Reverse Dictionary: MURMUR

ADJECTIVES
► MURMURANT murmuring → 1669 obs.
► MURMURISH resembling the sound of a murmur → 1851
► MUSSITANT murmuring, muttering; speaking in an undertone → 1681 obs.
► MUTTEROUS murmuring, full of muttering sound, buzzing → 1582 obs.

NOUNS
► ADMURMURATION 1. the act of murmuring; a murmur → 1727 obs.
2. a murmuring at → 1731 obs.
► ADMURMURING a murmur; a low, quiet muttering → 1677 obs.
► BURBLE a murmurous flow of words → 1898
► CRAKE a murmuring, a grumbling → 1838 Eng. dial.
► CURMURRING a low murmuring, rumbling, or growling sound → 1787 Sc.
► MUMMING inarticulate murmuring; indistinct speech → 1440 obs.
► MURMELL a murmuring; the murmured expression of discontent → 1535 Sc. obs.
► MUSSITATION a murmuring, a grumbling, a mumbling, a muttering → 1649
► MUTING a murmuring, esp. of discontent → 1542 obs.
► OBMURMURATION a murmuring against something → 1604 obs.
► SWOOF ► SWUFF a rushing or murmuring sound, as of wind, water, or the like, esp. one of a gentle or soothing nature → 1825 Sc.
► WAFF a murmur; a soft strain; a faint echo; said of sounds → 1832 Sc.

NOUNS – PERSON
► GROINER a grumbler; a murmurer → 1382 obs.
► GRUDGER a person who grudges or murmurs; one who cherishes ill-will, resentment, or envy → 1552
► GRUTCHER a murmurer, a grumbler, a complainer → a1250 obs.
► MUMMER a person who murmurs or mutters → 1440 obs. exc. Sc.
► MURMURATOR a murmurer; a detractor → 1670 obs.

VERBS
► BURBLE to speak murmurously → 1891
► BUZZ to murmur busily, to mutter; to speak indistinctly → 1555 arch.
► CHANNER to murmur, to mutter, to grumble, to fret, to complain → c1375 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► CHOUNTER ► CHUNDER ► CHUNNER ► CHUNTER to murmur, to mutter; to grumble in a discontented or ill-tempered manner → 1599
► CRAKE to murmur, to complain; to fret → 1871 Eng. dial.
► CROO to make the murmuring sound of a dove or pigeon, to coo → 1611 obs.
► CROOD the make the murmuring sound of a dove → a1522 Sc.
► CROODLE to make a continued soft low murmuring sound; to coo as a dove → a1700 Sc.
► CROUT to make abrupt croaking or murmuring noises; to coo as a dove → c1550 Sc.
► CURMUR to make a low murmuring or purring sound → 1831
► DEMURMURATE to murmur, to mutter → 1641 obs.
► GRANK to complain, to murmur; to covet querulously → 1875 Eng. dial.
► GROIN to grumble, to murmur → 1300 obs.
► GRUMBLE IN THE GIZZARD to murmur, to repine; to be annoyed, but to keep one’s feelings to oneself; to be secretly displeased → 1785 Eng. dial.
► GRUNTLE to grumble, to murmur, to complain → 1589
► GRUTCH to murmur, to complain, to grumble → c1225 obs.
► JANGLE to murmur, to grumble; to speak angrily, harshly, or discordantly → a1300 arch.
► MOOLET to whine; to sob; to murmur → 1887 Sc.
► MUMMER to murmur; to complain in low muttered tones; to grumble → 1763
► MURK to murmur, to complain, to grumble → a1000 obs.
► MURKEN to murmur, to complain, to grumble → a1000 obs.
► MUSE to murmur discontentedly; to grumble, to complain → a1382 obs.
► MUSTLE to murmur, to make a noise → 1570 obs.
► MUTE to murmur → 1570 obs.
► ORP to murmur discontentedly, to fret, to grumble → 1725 Sc.
► PURL to utter with a soft, murmuring sound → 1648
► RANE to murmur monotonously → 1899 Sc.
► SWOOF ► SWUFF to make a rushing, rustling, or murmuring sound → Sc. obs.
► YAMMER to murmur, to complain; to grumble → 1774 Sc. & Eng. dial.