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A surging, seething, murmuring crowd of beings that are human only in name, for to the eye and ear they seem naught but savage creatures, animated by vile passions and by the lust of vengeance and of hate.
Emma Orczy

Meaning of "murmuring" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MURMURING

murmuring  [ˈmɜːmərɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MURMURING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Murmuring is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MURMURING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Breathy voice

Breathy voice is a phonation in which the vocal cords vibrate, as they do in normal voicing, but are held further apart, so that a larger volume of air escapes between them. This produces an audible noise. A breathy-voiced phonation can sometimes be heard as an allophone of English /h/ between vowels, e.g. in the word behind, for some speakers. A stop with breathy-voiced release is like aspiration in that it delays the onset of full voicing. Breathy-voiced vowels are written, , etc. In the context of the Indo-Aryan languages and comparative Indo-European studies, breathy-voiced consonants are often called voiced aspirated, as in e.g. the Hindi and Sanskrit stops normally denoted bh, dh, ḍh, jh, and gh and the reconstructed Proto-Indo-European phoneme gʷh. From an articulatory perspective this terminology is incorrect, as breathy voice is a different type of phonation from aspiration.

Definition of murmuring in the English dictionary

The definition of murmuring in the dictionary is criticism; complaint. Other definition of murmuring is quiet sound; hum.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MURMURING


bearing
ˈbɛərɪŋ
catering
ˈkeɪtərɪŋ
considering
kənˈsɪdərɪŋ
covering
ˈkʌvərɪŋ
during
ˈdjʊərɪŋ
engineering
ˌɛndʒɪˈnɪərɪŋ
gathering
ˈɡæðərɪŋ
glimmering
ˈɡlɪmərɪŋ
hammering
ˈhæmərɪŋ
hearing
ˈhɪərɪŋ
manufacturing
ˌmænjʊˈfæktʃərɪŋ
measuring
ˈmɛʒərɪŋ
monitoring
ˈmɒnɪtərɪŋ
offering
ˈɒfərɪŋ
ordering
ˈɔːdərɪŋ
shimmering
ˈʃɪmərɪŋ
stammering
ˈstæmərɪŋ
unmurmuring
ʌnˈmɜːmərɪŋ
wearing
ˈwɛərɪŋ
yammering
ˈjæmərɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MURMURING

murky
murl
murlain
murly
Murman Coast
Murmansk
Murmansk Coast
murmur
murmuration
murmurer
murmuringly
murmurings
murmurous
murmurously
murphies
murphy
Murphy bed
Murphy-O´Connor
Murphy´s law
murr

WORDS THAT END LIKE MURMURING

alluring
bicycle touring
bring
colouring
conjuring
corporate restructuring
curing
devouring
enduring
food colouring
lean manufacturing
neighbouring
outpouring
pouring
procuring
reassuring
restructuring
scouring
torturing
touring
Turing

Synonyms and antonyms of murmuring in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «MURMURING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «murmuring» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of murmuring
babble · beef · buzz · carp · cavil · complain · complaint · drone · gripe · grouse · grumble · hum · moan · mumble · mutter · purr · thrum · undertone · whisper · whispering · word

Translation of «murmuring» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MURMURING

Find out the translation of murmuring to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of murmuring from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «murmuring» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

潺潺
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

murmuración
570 millions of speakers

English

murmuring
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बड़बड़ा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تذمر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

толков
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

murmuração
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বচসা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

murmure
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Merungut
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Murmeln
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

つぶやくこと
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

시냇물 소리
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Murmuring
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

róc rách
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

முனுமுனுப்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कुरकूर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

çağlama
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

mormorio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

szemranie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

толков
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cârtire
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μουρμουρίζοντας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

murmurering
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

porlande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

knurring
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of murmuring

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MURMURING»

The term «murmuring» is regularly used and occupies the 86.256 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MURMURING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about murmuring

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4 QUOTES WITH «MURMURING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word murmuring.
1
Gaston Bachelard
The subconscious is ceaselessly murmuring, and it is by listening to these murmurs that one hears the truth.
2
Ian Mcewan
What I've discovered and really confirmed to myself is that opera really likes loud colours, and you need something bold, something savage, unpredictable, passionate. You can't really run a two-hour opera round some muted murmuring.
3
Emma Orczy
A surging, seething, murmuring crowd of beings that are human only in name, for to the eye and ear they seem naught but savage creatures, animated by vile passions and by the lust of vengeance and of hate.
4
Paul Tillich
We can speak without voice to the trees and the clouds and the waves of the sea. Without words they respond through the rustling of leaves and the moving of clouds and the murmuring of the sea.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MURMURING»

Discover the use of murmuring in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to murmuring and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The murmuring of the artistic multitude: global art, memory ...
Here, art sociologist Pascal Gielen examines the notion that the global art economy-with its ever-renewable youth quota, its gender imbalance, flexible working hours and short-term contracts (or lack of contracts)-is wholly congruent with ...
Pascal Gielen, 2010
2
The Murmuring Coast
The story ends grimly with the groom's suicide. Evita Lopo, the unnamed bride from the first part, narrates the remainder of the story.
Lídia Jorge, 1995
3
Murmuring Judges
Murmuring Judges is the second play in David Hare's highly acclaimed trilogy about British institutions. Racing Demon, which won four awards as Play of the Year in 1990, was the first part of the trilogy and examined the Church.
David Hare, 2012
4
The Murmuring Deep: Reflections on the Biblical Unconscious
In The Murmuring Deep, Avivah Zornberg informs her literary analysis of the text with concepts drawn from Freud, Winnicott, Laplanche, and other psychoanalytic thinkers to give us a new understanding of the desires and motivations of the ...
Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg, 2009
5
In the Murmuring Trees
It retells classic stories of gods and monsters, and man's place within nature's grandeur, capturing the essence of these timeless tales while instilling in them a modern twist unique to R. Tirrell Leonard Jr. Excerpt from page 23 of In The ...
R. Tirrell Leonard Jr., 2012
6
Murmuring The Judges
In Edinburgh’s old Parliament House, an armed robbery trial is about to take a macabre turn.
Quintin Jardine, 2010
7
Murmuring: Webster's Quotations, Facts and Phrases
Familiar Quotations MurmuringIt is harder to be poor without murmuring than rich without arrogance.ndash;ConfuciusWe can speak without voice to the trees and the clouds and the waves of the sea.
‎2008
8
The Murmuring Stories of the Priestly School: A Retrieval of ...
The book begins with a critical evaluation of the various scholarly assessments of the historical setting and development of the Pentateuchal murmuring theme and the Priestly School's contribution thereto.
David Frankel, 2002
9
The Murmuring Field: and other stories
From “The Best Fishing Ever”—a fish story with no fish, a horror story with no horror—to the title story, “The Murmuring Field”—a tale about love, loss, passion and alien visitors—here are six journeys into the strange, the ...
Jan Strnad, 2014
10
Poems of a Policeman
I HEAVE not a sigh, and I drop not a tear, At leaving the villas that stand at Ardeer ; But fondly for aye will my memories be Entwined round those scenes by the murmuring sea : The murmuring sea! 0 dear, dear to me Are the sobs and the sighs ...
Matthew Anderson, 1898

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MURMURING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term murmuring is used in the context of the following news items.
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'I don't feel like a pioneer!': Rachel Treweek becomes bishop of …
... by too many people like me: white, male, middle-aged professionals,” he continued, to a perceptible murmuring from the congregation. «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
Virgin Mary painting filmed 'praying' in Sydney church
Mr Akary told Daily Mail Australia he often stares at the photos on the wall while he prays and has witnessed the Madonna's murmuring in the ... «Yahoo7 News, Jul 15»
3
10 questions Taylor Swift could have asked herself before picking a …
... now has Minaj fans, as well as foes of white women jumping in to hog the spotlight from women of color, murmuring “noooooooo” in unison? «Salon, Jul 15»
4
What did Anushka murmur to Virat while posing for shutterbugs?
While posing for photos, the lens-men spotted Anushka murmuring something to Virat, after they asked Anu to pose alone. The Indian cricketer ... «PINKVILLA, Jul 15»
5
'Some Luck' by Jane Smiley
... of the silverware, the fragrances of the food hanging over the table, the heads turning this way and that, the voices murmuring and laughing. «The Register Star, Jul 15»
6
House of 909 “So Much Love For You”
... barely murmuring music or conversations, mingling into a mountain of sound. Skyscraper sits atop these blends of memory and circumstance ... «Tiny Mix Tapes, Jul 15»
7
Sonic Bloom Festival 2015 | Review/Photos
People were murmuring about him everywhere throughout the festival before, during, and especially after his performance. His main instrument ... «Grateful Web, Jul 15»
8
Rain is sizzling bacon, cars are lions roaring: the art of sound in …
Every so often he rises to float around the office, murmuring instructions to his employees, or to go for a spin around the block with Big Dave, ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
9
UK biotechs dive into a deepening pool
Despite the chaos at StanChart, and much murmuring in City circles, Sir John is still in his job. A while ago one critic went public, saying it was ... «Financial Times, Jul 15»
10
Day After Sikorsky Deal, UTC Vows Cuts Amid Bad Economic News
"Certainly there's a lot of murmuring out there that something isn't quite right. This doesn't feel like the UTX we've come to know," the first ... «Hartford Courant, Jul 15»

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