Synonyms for Hissing | WordToolSet

Synonyms for "hissing" (146 found)

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Closest matches (30)

Noun(3 words)

assibilation banter bantering birdies blooping blurping boo booingbronx cheerbuzz catcall catcalling chaffing derision derisive derisory distortion effervescence effervescent effervescing

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feedback fizz fizzle fizzling fleering flippancy flippant

Strong matches (43)

flutter fluttering fooling fricationfrictional rustlinggrinning hiss hoot hooting howling hum hush hushing jeering joshing kidding leering levity lisp mockery

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mocking motorboating outcry panning quizzical ragging railing raillery rallying raspberry razz razzing rhonchus ridicule ridiculing roasting rumble scoffing

Noun(5 words)

fricativehiss of disapprovalhisslike hushing jeer

Related words (73)

scratching shredding shush shushing sibilance sibilant sibilation siffle sigmatism siss sissing sizz sizzle sizzling smartsmart aleckysmart asssmart-aleckiness smart-alecky smart-ass

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Noun(5 words)

sibilant sibilate sibilating sibilation whooshing

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

8 entries

auditory phenomenonauditory responseauditory signalnegatively valued soundnoisesocial behaviorsoundsound production

More specific

11 entries

air hissalveolar fricativeaudience hisscrowd hisshisspalatal fricativepipe hisssibilant fricativesnake hissspectator hisssteam hiss

Collocations

10 entries

constant hissinghiss in protesthiss loudlyhissing crowdhissing noisehissing radiatorhissing snakehissing soundhissing steamsibilant fricative

Inflections

5 entries

hissed hisses hissingsmore hissingmost hissing

Derivations

4 entries

hiss hissed hisser hissiness

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The television is making a hissing noise.

Source: tatoeba (1670151)

He rushed up through the blinding smoke and hissing flames, till he reached the children.

Source: tatoeba (1987219)

The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to procure the largest quantity of feathers with the least possible amount of hissing.

Source: tatoeba (5563652)

The audience is booing and hissing.

Source: tatoeba (6041898)

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