whished

past tense of whish
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as in hissed
to make a sound like that of stretching out the speech sound \s\ the match whished as it burst into flame

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for whished
Verb
  • Offense has largely hummed when Bo Nix is decisive.
    Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Lost in our mind frequency, which hummed loud now like a drone.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Getting hissed off So here’s a thing that happened.
    Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Nineteen hours after departure the train took its final breath, hissed and braked into the historic port of Narvik.
    The Editors, Outside, 31 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The air buzzed with laughter, connection, and anticipation.
    Essence, Essence, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Each week, social media has buzzed with his latest one-handed reception or shape-shifting juke.
    Noah White, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The interior has plenty of pockets to keep your items organized and zipped away, while the outside features one open pocket and two buckled side pockets.
    Melony Forcier, Travel + Leisure, 31 Oct. 2025
  • TreVeyon Henderson covered 12 yards on a wham run, then 18 more on a misdirection toss where fullback Jack Westover and right guard Mike Onwenu presented false keys that indicated an inside run while Henderson zipped outside.
    Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 28 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The two whispered their greetings, then scooted over to the set’s faux-marble staircase for a photo.
    Dan Greene, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Ariana Grande whispered into her blonde hair, thanked Glinda for guiding for the past few years, and then got her brunette baddie back on.
    Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2025
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“Whished.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whished. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.

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