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whispered

/ˈwɪspəd/
Meanings

  • a soft or gentle sound made by breathing or whispering

    - "The baby made a whispering sound while sleeping."
    - "John leaned close to Mary and whispered sweet nothings in her ear."
Pronunciation
  1. /ˈhwɪspɚd/



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Rhymes
Words rhyming with whispered
hymes , chimes , crimes , primes
Homophones
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  1. whispered (en) : uttered or expressed in a low, soft, or gentle voice, often in a confidential or secretive manner

Variants
List of all variants of whispered that leads to same result
whisper , whispered , whispering , whispers , stage whisper , stage whispers , stage-whisper , stage-whispered , stage-whispering , stage-whispers
Etymology
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Old English hweosan, related to hweotan 'to breathe'

Trivia
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  1. The longest recorded whisper is 58 hours long, as documented by the Guinness World Records.

  2. Did you know that there is a town in Austria called 'Hinterwälder' that is famous for its tradition of whispering in public places?

  3. The whispering voice can be heard more distinctly when the person whispering is in a quiet room with good acoustics, or when they are close to the person they are whispering to, as the sound waves travel more easily through the air when there are fewer obstacles in the way.

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