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- Dictionarymurmur/ˈməːmə/
noun
- 1. a low continuous background noise: "the distant murmur of traffic" Similar
- 2. a softly spoken or almost inaudible utterance: "a quiet murmur of thanks"
verb
- 1. say something in a low or indistinct voice: "Nina murmured an excuse and hurried away"
- 2. make a low continuous sound: "the wind was murmuring through the trees" Similar Opposite
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MURMUR definition: 1. to speak or say something very quietly: 2. to complain about something that you disagree with…. Learn more.
noun. mur· mur ˈmər-mər. Synonyms of murmur. 1. : a half-suppressed or muttered complaint : grumbling. murmurs of disapproval. 2. a. : a low indistinct but often continuous sound. a murmur of voices. the murmur of the waves along the shore. b. : a soft or gentle utterance. the murmur of nannies cooing into baby carriages Nancy Gibbs. 3.
murmur, mumble, mutter mean to make sounds that are not fully intelligible. To murmur is to utter sounds or words in a low, almost inaudible tone, as in expressing affection or dissatisfaction: to murmur disagreement.
MURMUR meaning: 1. to speak or say something very quietly: 2. to complain about something that you disagree with…. Learn more.
A murmur is a quiet, blurred sound often heard from a distance. It can be comforting when you're little to fall asleep listening to the murmur of your parents talking downstairs. Murmur can also be a verb that means the same as mutter: you say something so quietly that your words can't be understood. You might be complaining about something ...
[intransitive] to make a quiet continuous sound. The wind murmured in the trees. [intransitive] murmur (against somebody/something) (literary) to complain about somebody/something, but not openly. The people murmured against the new regime. Word Origin. See murmur in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Check pronunciation: murmur.
The earliest known use of the noun murmur is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's earliest evidence for murmur is from around 1385, in the writing of Geoffrey Chaucer, poet and administrator. murmur is of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin.
MURMUR definition: 1. to speak quietly so that you can only be heard by someone near you: 2. the sound of something…. Learn more.
1. a low and indistinct continuous sound, as of a brook or the wind, or of distant voices. 2. a mumbled or private expression of discontent. 3. an abnormal continuous or periodic sound heard within the body by auscultation, esp. one originating in the heart valves. v.i. 4. to make a low and indistinct continuous sound.
MURMUR meaning: 1 : a low sound made when many people are speaking; 2 : a quiet expression of an opinion or feeling
