[Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi was] pelted with buckets of water by firemen, and, finally, currycombed and rubbed down by two grooms, keeping a sharp susurrus between them, so as to soothe his wounded feelings; […]
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Susurrus
//ˈsu.sə.ɹəs//
Synonyms for "susurrus" (19 found)
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12 translations across 7 languages.
Finnish
4 entries- havina noun (whispering or rustling sound)
- kahina noun (whispering or rustling sound)
- rahina noun (whispering or rustling sound)
- rapina noun (whispering or rustling sound)
French
1 entries- susurrement noun (whispering or rustling sound)
German
1 entries- Säuseln noun (whispering or rustling sound)
Hebrew
2 entries- המהום noun (whispering or rustling sound)
- רשרוש noun (whispering or rustling sound)
Latin
1 entries- susurrus noun (whispering or rustling sound)
Spanish
1 entries- susurro noun (whispering or rustling sound)
Tibetan
2 entries- དི་རི་རི noun (whispering or rustling sound)
- འུར་རུ་རུ noun (whispering or rustling sound)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
The soft susurrus and sighs of the branches.
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They heard the Green Fork before they saw it, an endless susurrus, like the growl of some great beast.
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I sipped at a drink and smoked cigarettes in a silence so profound that I could hear the susurrus of the blindfold's soft fabric rustle and slip between my fingers.
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