whispering
Meaning of whispering
verb
- To speak softly, or under the breath, so as to be heard only by one near at hand; to utter words without sonant breath; to talk without that vibration in the larynx which gives sonorous, or vocal, sound.
- To mention privately and confidentially, or in a whisper.
- To make a low, sibilant sound.
- To speak with suspicion or timorous caution; to converse in whispers, as in secret plotting.
- To address in a whisper, or low voice.
- To prompt secretly or cautiously; to inform privately.
noun
Something that is whispered; gossip; a rumor.
adjective- That whispers
- Associated with whispers
Information about whispering
- The plural form of whispering is: whisperings.
- Languages in which whispering is used:
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Hyphenation of whispering
whis-per-ing
- It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
- whispering is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
whispering synonyms
Meaning murmuring:
Meaning rustle:
Meaning whisper:
whisper, susurration, voicelessness
Translation of whispering
- French: chuchotement, murmure, sussurement
- Spanish: murmuro
- Italian: sussurrio, mormorio
Words that rhyme with whispering
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