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sibilance
[ sib-uh-luhns ]
noun
- a hissing quality of sound, or the hissing sound itself:
I stretched out comfortably in my sleeping bag, peering up at the stars and listening to the ocean's gentle sibilance.
The older, poorer quality recordings had more than a hint of sibilance.
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Other Words From
- non·sib·i·lance noun
- sub·sib·i·lance noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sibilance1
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Example Sentences
The gentle sibilance of air drawn through the glowing nest of tobacco is the only sound.
"I am here as a witness," a thousand mocking voices seemed to hiss in echoed sibilance.
She laughed, a mirthless sibilance that was marvelously like a snake's hissing, her eyes hard and dry.
Distress signals hissed into the atmosphere in urgent sibilance, then faltered and died away.
Then the breaking of a twig and the sibilance of whispering voices—two of them—perhaps more.
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