What does murmuring mean?
Murmuring means present participle and gerund of murmur.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
present participle and gerund of murmur.
Iron and coal were the magnets that drew railways to this land of lovely valleys and silent mountains—for such it was a century-and-a-half ago, before man blackened the valleys with the smokes of his forges, scarred the green hills with his shafts and waste-heaps, and drove the salmon from the quiet Rhondda and the murmuring Taff.
the murmurings of trees in the wind
Do all things without murmurings and disputings.
When Mrs. Churchill's orders were made known, they caused many secret marvellings and murmurings.
Use murmuring when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Murmuring means present participle and gerund of murmur.
Common synonyms include grumble, murmur, soft, grumbling.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Iron and coal were the magnets that drew railways to this land of lovely valleys and silent mountains—for such it was a century-and-a-half ago, before man blackened the valleys with the smokes of his forges, scarred the green hills with his shafts and waste-heaps, and drove the salmon from the quiet Rhondda and the murmuring Taff.
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