1. (linguistics) showing alteration in form (especially by the addition of affixes)
   "‘boys’ and ‘swam’ are inflected English words"; "German is an inflected language"
    
2. (of the voice) altered in tone or pitch
   "his southern Yorkshire voice was less inflected and singing than her northern one"

1. Change the form of a word in accordance as required by the grammatical rules of the language
   "In English, we inflect verbs to show tense"
    
2. Vary the pitch of one's speech
   "She inflected her voice to sound more authoritative";
   - tone, modulate

See also: modulated

Type of: modify, mouth, speak, talk, utter, verbalise [Brit], verbalize

Antonym: uninflected

Encyclopedia: Inflected