10 Letter Words for Whispering
whispering
9 Letter Words for Whispering
perishing
8 Letter Words for Whispering
periwigs, ringwise, seringhi, shrewing, speiring, sphering, spiering, swingier, whingers
7 Letter Words for Whispering
gipsire, heiring, hesping, hewings, hingers, hirings, inspire, periwig, persing, phesing, pigsnie, pingers, pirnies, pishing, presign, risping, shewing, shinier, siering, snipier, spewing, spinier, spiring, springe, swinger, swipier, swiping, weighin, weiring, whiners, whinger, whinges, whinier, whisper, wingers, wingier, wipings, wirings, wishing, wispier, wisping
6 Letter Words for Whispering
genips, gipsen, gipser, girnie, gispin, greins, gripes, griphe, hewing, hieing, hinger, hinges, hiring, inship, neighs, newish, nigers, nigher, perish, pernis, pewing, pieing, pieris, pinger, pinier, pinies, pirnie, reigns, renigs, renish, repins, reship, resigh, resign, resing, respin, rewing, rewins, rewish, rhines, ripens, riping, rising, sering, seriph, sewing, shiner, shrine, sigher, signer, singer, siping, siring, sniper, spreng, spring, swinge, swiper, weighs, wering, whiner, whines, whinge, wigher, winers, winger, winier, winish, wipers, wiping, wiring, wisher, wising, wrings
5 Letter Words for Whispering
ehing, epris, ering, eshin, ewing, genii, genip, gerip, giher, ginep, giris, girns, girse, girsh, grein, grens, grews, grins, gripe, griph, grips, gwine, heirs, herns, hinge, hings, hiper, hiren, hires, hirse, hsien, ignis, inger, insep, iring, irish, neigh, niger, nighs, niris, nisei, peghs, penis, peris, perns, phews, phies, phren, piers, piing, piner, pines, pinge, pings, pirns, pries, prigs, prine, regin, reign, reins, renig, repin, resin, rewin, rhein, rhies, rhine, rines, ringe, rings, rinse, ripen, ripes, risen, rishi, segni, sengi, serin, sewin, sheng, shewn, shier, shine, shire, shrew, shrip, sinew, singe, singh, siper, siren, sirih, snerp, snipe, speir, spier, spine, spire, sprew, sprig, sweir, swine, swing, swipe, swire, weigh, weirs, wersh, whein, whens, whigs, whine, whing, whins, whips, whirs, whisp, winer, wines, wings, wiper, wipes, wires, wiser, wrens, wries, wring
4 Letter Words for Whispering
eigh, engr, engs, ergs, erin, eris, erns, ersh, gein, geir, gens, gers, gien, gies, gins, gire, giri, girn, gise, gish, gren, grew, grin, grip, gris, heii, heir, heng, hens, heps, hern, herp, hers, hesp, hews, hies, higi, hine, hing, hins, hipe, hips, hire, hisn, insp, ipse, ires, iris, irpe, iwis, negs, neps, nesh, news, nies, nigh, nips, nisi, pegh, pegs, pehs, peng, peni, pens, perh, peri, pern, pers, pews, phew, phis, pien, pier, pies, pigs, pine, ping, pins, pirn, pirs, pise, pish, pres, prie, prig, prin, psig, pwns, regs, rehs, rein, reps, resp, rews, rgen, ries, rigs, rine, ring, rins, ripe, rips, rise, risp, seir, sepg, sepn, serg, sewn, sher, shew, shin, ship, shir, shri, sien, sier, sigh, sign, sine, sing, sinh, sipe, sire, siri, snew, snig, snip, spew, spie, spig, spin, swep, swig, weir, wens, weri, when, whig, whin, whip, whir, whse, wigs, wine, wing, wins, wipe, wips, wire, wise, wish, wisp, wren, wrig
3 Letter Words for Whispering
ehs, eir, eng, ens, epi, erg, ern, ers, esp, esr, gen, ger, gie, gin, gis, gnp, gns, gph, gps, grs, hei, hen, hep, her, hes, hew, hie, hin, hip, hir, his, hrs, ign, ihi, ihp, ihs, ing, ins, iph, ipr, ips, ire, irs, ise, ish, isn, neg, nei, nep, new, nie, nig, nip, nis, peg, peh, pen, per, pes, pew, phi, phr, pie, pig, pin, pir, pis, pre, prn, prs, psi, psw, pwn, pwr, reg, reh, rei, rep, res, rew, rhe, rie, rig, rin, rip, rps, seg, sei, sen, sep, ser, sew, she, shi, shp, shr, sie, sig, sin, sip, sir, sri, wen, wer, whr, whs, wig, win, wir, wis
Definitions for Whispering
[1] whispered talk or conversation.
[2] rumor, hearsay, or gossip.
[3] a whispered sound.
[4] that whispers; making a sound like a whisper.
[5] like a whisper.
[6] given to whispering; gossipy.
[7] conversing in whispers.
[8] to speak with soft, hushed sounds, using the breath, lips, etc., but with no vibration of the vocal cords.
[9] Phonetics . to produce utterance substituting breath for phonation.
[10] to talk softly and privately (often implying gossip, slander, plotting, or the like): The king knew that the courtiers were whispering.
[11] (of trees, water, breezes, etc.) to make a soft, rustling sound like that of whispering.
[12] to utter with soft, low sounds, using the breath, lips, etc.: He whispered endearments to her.
[13] Phonetics . to utter (speech sounds) substituting breath for phonation.
[14] to say or tell in a whisper; tell privately.
[15] to speak to or tell (a person) in a whisper or privately.
[16] the mode of utterance, or the voice, of a person who whispers: to speak in a whisper.
[17] a word or remark uttered by whispering.
[18] a rumor or insinuation: Whispers circulated about the affair.
[19] a soft, rustling sound like a whisper: the whisper of leaves in the wind.
[20] to speak or utter (something) in a soft hushed tone, esp without vibration of the vocal cords
[21] (intr) to speak secretly or furtively, as in promoting intrigue, gossip, etc
[22] (intr) (of leaves, trees, etc) to make a low soft rustling sound
[23] (tr) to utter or suggest secretly or privately to whisper treason
[24] a low soft voice to speak in a whisper
[25] something uttered in such a voice
[26] a low soft rustling sound
[27] a trace or suspicion
[28] informal a rumour or secret
Words related to Whispering
humming, rustling, buzzing, susurration, sough, susurrant
Words nearby Whispering
whisky rebellion, whisky-jack, whisper, whispered, whisperer, whispering, whispering campaign, whispering gallery, whisperous, whispery, whist
Origin of Whispering
before 950; Middle English whisperen (v.), Old English hwisprian; cognate with German wispern; akin to Old Norse hviskra to whisper, hvīsla to whistle. See whine
Other words from Whispering
whis·per·ing·ly , adverb
half-whis·per·ing·ly , adverb
un·whis·per·ing , adjective
Word origin for Whispering
Old English hwisprian; related to Old Norse hvīskra, Old High German hwispalōn, Dutch wispern
Synonyms for Whispering
buzzing, humming, rustling, susurrant
