Murmuring

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A continuous murmur; a low confused noise.
  • Making or consisting in a low continuous noise.
  • Uttering complaints in a low voice or sullen manner; grumbling; complaining: as, a person of a murmuring disposition.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • Uttering murmurs; making low sounds; complaining.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. Present participle of murmur.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech
  • adjective. making a low continuous indistinct sound
  • noun. a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone
  • Word Usage
    "I wonder if my dying will be quiet, a lingering on to see that old friend the sun shining on a changeless world, to hear the rain murmuring on the last evening of my life?"
    Equivalent
    soft  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    complaint  sound  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    verb-stem
    murmur