Synonyms for hiss
hɪshiss

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1. hiss, hissing, hushing, fizzle, sibilationnoun

   a fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval)

   "the performers could not be heard over the hissing of the audience"

   Synonyms:
   snort, razz, hissing, hoot, bust, flop, sibilation, raspberry, hushing, assibilation, fizzle, bird, boo, razzing

2. boo, hoot, Bronx cheer, hiss, raspberry, razzing, razz, snort, birdverb

   a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt

   Synonyms:
   doll, boo, snigger, fowl, dame, tinker's dam, shit, skirt, shuttle, fizzle, birdie, damn, snicker, snort, chick, hissing, red cent, wench, bird, hoot, raspberry, sibilation, tinker's damn, razz, shucks, raspberry bush, razzing, shuttlecock, darn, hushing

3. hiss, siss, sizz, sibilateverb

   make a sharp hissing sound, as if to show disapproval

   Synonyms:
   sibilate, whoosh, boo, sizz, siss

4. hiss, whooshverb

   move with a whooshing sound

   Synonyms:
   sibilate, whoosh, boo, sizz, woosh, siss

5. hiss, sizz, siss, sibilateverb

   express or utter with a hiss

   Synonyms:
   sibilate, whoosh, boo, sizz, siss

6. boo, hissverb

   show displeasure, as after a performance or speech

   Synonyms:
   sibilate, whoosh, boo, sizz, siss

Matched Categories

1. • Condemn
   • Move

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1. hissnoun

   Synonyms:
   sibilation, sibilance, hissing

2. hissverb

   Synonyms:
   sibilate, whiz

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How to use hiss in a sentence?

1. Steve Bannon:

   Today in modern pop culture, you know they call Ted Cruz the Joe McCarthy -- if you want to think of who devils are it's Ronald Reagan and those who name-names at the House Un-American Activities, the Hollywood Ten are heroes right? alger Hiss is a hero, right? Richard Nixon's a villain? Joe McCarthy is a villain. Your book makes very plain that these guys were right. The place was infested with either traitors that were on the direct payroll of Soviet military intelligence or fellow-travelers who were kind of compliant in helping these guys get along. I mean, there's absolutely no question of it. How has pop culture so changed it that white is black and black is white?

2. Aesop:

   Men often applaud an imitation, and hiss the real thing.

3. Chinese Proverb:

   Those who have free seats at a play hiss first.

4. Bette Davis:

   There are new words now that excuse everybody. Give me the good old days of heroes and villains. the people you can bravo or hiss. There was a truth to them that all the slick credulity of today cannot touch.

5. James Dean:

   I’d rather have people hiss than yawn.