COOS Synonyms: 85 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

plural of coo

as in babbles

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verb

present tense third-person singular of coo

as in sighs

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Noun

The whispers had grown too loud to ignore, and a grand jury was convened.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 July 2026
But eccentricity is only the visible tip of the vast iceberg of Vibeke’s mental health issues, and soon Karl and Rikke are conferring in low whispers about whether, and when, to slip some ground-up sleeping pills into her drink.

— Jessica Kiang, Variety, 7 July 2026

Definition of whispers

Verb

Gosha sighs, at the prospect of having to raise an amount that, over in the States, would be less than 50 bucks.

— Damon Wise, Deadline, 11 July 2026
In the series premiere of Netflix’s Vladimir, Rachel Weisz awakens from troubled sleep to a cascade of texts, sighs deeply, and addresses the camera with pleading eyes.

— Judy Berman, Time, 8 July 2026

Definition of sighs

Noun

For weeks, there have been murmurs in DC about a coming White House move to address the inevitability of powerful, open-source Chinese AI models being used by people and businesses across the globe.

— Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 15 July 2026
Despite murmurs of sessions for a new album, which began circulating in 2022, there’s no official news as of yet about a seventh Sade album.

— Al Shipley, SPIN, 30 June 2026

Definition of murmurs

Noun

One minute later, cackles rippled through my eardrums at a higher decibel than before.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Apr. 2026
As evening falls, the clink of pints and bursts of cackles spill from Pat Collins Pub—where locals swap stories to the rhythm of fiddle tunes beneath an Irish twilight.

— Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025

Definition of cackles

Noun

Incense usually comes in either cone or stick form and is composed of fragrant material — usually resins, seeds, barks and flowers — that’s bound together using a combustible material.

— BestReviews, Mercury News, 17 June 2026
Caspar David Friedrich has sketchbooks of particular branches, twigs, barks of different trees.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 May 2026

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