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whisper

Definition

  • noun: a very soft and quiet way of speaking
  • verb: to speak very softly or quietly
  • verb: to speak softly with little or no vibration of the vocal cords especially to avoid being overheard
  • usually singular
  • synonyms: advice, alert, alerting

Examples

  • I expected to hear back from them but I never heard a 'whisper'. [=I never heard from them again]

  • “I've had more than I can stand,” she complained in a 'stage whisper'.

  • I couldn't hear what they were saying because they were 'whispering'.

Movie quotes

  • (..) I feel as if I'm seeing it for the first time. Is there any more? (LAUGHS) Um... "But in that solemn silence is heard the whisper... "of every sleeping thing. "Look. Look at me. "Come wake me up. "For still here I be." (NEIGHS SOFTLY) (..)
    2017 Beauty and the Beast