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hissing

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verb

present participle of hiss
as in bubbling
to make a sound like that of stretching out the speech sound \s\ the frightened kitten hissed at us when we tried to pick it up

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hissing
Verb
  • One perk is that the bubbling stream provides the ideal ecosystem where hemlock and rhododendron thrive along the banks.
    Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 29 Dec. 2024
  • There was understandable tension in the quarter-final against Bayern Munich, but something was bubbling from minute one against Porto.
    Art de Roché, The Athletic, 29 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Wear a personal flotation device and bring a watercraft and whistle.
    Joe Rassel, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2025
  • Fortunately, a high-level civil servant has blown the whistle and set the record straight.
    Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Despite the show's ruminations revolving around Dorian's ego, there is no vanity in this performance where Snook sweats, sneers, and dashes across stage.
    Shania Russell, EW.com, 28 Mar. 2025
  • One is Giovanni Battista Moroni’s Portrait of a Woman (ca. 1575), in which a leery-eyed woman stares down at her viewer, pressing her lips into the faintest of sneers.
    Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Here are six real books coming out this week, with dust jackets that reflect their real contents: mysteries and mishaps, often told with a sly smirk.
    Colin Dwyer, NPR, 1 Apr. 2025
  • Hartford Courant Bueckers took and hit the 3-pointer with a shrug and a smirk.
    Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 25 Mar. 2025
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“Hissing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hissing. Accessed 9 Apr. 2025.

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