hissable
English
Etymology
hiss + -able
Adjective
hissable (comparative more hissable, superlative most hissable)
- (colloquial) Capable of being pronounced with a hiss.
- 2015, Cathy Elliott, A Stitch in Crime
- Thea could almost hiss out the name. In fact, the mayor's name was quite hissable.
- 2015, Cathy Elliott, A Stitch in Crime
- (colloquial) Deserving to be hissed or booed; villainous.
- 1890, Parry's Monthly Magazine, volume 6, page 29:
- The French apply the adjective sifflable (hissable) to bad plays and bad actors.
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