A speech sound characterized by a hissing quality.
Sinònims
Examples for "sibilant"
Examples for "sibilant"
1The winds wailed sibilant and agonizing messages into the ears of Ootah:
2He heard the soft sibilant sound of a breath drawn quickly in.
3He hardly waited for the sibilant assurance before putting back the receiver.
4There was a low, sibilant rise and fall-thebreathing of the creature.
5Mortals. The last word turned sibilant, breathed out over a long while.
1The two leaders came together to the door of the third house, and their heads were together; and a few sibilant consonants escaped them.
Translations for sibilant consonant