Synonyms for sibilance
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : sib-uh-luh nt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɪb ə lənt |
Définition of sibilance
Origin :- 1660s, from Latin sibilantem (nominative sibilans), present participle of sibilare "to hiss, whistle," possibly of imitative origin (cf. Greek sizein "to hiss," Lettish sikt "to hiss," Old Church Slavonic svistati "to hiss, whistle"). Related: Sibilance; sibilation (1620s).
- As in hiss : noun buzzing sound; jeer
- Her clan took the word up, and for a time the sibilance of it was like a hiss in the room.
- Extract from : « The Imitator » by Percival Pollard
- So now he puckered his lips to the sibilance of a canoe-song, and waited.
- Extract from : « The Silent Places » by Steward Edward White
- He nodded without looking at me, and with some sibilance of excuse, read the message.
- Extract from : « The Professor's Mystery » by Wells Hastings
- She sighed, and the sibilance of it echoed with a strange lingering note between those high gray walls.
- Extract from : « Stubble » by George Looms
- It was a gentle sound, but with a sibilance that held a threat of danger—like the hiss of a gigantic serpent.
- Extract from : « The Shooting of Dan McGrew, A Novel » by Marvin Dana
- There was not that sibilance and thunder that had turned me a bit gray inside at first sight of the Eagle.
- Extract from : « The River and I » by John G. Neihardt
- Then the breaking of a twig and the sibilance of whispering voices—two of them—perhaps more.
- Extract from : « The Vagrant Duke » by George Gibbs
- His voice, its guttural note alternating with a sibilance on certain words, betrayed no traces of agitation.
- Extract from : « The Insidious Dr. Fu-Manchu » by Sax Rohmer
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