Meanings
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of whisper
comparative more whispering · superlative most whispering
- That whispers.
- Associated with whispers.
plural whisperings
- The sound of whispers;
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The tendency of modern science is to close this gate—though it can never stop the search for it—the vague desire after some kind of communication, some kind of poetic identification with the soul that reveals itself through the rolling year, the mysterious presence that is felt to lie behind the outbuddings of spring, the wealth and greenery of summer, with all its whisperings and music and rippling laughter, the blue of autumn, with its fruitage, its expansive horizons, its glory veiling temporary decay.
1889 March, Walter Besant, “The Eulogy of Richard Jefferies”, in The Gentleman's Magazine, volume 266, number 1899, page 259 - human sciencesThe projection of intention and influence caused by sending thoughts or desires outward through softly-spoken words or subtle mental or energetic means.
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"Witches feel that anyone who is against them has to be destroyed. The method is to give the victim what we call a whispering. It is similar to the aborigine ceremony in Australia of singing someone to death. The witches gather in a circle and focus their hate on the persons they have in mind. These vibrations from their minds and voices carry whispers to the one who they are working against."
1965, Attila Zohar, Kings Cross Black Magic, Sydney: Horwitz Publications, page 66
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna light noise, like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind
nounspeaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bulgarian слух, мълва
- слух (sluh)Something that is whispered
- мълва (mălva)Something that is whispered
French chuchotement
- chuchotementSomething that is whispered
German Geflüster
- GeflüsterSomething that is whispered
Cite this entry
whispering. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whispering
“whispering.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whispering. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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