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Murmur   /mˈərmər/   Listen
Murmur

noun
1.
A low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech.  Synonyms: murmuration, murmuring, mussitation, mutter, muttering.
2.
A schwa that is incidental to the pronunciation of a consonant.  Synonym: murmur vowel.
3.
An abnormal sound of the heart; sometimes a sign of abnormal function of the heart valves.  Synonyms: cardiac murmur, heart murmur.
4.
A complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone.  Synonyms: grumble, grumbling, murmuring, mutter, muttering.
verb
(past & past part. murmured; pres. part. murmuring)
1.
Speak softly or indistinctly.
2.
Make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath.  Synonyms: croak, gnarl, grumble, mutter.



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"Murmur" Quotes from Famous Books



... answer, because God has temple-work to do, temple-worship to do, temple-sacrifices to offer, and none of these things can by any means be done, but at Jerusalem. But if you still object and say, 'The Lord has raised us up prophets in Babylon,' and we will not come out; you must not murmur if you feel what is to follow. And that such may know upon what bottom they stand, let them read the 29th chapter ...
— The Works of John Bunyan • John Bunyan
... silvery twinkle of light inhabited the latter plant, its cause last year's dead white branches and twigs still scattered through the living foliage and flower. Out of a myriad bells that wild world spoke, and the murmur of the heath came as the murmur of a wise voice to the ear on which it fell. There was a soul in the day; it lived, and Joan looked into the eyes of a glorious, conscious entity, herself a little part of the ...
— Lying Prophets • Eden Phillpotts
... The murmur of hatred and horror at his crime, which had greeted his entrance, died into the stillness of involuntary admiration and half-compassionate respect; and with a quick and convulsive sigh, that seemed to move the whole mass of life as if it were one body, ...
— Standard Selections • Various
... herd of cattle came unmistakable signs of some disturbance. There were snorts and bellows, the mooing of cows and the stamping of hoofs. At the same time, from the far side, whence Dirk and Chot had ridden in, there came the murmur of voices. ...
— The Boy Ranchers - or Solving the Mystery at Diamond X • Willard F. Baker
... plane rose upward and thundered over the jungle roof. It went away, and away.... The town was silent, then, and only a faint and dwindling murmur came from the line of aircraft ...
— Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1930 • Various


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