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susurrant

susurrant

9.9
A soft whispering sound that continues quietly
  • adjective
  • /səˈsɜr.ənt/
  • Literature
translation icon : susurrante
  • The susurrant whispers of the audience filled the theater before the play began.

Examples

  • The trees rustled in the breeze, creating a susurrant sound that soothed her mind.

  • And there was a susurrant murmur from the bottle which held all these things, and more which Gaunt, too chill already, would not say.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • As the waves lapped gently at the shore, they produced a susurrant melody that calmed everyone on the beach.

Synonyms

whispery
vssusurrant
2 4.1

Making a soft sound like a whisper

is about continuous indistinct sound rather than simple quiet quality
murmurous
vssusurrant
  • Literature
1 9.6

Full of soft low sounds like leaves moving or quiet voices

focuses on producing those sounds rather than being merely filled
whispering
vssusurrant
3.0

Making a low, soft continuous sound like wind or water

is a general term for any low continuous indistinct sound
murmuring
vssusurrant
4.7

Making a low continuous sound like soft voices or gentle waves

is a general description of such low continuous indistinct sound
susurrous
vssusurrant
  • Literature
9.9

Making a soft whispering sound like leaves moving

is the neutral descriptive term rather than a literary style
whispered
vssusurrant
2.9

Said very quietly in a soft voice

is a general low continuous indistinct sound not limited to human speech

How Loud

loud
733 1.0
susurrant
  • Literature
9.9
rustling
31 3.4
quiet
∞ 1.0
silent
257 1.0

Surface Forms

susurrant positive

Morphology

susurrant = susurrate (semi-transparent) = susurr + ant

Formed by the adjectival suffix '-ant' from the verb 'susurrate'; the derivation is regular but both the verb/root are rare and Latin-derived, making it less immediately recognizable to learners.

Etymology

Susurrant comes from the Latin verb susurrare, which means 'to whisper' or 'to murmur'. So a susurrant sound is like a soft, steady 'whisper' or low 'murmur', as when leaves rustle or a river flows quietly.