Sibilation
11sibilation — noun 1. pronunciation with a sibilant (hissing or whistling) sound • Syn: ↑assibilation • Derivationally related forms: ↑assibilate (for: ↑assibilation), ↑sibilate • Hypernyms: ↑ …
12sibilement — ⇒SIBILATION, subst. fém.; SIBILEMENT, subst. masc. Littér. Action ou manière de sibiler; p. méton., résultat de cette action, bruit ainsi obtenu. Synon. sifflement. [La clarté] refluait sous la ramure (...) éveillant (...) des pépiements, des… …
13sibilate — sibilation, n. sibilator, n. /sib euh layt /, v., sibilated, sibilating. v.i. 1. to hiss. v.t. 2. to utter or pronounce with a hissing sound. [1650 60; < L sibilatus (ptp. of sibilare to hiss); see SIBILANT, ATE1] * * * …
14Disapprobation — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Disapprobation >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 disapprobation disapprobation disapproval Sgm: N 1 improbation improbation Sgm: N 1 disesteem disesteem disvaluation displacency Sgm: N 1 odium odium Sgm: N 1 …
15assibilation — noun 1. the development of a consonant phoneme into a sibilant • Derivationally related forms: ↑assibilate • Hypernyms: ↑development, ↑evolution 2. pronunciation with a sibilant (hissing or whistling) sound • Syn: ↑sibilation …
16hissing — noun a fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval) (Freq. 2) the performers could not be heard over the hissing of the audience • Syn: ↑hiss, ↑hushing, ↑fizzle, ↑sibilation • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …
17hushing — noun a fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval) the performers could not be heard over the hissing of the audience • Syn: ↑hiss, ↑hissing, ↑fizzle, ↑sibilation • Derivationally related forms: ↑sibilate ( …
18siss — verb 1. make a sharp hissing sound, as if to show disapproval • Syn: ↑hiss, ↑sizz, ↑sibilate • Derivationally related forms: ↑sibilant (for: ↑sibilate), ↑sibilation ( …
19sizz — verb 1. make a sharp hissing sound, as if to show disapproval • Syn: ↑hiss, ↑siss, ↑sibilate • Derivationally related forms: ↑sibilant (for: ↑sibilate), ↑sibilation ( …
20Sibilance — Sib i*lance, Sibilancy Sib i*lan*cy, n. The quality or state of being sibilant; sibilation. [1913 Webster] Milton would not have avoided them for their sibilancy, he who wrote . . . verses that hiss like Medusa s head in wrath. Lowell. [1913… …
