What does sough mean?
Sough means To make a soft rustling or murmuring sound..
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/saʊ/ · verb
To make a soft rustling or murmuring sound..
I lay awake for a while that evening, listening to the soughing of the wind high in the pines, realizing sadly that we must now return to civilization.
[...] Arthur; a fearful night it was: there was a sough in the air, a sound drawing nigh like that of a host marching:- — but you're looking pale and forwrought, man; is any thing ailing ye?
The whispering leaves or solemn sough of the forest.
Syenite hears the distant sough of waves rolling against rocks, somewhere below the slope on which they lie.
Use sough when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Sough means To make a soft rustling or murmuring sound..
Common synonyms include breathe, moan, murmur, purl.
Possible antonyms include blare, boom, clang, peal.
I lay awake for a while that evening, listening to the soughing of the wind high in the pines, realizing sadly that we must now return to civilization.
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