murmuring

1. 1.

   a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech

   Synonymsmuttermutteringmurmurmurmurationmussitation

   Broadersound
2. 2.

   a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone

   Synonymsgrumblegrumblingmurmurmuttermuttering

   Broadercomplaint

1. 1.

   making a low continuous indistinct sound

   “like murmuring waves”

   “susurrant voices”

   Synonymssusurrantwhispering

   Similarsoft

Other forms of murmuring

plural

murmurings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about murmuring

What does murmuring mean?

murmuring means "a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in murmuring?

murmuring has 3 syllables: mur-mu-ring. The stress falls on "mur". In IPA it is /ˈmɝmɚɪŋ/.

What is another word for murmuring?

Close synonyms include mutter, muttering, murmur, murmuration, mussitation. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is murmuring a common word?

murmuring is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.