Soughing — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

make a murmuring sound

characterized by soft sounds; ; ; - R.P.Warren

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/sˈoʊɪŋ/

🇬🇧British English

/sˈəʊɪŋ/

🇮🇳Indian English

/sˈəʊɪŋ/

2 syllables Say it as /sˈoʊɪŋ/.

Examples

the water was purling
a murmurous brook
a soughing wind in the pines

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

rustling sough murmurous susurrous purl

Parts of Speech

verb	make a murmuring sound “the water was purling”
adjective	characterized by soft sounds; ; ; - R.P.Warren “a murmurous brook”

Word Forms

murmur

noun

a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

ächzend

ein murmelndes Geräusch machen

🇫🇷French

en train de crier

faire un murmure

🇪🇸Spanish

suspirando

hacer un murmullo

🇮🇹Italian

sospirando

emettere un mormorio

🇳🇱Dutch

zuchten

een murmelend geluid maken

🇵🇹Portuguese

sussurrando

fazer um som murmurante

🇷🇺Russian

шелест

издать бормочущий звук

India

🇮🇳Hindi

सॉफिंग

बड़बड़ाने की आवाज करो

🇮🇳Tamil

புலம்புகிறது

முணுமுணுப்பு ஒலி எழுப்பு

🇮🇳Telugu

అలుగుతూ

గొణుగుతున్న శబ్దం చేయండి

🇮🇳Marathi

शोधत आहे

कुरकुर करणारा आवाज करा

🇮🇳Gujarati

માંગ

એક ગણગણાટ અવાજ કરો

🇮🇳Kannada

ಕೊರಗುತ್ತಿದೆ

ಗೊಣಗುವ ಶಬ್ದ ಮಾಡಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

തേങ്ങുന്നു

പിറുപിറുക്കുന്ന ശബ്ദം ഉണ്ടാക്കുക

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਮੰਗ ਰਿਹਾ ਹੈ

ਇੱਕ ਬੁੜਬੁੜਾਉਂਦੀ ਆਵਾਜ਼ ਬਣਾਓ

🇵🇰Urdu

تلاش کرنا

ایک بڑبڑاتی آواز بنائیں

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

搜寻

发出咕噜声

🇯🇵Japanese

咳き込んでいる

ささやき音を出す

🇰🇷Korean

한숨

중얼거리는 소리를 내다

🇻🇳Vietnamese

đang tìm kiếm

tạo ra âm thanh thì thầm

🇹🇭Thai

สูด

ส่งเสียงพึมพำ

🇮🇩Indonesian

keluh kesah

mengeluarkan suara bergumam

🇵🇭Filipino

humihikbi

gumawa ng bulungan

🇲🇾Malay

tersedu-sedu

mengeluarkan bunyi merungut

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

تنهد

اصنع صوت تذمر

🇮🇷Persian

به دنبال

صدای زمزمه کردن

🇹🇷Turkish

üfleme

mırıldanma sesi çıkarmak

🇮🇱Hebrew

שוחר

להשמיע קול מלמול

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