1. (noun)mutter, muttering, murmur, murmuring, murmuration, mussitation a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech Synonyms: murmur vowel, murmuration, murmur, mussitation, grumbling, murmuring, grumble, muttering, heart murmur, mutter, cardiac murmur
2. (noun)murmur vowel, murmur a schwa that is incidental to the pronunciation of a consonant Synonyms: murmuration, grumbling, mutter, mussitation, murmur, murmuring, murmur vowel, muttering, heart murmur, cardiac murmur, grumble
3. (noun)heart murmur, cardiac murmur, murmur an abnormal sound of the heart; sometimes a sign of abnormal function of the heart valves Synonyms: murmuration, grumbling, mutter, murmur, murmuring, mussitation, muttering, heart murmur, murmur vowel, cardiac murmur, grumble
4. (verb)grumble, grumbling, murmur, murmuring, mutter, muttering a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone Synonyms: murmuration, mutter, mussitation, rumbling, murmur, grumbling, murmuring, grumble, rumble, heart murmur, murmur vowel, muttering, cardiac murmur
6. (verb)murmur, mutter, grumble, croak, gnarl make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath Synonyms: go, perish, snuff it, rumble, croak, decease, mutter, pass away, cash in one's chips, choke, mussitate, scold, grumble, cronk, drop dead, maunder, exit, pop off, growl, buy the farm, murmur, conk, grouch, die, give-up the ghost, pass, expire, gnarl, kick the bucket, mumble
Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'murmur'
English Synonyms and Antonyms
1. murmur Most of these words are onomatopoetic. The cackle of a hen, the gabble of a goose, the chatter of a magpie, the babble of a running stream, as applied to human speech, indicate a rapid succes Synonyms: babble, blab, cackle, gabble, murmur, prattle, blurt, chat, gossip, palaver, tattle, blurt out, chatter, jabber, prate, twaddle