Definition of Murmur

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Murmur

A low, confused, and indistinct sound, like that of running water.

A complaint half suppressed, or uttered in a low, muttering voice.

To make a low continued noise, like the hum of bees, a stream of water, distant waves, or the wind in a forest.

To utter complaints in a low, half-articulated voice; to feel or express dissatisfaction or discontent; to grumble; -- often with at or against.

To utter or give forth in low or indistinct words or sounds; as, to murmur tales.

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Murmur Quotations

Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.
John Lubbock

I believe that a man is converted when first he hears the low, vast murmur of life, of human life, troubling his hitherto unconscious self.
David Herbert Lawrence

Signs of fatigue soon manifested themselves more and more strongly, and slowly the men dropped out one by one, from sheer exhaustion. No murmur of complaint, however, would be heard.
Fritz Kreisler

When he said we were trying to make a fool of him, I could only murmur that the Creator had beat us to it.
Ilka Chase

Murmur Translations

murmur in Dutch is murmelen, murmelen (v. beekje)
murmur in Finnish is kohista
murmur in French is murmurer, maronner, murmure
murmur in German is murmeln
murmur in Italian is farfugliare
murmur in Spanish is canicas, murmullo
murmur in Swedish is mummel, sorla, knota, porla, mumla, susa

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