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Adjective murmuring has 1 sense
- murmuring, susurrant, whispering - making a low continuous indistinct sound; "like murmuring waves"; "susurrant voices"
Antonym: loud (indirect, via soft)
Noun murmuring has 2 senses
- mutter, muttering, murmur, murmuring, murmuration, mussitation - a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech
--1 is a kind of sound
- grumble, grumbling, murmur, murmuring, mutter, muttering - a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone
--2 is a kind of complaint
Verb murmur has 2 senses
- murmur - speak softly or indistinctly; "She murmured softly to the baby in her arms"
--1 is one way to talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise
Sample sentence:
Sam and Sue murmur
- murmur, mutter, grumble, croak, gnarl - make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath; "she grumbles when she feels overworked"
--2 is one way to complain, kick, plain, sound off, quetch, kvetch
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
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