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Another word for hiss

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Noun

  1. Any of various derisive sounds of disapproval

    See also:

    sounds

Verb

  1. To make a sharp sibilant sound

    See also:

    sounds

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Another word for hiss

Noun
  1. See also:

    noise

Verb

  1. To make a hissing sound

    See also:

    sound

    buzz

  2. To condemn

    See also:

    ridicule

    censure

© WEBSTER’S NEW WORLD® ROGET’S A-Z THESAURUS by Charlton Laird and the editors of Webster’s New World dictionaries. Copyright © 1999 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Sentence Examples

  • The spectators applaud or hiss according as they make their bow well or ill.

  • They split up the wood, pressed it down on the fire, blew at it with their mouths, and fanned it with the skirts of their greatcoats, making the flames hiss and crackle.

  • During the 140 days of his imprisonment there he wrote the marvellous Iambes (in alternate lines of 12 and 8 syllables), which hiss and stab like poisoned bullets, and which were transmitted to his family by a venal gaoler.

  • She then turned and sauntered towards Victor, not a hint of fear in her carriage "Hello, Victor" His greeting was returned with a hiss, "Elisabeth!"

  • Kris's sigh of aggravation came out as a hiss.

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