murmuring : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: murmuring	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for murmuring
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
murmuring adj making a low continuous indistinct sound; "like murmuring waves"; "susurrant voices" Synonym(s): murmuring, susurrant, whispering n a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech Synonym(s): mutter, muttering, murmur, murmuring, murmuration, mussitation a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone Synonym(s): grumble, grumbling, murmur, murmuring, mutter, muttering
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Murmuring \Mur"muring\, a. & n. Uttering murmurs; making low sounds; complaining. -- {Mur"muring*ly}, adv.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Murmur \Mur"mur\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Murmured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Murmuring}.] [F. murmurer, L. murmurare, murmurari, fr. murmur murmur; cf. Gr.[?] to roar and boil, said of water, Skr. marmara a rustling sound; prob. of imitative origin.] 1. To make a low continued noise, like the hum of bees, a stream of water, distant waves, or the wind in a forest. They murmured as doth a swarm of bees. --Chaucer. 2. To utter complaints in a low, half-articulated voice; to feel or express dissatisfaction or discontent; to grumble; -- often with at or against. [bd]His disciples murmured at it.[b8] --John vi. 61. And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron. --Num. xiv. 2. Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured. --1 Cor. x. 10.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Murmuring of the Hebrews in the wilderness, called forth the displeasure of God, which was only averted by the earnest prayer of Moses (Num. 11:33, 34; 12; 14:27, 30, 31; 16:3; 21:4-6; Ps. 106:25). Forbidden by Paul (1 Cor. 10:10).