Sough

//saʊ//

Synonyms for "sough" (61 found)

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Related word relations

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More general

5 entries

Synonyms

1 entries

Related terms

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derived

2 entries

related to

7 entries

Translations

25 translations across 8 languages.

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Bulgarian

4 entries
  • бриз noun (gentle breeze)
  • дълбока въздишка noun (deep sigh)
  • шумолене noun (sound)
  • шумоля verb (to make this sound)

Czech

4 entries
  • ševelení noun (sound)
  • šumot noun (sound)
  • šumění noun (sound)
  • syčet verb (to make this sound)

Finnish

4 entries
  • havina noun (sound)
  • kahina noun (sound)
  • syvä huokaus noun (deep sigh)
  • tuulenhenkäys noun (gentle breeze)

French

1 entries
  • murmure noun (sound)

Italian

1 entries
  • stormire verb (to make this sound)

Māori

2 entries
  • tihi verb (to make this sound)
  • tihitihi verb (to make this sound)

Polish

3 entries
  • szum noun (sound)
  • szumienie noun (sound)
  • szumieć verb (to make this sound)

Russian

1 entries
  • ше́лест noun (sound)

Sample sentences

5 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Your voice is a voice from the days that are gone, and the old tongue comes back to me, with the sound of the piper on the hill and the harper in the hall, with the sough of the summer wind in the fir trees, and the lash of the waves on the rocks.

Source: tatoeba (12426863)

I lay awake for a while that evening, listening to the soughing of the wind high in the pines, realizing sadly that we must now return to civilization.

Source: wiktionary

[...] Arthur; a fearful night it was: there was a sough in the air, a sound drawing nigh like that of a host marching:- — but you're looking pale and forwrought, man; is any thing ailing ye?

Source: wiktionary

The whispering leaves or solemn sough of the forest.

Source: wiktionary

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