Synonyms of sizzles

sizzles 1 of 2

noun

plural of sizzle

as in whistles

a sound similar to the speech sound \s\ stretched out

there was a brief sizzle as the moth flew into the flame

Synonyms & Similar Words

• whistles
• zips
• hisses
• fizzes
• swishes
• whizzes
• whooshes
• swooshes
• whishes
• wheezes
• sibilants
• sibilances

sizzles

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of sizzle

1

as in hisses

to make a sound like that of stretching out the speech sound \s\

from my bed I could hear the bacon sizzling in the frying pan

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hisses
• fizzles
• fizzes
• bubbles
• swishes
• whizzes
• whistles
• wheezes
• buzzes
• effervesces
• whooshes
• hums
• zips
• whishes
• swooshes
• drones

2

as in steams

to be excited or emotionally stirred up with anger

she was really sizzling about being passed over for the promotion, and nearly quit

Synonyms & Similar Words

• steams
• rages
• burns
• boils
• storms
• seethes
• shakes
• fumes
• foams
• rankles
• smoulders
• agitates
• smolders
• sees red
• inflames
• raves
• enflames
• rants
• fulminates
• bristles
• convulses
• flares (up)
• chafes
• stews
• roils
• frets