What is another word for rustling?

Pronunciation: [ɹˈʌslɪŋ] (IPA)

Rustling is often used to describe the sound of dry leaves or paper being moved. However, there are a number of synonyms that can be used to describe this sound. Some examples include swishing, crinkling, whispering, shuffling, and fluttering. Other words that can be used to describe the sound of rustling include rustling, murmuring, stirring, and rustling. These words can be used interchangeably to describe the sound of leaves rustling, paper rustling, or any other type of rustling sound. Using alternative synonyms to describe rustling can add variety and interest to your writing or speech, making it more engaging and informative for your audience.

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What are the hypernyms for Rustling?

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What are the opposite words for rustling?

Rustling, the sound of leaves and branches moving in the wind, can be described as a soothing noise. However, sometimes you may feel the need to describe the opposite of rustling, which could be silence, stillness or even the sound of death. Rustling is an antonym to silence and stillness, which can bring a sense of calmness and serenity. The sound of rustling can also be an antonym to the sound of chaos or noise, which can be jarring and distressing. The opposite of rustling can also be the sound of destruction, an abrupt and sudden end to nature's delicate movement.

What are the antonyms for Rustling?

  • p. pr. & vb. n.

    noun

Usage examples for Rustling

Little rustling noises made her feel as if strange beings were stirring; above her head were soft chirpings, and somewhere a bird was calling an undulating, long-drawn note, low and sweet, like a tone drawn from her father's violin.
"The Eye of Dread"
Payne Erskine
Like a child in mischief, she turned and went rustling down the ball to the dining room.
"Lonesome Land"
B. M. Bower
By-and-by, he started, for while he thought about her, Miss Hamilton came out of the little companion-way, and stood looking round her, with her long light dress rustling in the breeze, until she moved forward as her eyes rested on him.
"The Greater Power"
Harold Bindloss W. Herbert Dunton

Famous quotes with Rustling

  • Boredom is the dream bird that hatches the egg of experience. A rustling in the leaves drives him away.
    Walter Benjamin
  • We can speak without voice to the trees and the clouds and the waves of the sea. Without words they respond through the rustling of leaves and the moving of clouds and the murmuring of the sea.
    Paul Tillich
  • Is that the minds last, soundless, dying cry? There is no rustling of old crowds as my long, wrenching, joyous voyage ended, only the question, "Who will remember?"
    Roger Kahn
  • Dark and deserted as it was, the night was full of small noises, song and chatter and rustling, telling of the busy little population who were up and about, plying their trades and vocations through the night till sunshine should fall on them at last and send them off to their well-earned repose. The water's own noises, too, were more apparent than by day, its gurglings and 'cloops' more unexpected and near at hand; and constantly they started at what seemed a sudden clear call from an actual articulate voice.
    Kenneth Grahame
  • A bird piped suddenly, and was still; and a light breeze sprang up and set the reeds and bulrushes rustling.So beautiful and strange and new.The Mole, greatly wondering, obeyed. 'I hear nothing myself,' he said, 'but the wind playing in the reeds and rushes and osiers.'
    Kenneth Grahame

Related words: rustling leaves, rustling sound, rustling grass, rustled feathers, bugle call

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