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/mˈərmərɪŋ/ Listen

verb

Murmur v. t. To utter or give forth in low or indistinct words or sounds; as, to murmur tales. "The people murmured such things concerning him."

Murmur v. i. (past & past part. murmured; pres. part. murmuring)

To make a low continued noise, like the hum of bees, a stream of water, distant waves, or the wind in a forest. "They murmured as doth a swarm of bees."

To utter complaints in a low, half-articulated voice; to feel or express dissatisfaction or discontent; to grumble; often with at or against. "His disciples murmured at it." "And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron." "Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured."

adjective

Murmuring adj., n. Uttering murmurs; making low sounds; complaining.

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Etymology of 'Murmuring'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Murmuring" Quotes from Famous Books

... murmuring—but still bravely working; and storms and tempests, the purifiers of stagnant nature, are ...

— The Symbolism of Freemasonry • Albert G. Mackey

... blew gently down the little valley of the Lairet, which wound and rippled over its glossy brown pebbles, murmuring a quiet song down in its hollow bed. Tufts of spiry grass clung to its steep banks, and a few wild flowers peeped out of nooks among the sere fallen leaves that lay upon the still greensward on each shore of ...

— The Golden Dog - Le Chien d'Or • William Kirby

... sands, watching the waves idly lap the shore, Lola brought herself nearer to me with a rhythmic movement as no other creature form of woman is capable of, and looked into my eyes. And she whispered something to me which led to an infinite murmuring of foolish things. I put my arms round her and kissed her on the lips and on her cheek—whether the beautiful or the maimed I knew not—and she sank into a long, long silence. ...

— Simon the Jester • William J. Locke

... Springfield within ten days, each one of them, even the twin babies, wearing a small American flag so that they might be recognized by their new employer who was to meet them at Springfield and convoy them home. Mrs. Tsanoff left Rose House in tears, kissing the hands of all the girls and murmuring her gratitude to all of them over and over again as she ...

— Ethel Morton at Rose House • Mabell S. C. Smith

... the true Empire of Beauty. If you would consider aright, you'd find an agreeable Change in dismissing the Attendance of a Slave, to receive the Complaisance of a Companion. I bear the former in hopes of the latter Condition: As I live in Chains without murmuring at the Power which inflicts 'em, so I could enjoy Freedom without forgetting ...

— The Spectator, Volumes 1, 2 and 3 - With Translations and Index for the Series • Joseph Addison and Richard Steele

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