Synonyms for murmuring
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : mur-mer |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈmɜr mər |
Top 10 synonyms for murmuring Other synonyms for the word murmuring
Définition of murmuring
Origin :- late 14c., verbal noun from murmur (v.).
- verb make low, continuous sound
- Was it the murmuring of the dark stream as it washed upon the untrodden shore?
- Extract from : « Life in London » by Edwin Hodder
- "John Barsad," repeated madame, after murmuring it once to herself.
- Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens
- Steenie went on for a while murmuring to himself at intervals.
- Extract from : « Heather and Snow » by George MacDonald
- Something very faint and distant, not unlike the murmuring in a sea-shell.
- Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens
- He was tossing feverishly from side to side, murmuring and muttering.
- Extract from : « The First Violin » by Jessie Fothergill
- Behind, the Marchesino was murmuring to himself Neapolitan street expressions.
- Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
- At that very moment Rosalie reduced them all to silence by murmuring: 'See!
- Extract from : « Abbe Mouret's Transgression » by Emile Zola
- And she wandered on, murmuring to herself "It must have two good marks, and——"
- Extract from : « A Tangled Tale » by Lewis Carroll
- I bowed, murmuring something of the joy I felt and the devotion I should entertain.
- Extract from : « The Shame of Motley » by Raphael Sabatini
- "O yes, yes," he went on murmuring, as if talking to himself.
- Extract from : « Tales From Two Hemispheres » by Hjalmar Hjorth Boysen
Antonyms for murmuring
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