Clues for the word "TONE"
We've had 344 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 1092 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Mirror Daily crossword on January 29, 2026.
Definition of tone
- n. - Sound, or the character of a sound, or a sound considered as of this or that character; as, a low, high, loud, grave, acute, sweet, or harsh tone.
- n. - Accent, or inflection or modulation of the voice, as adapted to express emotion or passion.
- n. - A whining style of speaking; a kind of mournful or artificial strain of voice; an affected speaking with a measured rhythm ahd a regular rise and fall of the voice; as, children often read with a tone.
- n. - A sound considered as to pitch; as, the seven tones of the octave; she has good high tones.
- n. - The larger kind of interval between contiguous sounds in the diatonic scale, the smaller being called a semitone as, a whole tone too flat; raise it a tone.
- n. - The peculiar quality of sound in any voice or instrument; as, a rich tone, a reedy tone.
- n. - A mode or tune or plain chant; as, the Gregorian tones.
- n. - That state of a body, or of any of its organs or parts, in which the animal functions are healthy and performed with due vigor.
- n. - Tonicity; as, arterial tone.
- n. - State of mind; temper; mood.
- n. - Tenor; character; spirit; drift; as, the tone of his remarks was commendatory.
- n. - General or prevailing character or style, as of morals, manners, or sentiment, in reference to a scale of high and low; as, a low tone of morals; a tone of elevated sentiment; a courtly tone of manners.
- n. - The general effect of a picture produced by the combination of light and shade, together with color in the case of a painting; -- commonly used in a favorable sense; as, this picture has tone.
- v. t. - To utter with an affected tone.
- v. t. - To give tone, or a particular tone, to; to tune. See Tune, v. t.
- v. t. - To bring, as a print, to a certain required shade of color, as by chemical treatment.
Referring Clues
- Signal on the hour
- Telephone sound
- ___-deaf
- Dial sound
- Vocal inflection
- Sound quality
- Sound
- Character
- Manner of speaking
- Increase in strength, with "up"
- Way of speaking
- Color quality
- Kind of poem
- Pitch
- Voice quality
- Voice mail prompt
- Stereo knob
- Whole step
- Muscular fitness
- Distinctive quality
- Muscle quality
- Calisthenics improve it
- Inflection
- Muscle condition
- With 39-Down, terrible with pitches
- Mood
- Dialing need
- Tenor
- General flavor
- Audiophile's concern
- Muscle ___
- Strengthen, with "up"
- ___ poem
- Pulse alternative
- Soap made by Dial
- General character
- Timbre
- Television knob
- Musical signal
- Voice mail cue
- La or fa
- Dial ___
- Coloring
- Music quality
- Clock chime, e.g.
- Whole step, in music
- Blush adds it
- Dial ___ (telephone sound)
- *Musical quality
- Mute, with "down"
- TV color adjustment
- Writing style
- Word after dial or earth
- Musical sound
- Word after earth or dial
- Musical note
- Do, re, or mi
- Vocal quality
- Physical fitness
- "Don't use that ___ of voice with me!"
- Prevailing style
- Musical pitch
- Tuning fork standard
- Musical quality
- Voice stress
- Word following touch or dial
- Certain disposition
- Muscle resiliency
- Firm up
- Pitch on a pipe
- Muscle definition
- Color shade
- Dial follower?
- Type of poem
- Sound heard before dialing
- Word before poem or deaf
- Voice mail signal
- Dial ___ (phone sound)
- The sound of music
- A kid may be told to watch it
- Subdue, with "down"
- Vocal sound
- Mood indicator, maybe
- Answering machine beep
- Skin quality
- Voicemail signal
- Sound from an answering machine
- I, to a Roman
- Meaning distinguisher of many Chinese words
- Signal to start speaking, perhaps
- What emoticons help convey
- Phone message ender
- Signal to begin speaking, perhaps
- Shade
- Signal to start talking
- Voice mail message signal
- ___-deaf: musically inept
- Dial or ring follower
- Time signal
- Answering-machine beep
- Soften, with "down"
- ___ poem
- Answering-machine sound
- Accent
- Mood clue
- Atmosphere
- Muscle or musical quality
- Tuning fork's output
- Speech subtlety
- Type of deafness
- Word with "dial" or "earth"
- Quality of voice
- Conversational nuance
- Bodybuilder's concern
- Make muscles mightier
- Muscular condition
- Word with dial or earth
- Musician's concern
- Vocal pitch
- Character of sound
- Fine-tune, as muscles
- When to leave a message
- Workout concern
- Concern of a musician or bodybuilder
- Voice nuance
- Whole note, e.g.
- Color value
- Muscularity
- Cosmetologist's concern
- Firm up, as muscles
- Skin ___
- Apt anagram for "note"
- Voice-mail cue
- Work on, as abs
- An angry parent may not like yours
- Prevailing character
- Make healthier, as muscles
- Skin___
- Hi-fi adjustment
- Call-waiting signal
- Ring ___
- Muscular firmness
- Shape (up)
- "I don't like your ____!"
- Word with "dial" or "earth"
- ___-deaf: musically inept
- Apt anagram of note
- Normal elasticity
- Soften, with "down"
- Ring ___
- "I don't like your ___!"
- Call waiting signal
- Work on one's muscles
- Musical or muscle quality
- Muscle fitness
- Music critic's concern
- Bell sound
- Cosmetology concern
- Color variation
- Step on the scale
- Kind of deafness
- Phone sound
- Color
- Coloration
- Coloration quality
- Pre-dial sound
- Ambience
- Resiliency
- Variation in color
- Elasticity
- Color gradation
- Steady sound
- Color property
- "___ it down!"
- Paint swatch choice
- Firm up, as one's muscles
- Earth ___
- Answering-machine prompt
- Voice level
- To make supple
- It might be harsh or hushed
- Quality of sound
- Fine-tune muscles
- Voice-mail signal
- Voice inflection
- Sound of music
- Muscle firmness
- Firm (up)
- Signal to begin speaking
- Answering machine signal
- Attribute of sound
- Color or sound quality
- Hue
- Healthy muscle condition
- Moderate, with "down"
- "If you want to leave a message, please wait for the ___"
- "Watch your ___, young man!"
- Instrument quality
- Build muscles, with "up"
- Mood indicator
- Dialer's sound
- Recording concern
- Soap brand with cocoa butter
- Scrambled note?
- Voicemail prompt
- Franchot of films
- Voice-mail sound
- Vocal subtlety
- Synonym and anagram of "note"
- Build one's muscles, with "up"
- Vein
- Voice mail sound
- Manner of expression
- Voicemail sound
- "When you hear the ___, please leave your message"
- Emotion betrayer
- Attitude
- Synth output
- "Don't use that ___ with me!"
- Indication of a voicemail
- What calisthenics improve
- The sound of music?
- Mellow, with "down"
- Get into shape, with "up"
- Word with musical or muscle
- Emotion indicator, often
- Step on a scale
- Strengthen, as muscles
- "Leave a message at the ___"
- Signal to leave a message
- Shade or tint
- Muscular quality
- A parent may tell a child to watch it
- Firm (up), as muscles
- "Please leave your message at the ___"
- Voicemail beep
- TV knob
- It can reveal your attitude
- Recorded message prompt
- "At the sound of the ___ ..."
- Color feature
- Sound pitch
- Feeling
- Color wheel choice
- "At the ___, leave a message"
- Voice sound
- Tony! Toni! ___
- "Wild Thing" rapper ___ Loc
- Sang with Toni and Tony
- Pitch or sound
- "Wild Thing" ___ Loc
- "Funky Cold Medina" Loc
- "Wild Thing" Loc
- Note or sound
- Bodily firmness
- See 18
- Sound a cracked note
- Quality of a tow-headed individual
- Sound - style
- Twosome open Othello, some flipping piece!
- See 22
- Attitude? It's time to acquire one
- Sound of Somerset flower
- Cadence
- Moderate, ___ down
- A hundred and five notes with Van Gogh's ear for music?
- Take time over a clue that"s moderate
- Indication of a speaker's emotion
- Voicemail cue
- Work out at the gym
- It's not turning the key that makes the sound
- Voice-lesson topic
- Attitude giveaway
- Word with skin or ring
- Tuning fork's production
- Text alert, often
- Word after earth or muscle
- Modulation
- Paint swatch selection
- Get fit, with "up"
- 30 Across quality
- Acoustic quality of a wrong note
- Firmness
- Signal to record a message
- Sepia, for one
- Pitch of the voice
- It's not turning the key that made the sound
- Sound a thick-headed person
- -
- Work on, as muscles
- One might be commanding
- Voice coach's concern
- Strengthen (muscles)
- Synthesizer sound
- Sound that will blend in with the others?
- Shade, tint
- Vocal coach's concern
- Normal state of tension
- Turning the key, not making a sound
- Synthesizer output
- Firm, with "up"
- Tint, shade
- Muscle or voice quality
- It may rise in anger
- "I don't like your ___!" (parent's warning)
- It distinguishes meaning in many East Asian languages
- Chromatic nuance
- Voice or muscle quality
- It can be hard to discern over email
- Word after "dial" or "muscle"
- Hit the gym, with "up"
- ___ of voice (how you speak)
- Speech quality
- Manner
- "Watch your ___!" (response to 52-Across)
- Set the ___
- ___ it down a notch
- Appropriate anagram of "note"
- Quality of a color or a voice
- "Bing," "ping" or "pong" for example
- It might be tough to convey in a text message
- Anagram of note, fittingly
- Tow-headed person, in a manner of speaking
- Word with earth or muscle
- Something you might watch with your parents
- Speaker's quality
- ___ of voice
- Shade of a color
- Sound the time - lunchtime
- "At the ___, please leave your message"
- "Watch your ___!" ("Attitude check!")
- Something to watch with your teachers?
- Word after muscle or dial
- Ring___ (cellphone feature)
- Firm up, like muscles
- Quality hard to convey over text
- Bring (down)
- "Watch your ___!" ("Don't talk to me like that!")
- Distinguishing feature of some languages
- Work on one's abs, say
- Goal of some bodybuilding exercises
- What's hard to read in a text
- "Don't you take that ___ with me!"
- Speechwriter's consideration
Last Seen In
- Mirror Daily - January 29, 2026
- Mirror Daily - January 23, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - January 20, 2026
- Mirror Daily - January 05, 2026
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- LA Times - December 08, 2025
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- LA Times - September 07, 2025
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- Penny Dell Daily - August 13, 2025
- New York Times - August 11, 2025
- Mirror Daily - August 10, 2025
- Mirror Daily - August 09, 2025
- New York Times - August 08, 2025
- Mirror Daily - August 05, 2025
- New York Times - August 03, 2025
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