(n.) A low or subdued tone or utterance; a tone less loud than usual.

affective meaning air allegory allusion arcane meaning aspiration assumption atmosphere aura bated breath bearing breath breathy voice climate coloration coloring connotation consequence denotation drift effect essence exhalation extension feel feeling force gist grammatical meaning hint idea impact implication implied meaning import inference innuendo intension intimation ironic suggestion lexical meaning literal meaning little voice low voice meaning metaphorical sense milieu mumble mumbling murmur murmuration murmuring mutter muttering note nuance occult meaning overtone pertinence pith point practical consequence presumption presupposition purport quality range of meaning real meaning reference referent relation relevance rumor scope semantic cluster semantic field sense sigh significance signification significatum signifie soft voice span of meaning spirit stage whisper still small voice structural meaning subsense subsidiary sense substance suggestion sum sum and substance supposition susurration susurrus symbolic meaning symbolism tenor tinge tone totality of associations touch transferred meaning unadorned meaning underbreath undercurrent undermeaning value whisper whispering