hisses
Angry cat warnings
Hisses are sharp, sibilant sounds—the noise a snake makes, steam escaping a valve, or an audience expressing displeasure.
To hiss is to produce this sound, whether literally or in speech: She hissed a warning through clenched teeth.
Crowds hiss at villains; cats hiss at threats.
The word captures both the sound and the hostility it often conveys.
sibilance
Hissing quality in speech
leak · whisper · fizz · sizzle · static · shush · valve · pressure · gas · vent
boos
Shouts of disapproval
derision · catcalls · heckling · audience · crowd · theater · rebuke · censure · condemnation · disdain
- animal signalsbody language, bird songs, tail wagging, mating calls, whale song
- animal soundsbark, meow, woof, moo, roar
- audience behaviorcheering, clapping, booing, standing ovation, applause
- audience reactionsapplause, clapping, booing, cheering, laughter
- mockerymockery, ridiculing, jeers, jeering, jibes
- expressionsexpression, I love you, phrase, idioms, thank you
- hissy fitDramatic temper tantrum
- boo hissVocal audience rejection
- tape hissHigh-frequency recording interference
- hissing cockroachInsect producing breath-like sounds
- hissing cockroachesInsects producing breath sounds