Roget's Thesaurus

#405. Faintness

Nouns

faintness etc. adj.; faint sound, whisper, breath; undertone, underbreath; murmur, hum, susurration; tinkle; still small voice. hoarseness etc. adj.; raucity.

Verbs

whisper, breathe, murmur, purl, hum, gurgle, ripple, babble, flow; tinkle; mutter etc. (speak imperfectly) 583; susurrate. steal on the ear; melt in the air, float on the air.

Adjectives

inaudible; scarcely audible, just audible; low, dull; stifled, muffled; hoarse, husky; gentle, soft, faint; floating; purling, flowing etc. v.; whispered etc. v.; liquid; soothing; dulcet etc. (melodious) 413; susurrant, susurrous.

Adverbs

in a whisper, with bated breath, sotto voce [Lat.], between the teeth, aside; piano, pianissimo; d la sourdine; out of earshot inaudibly etc. adj..