
echo
elegant
emotive
erratic
evocative
explosive
expressive
exquisite
fade-in
fade-out
fast
feeling
flavor
forceful
fragmented
frantic
full
graceful
grinding
groan
groaning
growing
harmonic
haunting
heavy
hiss
hollow
howl
hum
hushed
hypnotic
impact
improvised
inaudible
industrial
instrumental
intense
invigorating
irregular
jarring
jingle
knocking
layered
lively
loud
lush
mellow
melodic
midrange
monotonic
monotonous
mood
moving
muffled
murmur
musical
mysterious
natural
nearby
nimble
noisy
nostalgic
offbeat
ornate
overtone
periodic
piercing
pitch
pleasing
polluted
polyphonic
pounding
powerful
pulsating
punch
pure
purring
quiet
range
rapid
rasp
rattle
raucous
refined
regular
repetitive
resonant
revving
rhythmic
rich
ring
ripple
roar
rumble
rush
rustling
scream
screech
scrunch
sharp
shriek
shrill
shrill
sibilant
signature
sizzle
sloppy
slow
smooth
snap
snort
soft
soothing
sour
sporadic
squawking
squeal
stamp
static
steady
structured
stylish
supple
surreal
sweet
swoosh
symbolic
tapping
tasteful
tearing
temperature
tempo
tenor
textured
thin
thrum
thud
thump
thunderous
tick
timbre
tinge
tint
tone
toneless
treble
tuned
tuneless
twang
uncommon
unending
uniform
unintelligible
unmusical
unpredictable
velocity
vocal
wail
warm
whine
whirr
whisper
whoosh

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