Sibilation
81flout — v 1. disdain, contemn, scorn, misprize, spurn, scout; disparage, discredit, denounce, decry, vilipend, depreciate, minimize; ridicule, mock, deride, jeer, scoff, laugh in or up one s sleeve at, sneer; burlesque, lampoon, satirize; taunt, fleer,… …
82hiss — n 1. hissing, sibilation, sibilance, buzz, fizzle, whiz, whistle, wheeze, whisper. 2. derision, mockery, outcry, clamor, hue and cry; catcall, jeer, hoot, Sl. razz, Sl. raspberry, Sl.Bronx cheer; mock, taunt, scoff, fleer, sneer, flout, twit,… …
83insult — v 1. affront, slight, Sl. put down, Sl. cut up, give offense to, disoblige; call names, Sl. rank out, fling dirt at, slap in the face, point at; denounce, decry, disparage, discredit, vilipend, depreciate, minimize; disdain, contemn, scout,… …
84lisp — n 1. sibilation, sibilance, assibilation, indistinct speech, Inf. baby talk; hiss, hissing, siss, siss ing, shush, shushing, hush, hushing, sizzle, sizzling, fizz, fizzing; speech impediment or defect, Pathol. dyslexia, lisping. v 2. sibilate,… …
85snub — v 1. slight, turn one s back upon, U.S. Sl. brush off, turn up one s nose at, Sl. ritz, Inf. high hat; cut, give the cold shoulder to, Inf. cold shoulder, Inf. put the freeze on, look coldly upon; keep at arm s length, avoid, shun, stand or hold… …
86whisper — v 1. murmur, breathe, sigh, Literary. suspire; mutter, mumble; sibilate, hiss, rustle, sough; buzz, hum, drone. 2. divulge, disclose, reveal; intimate, hint, insinuate; rumor, bruit, tell, breathe a word, blab, gossip, Inf. open one s mouth. n 3 …
87sibilate — [c]/ˈsɪbəleɪt/ (say sibuhlayt) verb (sibilated, sibilating) –verb (i) 1. to hiss. –verb (t) 2. to utter or pronounce with a hissing sound. –sibilation /sɪbəˈleɪʃən/ (say sibuh layshuhn), noun …
88buzz — [n1] droning sound drone, fizz, fizzle, hiss, hum, murmur, purr, ring, ringing, sibilation, whir, whisper; concept 595 buzz [n2] gossip comment, cry, grapevine*, hearsay, news, report, rumble*, rumor, scandal, scuttlebutt, talk, whisper; concept… …
89hiss — [n] buzzing sound; jeer boo, Bronx cheer*, buzz, catcall, contempt, derision, hoot, sibilance, sibilation; concepts 278,595 hiss [v] make buzzing sound; ridicule blow, boo, catcall, condemn, damn, decry, deride, disapprove, hoot, jeer, mock, rasp …
90sibilant — a.,n. hissing (sound). ♦ sibilate, v.i. & t. pronounce like sibilant. ♦ sibilation, ♦ sibilance, ♦ sibilancy, n. ♦ sibilatory, ♦ sibilous, a …
