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Whisper


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Navy blue
Dark blue
Ultramarine
Zaffre
Medium blue
Blue
Somber Purple
Ultraviolet
Ultr
Soft Purple
Magnolia
Similar colors:
Magnolia
Cultured
Luminous White
Marble White
Shell
Ethereal White
Stark White
White
Mercury
Chrome
Gainsboro
Sparkling Silver
Light silver
Stainless Steel
Light Gray
Cloud
Shimmer
Silver
Faint Pink
Soft Lavender
Soap
Faded Lavender
Misty Lavender
Pale lavender
Moonlight
Porcelain
Thistle
Dark gray 
Striking Silver
Periwinkle
Words evoked by this color:
maggot,  pasty,  drywall,  parsnip,  vanishing,  disappeared,  unobserved,  inimitable,  bering,  carroll,  liddell,  named,  untouched,  pantheon,  pedestal,  sculptural,  sculptured,  wonder,  dreamweaver,  additional,  aspects,  aaa,  astarte,  genii,  sforza,  gust,  azure,  fontana,  nino,  semicircular,  buena,  riviera,  corniche,  equator,  odessa,  levant,  cuba,  ionian,  baku,  azeri,  sinusoidal,  houri,  rivera,  waved,  peninsula,  noria,  dos,  empyrean,  locale,  prosody
Literary analysis:
Literary authors use the word "whisper" to evoke a sense of intimacy, secrecy, or subdued emotion. In dramatic dialogues, a whisper can be a tender expression of affection or a cautious confession, as when a character leans in to share a secret sentiment [1, 2, 3, 4]. At other times, it functions as a subtle marker of internal conflict or suspense, lending an element of mystery to the narrative [5, 6, 7]. The word is also employed to suggest an almost ethereal quality, whether it’s the soft murmur of nature that reveals hidden truths [8, 9, 10] or the clandestine exchanges that heighten tension within a story's social or political undercurrents [11, 12, 13]. Thus, "whisper" operates on multiple levels in literature, encapsulating everything from delicate personal interactions to the understated revelation of larger, more enigmatic ideas.
  1. The tears danced in her eyes; she breathed in a small whisper to the boy, “Hallo, my funny!”
    — from The Garden Party, and Other Stories by Katherine Mansfield
  2. Let me then whisper it in her ears—It is your name, madam.
    — from Joseph Andrews, Vol. 1 by Henry Fielding
  3. "You haven't kissed me today," she said in a whisper; and he felt her tremble in his arms.
    — from The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
  4. “Volodya darling, who is it?” asked his mother, in a whisper.
    — from Project Gutenberg Compilation of Short Stories by Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
  5. “You are a madman,” said Zametov, and for some reason he too spoke in a whisper, and moved away from Raskolnikov, whose eyes were glittering.
    — from Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
  6. The kind whisper went to my heart like a dagger.
    — from Jane Eyre: An Autobiography by Charlotte Brontë
  7. The whisper ceased and he knew then clearly that his own soul had sinned in thought and word and deed wilfully through his own body.
    — from A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
  8. for its leaves Are green and waving hymns which whisper Truth!
    — from The Song Celestial; Or, Bhagavad-Gîtâ (from the Mahâbhârata)
  9. Looking round in every direction I could see nothing; yet still I FELT a Presence, and shivered as the cold whisper came again.
    — from Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin Abbott Abbott
  10. The note of the cue-owl is infinitely soft and sweet—soft and sweet as the whisper of a flute.
    — from Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World by Mark Twain
  11. The news of Smerdyakov's death produced a sudden stir and whisper in the court.
    — from The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
  12. Gridley," in a low whisper behind his hand.
    — from Bleak House by Charles Dickens
  13. Whisper and counter-whisper; a very tempest of whispers!
    — from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle


Colors associated with the word:
Pale pink
Soft Lavender
Light Gray
Misty Blue
Whisper White
Subtle Beige
Muted Mauve
Words with similar colors:
tiptoe,  vulnerable,  apologize,  vulnerability,  apologise,  apologetic,  meekly,  meek,  slight,  timid,  weak,  feeble,  frail,  minuscule,  flimsy,  miniscule,  weakness,  attenuated,  frailty,  weaker
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