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View synonyms for murmurous

murmurous

[ mur-mer-uhs ]

adjective

  1. abounding in or characterized by murmurs.
  2. murmuring; indistinctly low:

    murmurous waters.



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Other Words From

  • murmur·ous·ly adverb
  • un·murmur·ous adjective
  • un·murmur·ous·ly adverb

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Word History and Origins

Origin of murmurous1

First recorded in 1575–85; murmur + -ous

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Example Sentences

Then suddenly Stella stopped playing, and the enchantment was dispelled by murmurous praise and entering lamplight.

Passing his father's closed door on tiptoe, Bibbs heard a murmurous sound, and paused to listen.

Blossoms drifting down, fleeing shadows, voices of wind and water, and all murmurous elfin life spoke to her.

It was a hot bright day, murmurous with bees and the idle, half notes of midsummer birds.

It was the first sunny May day of the year, murmurous with bees, and a sweet, warm smell from woods and cleared lands.

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