murmurous

Adjective
Synonyms: rustlingsoughingsusurrous

Open English WordNet

Adjective (1)

  1. characterized by soft sounds“a murmurous brook”“a soughing wind in the pines”“a slow sad susurrous rustle like the wind fingering the pines — R.P.Warren”Synonyms: rustlingsoughingsusurrousOpposite loudSimilar soft

Related words mutter noun

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Mur′mur·ous adjective

Origin: Cf. L. murmuriosus, OF. murmuros.

Attended with murmurs; exciting murmurs or complaint; murmuring. Archaic or Poetic

The lime, a summer home of murmurous wings.— Alfred Tennyson

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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