Crossword clues for whispered
whispered
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Whisper \Whis"per\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Whispered; p. pr. & vb. n. Whispering.] [AS. hwisprian; akin to G. wispern, wispeln, OHG. hwispal?n, Icel. hv[=i]skra, Sw. hviska, Dan. hviske; of imitative origin. Cf. Whistle.]
To speak softly, or under the breath, so as to be heard only by one near at hand; to utter words without sonant breath; to talk without that vibration in the larynx which gives sonorous, or vocal, sound. See Whisper, n.
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To make a low, sibilant sound or noise.
The hollow, whispering breeze.
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To speak with suspicion, or timorous caution; to converse in whispers, as in secret plotting.
All that hate me whisper together against me.
--Ps. xli. 7.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: whisper)
WordNet
adj. spoken in soft hushed tones (without vibrations of the vocal cords); "a long whispered conversation"
Wikipedia
Usage examples of "whispered".
It went into the front room, and a low, guttural voice whispered to the creature that waited within.
Look at what they were, the voice whispered, and they would see the truth.
But the voice whispered on, and about them the sky went steadily darker, the color faded from the land, and everything turned gray and dead.
The premonition whispered in her mind and she screamed back at it in soundless despair.
A rank and fetid odor permeated the air, a smell that whispered of things dying and fouled.
She whispered the word urgently, and it pushed back against the despair and the hopelessness that had closed in about her in steadily deepening layers since the march east from the Chard Rush had begun.
It filled the shadowed room with a fury that whispered of death and mindless destruction.
And there was always a sly, secretive mirth that whispered in his voice.
It whispered softly in her mind, worming past the slender thread of confidence lent her by the presence of those who traveled with her, warning her that when nightfall came again, she must be very careful.
The music she sang whispered of the death and horror that gave life to the valley.
Words whispered from a text in an alien script and language older than man, lifting from script to voice, soft and secretive.
Jair whispered, fighting to contain the sense of revulsion that swept through him.
Doubt and suspicion twisted through her, and the empty voice of the Ildatch whispered in warning.
Instantly he sang, the wishsong a sharp humming sound in the stillness, carrying in its music a whispered plea.
The rise and fall of its breathing and the hiss that had whispered of its unnatural life were stilled.