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murmured

ADJECTIVE

soft

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bland comfortable cool delicate dull gentle low mellow mild muted pastel quiet smooth soothing subdued sweet

STRONG

diffuse

WEAK

ashen balmy caressing cushy dim dimmed dulcet dusky hazy lenient light low-key mellifluous melodious misty pale pallid pleasing restful shaded sober tinted toned-down twilight understated wan whispered

Antonyms

STRONGEST

agitated boisterous excited harsh loud rough strong troubled violent

WEAK

hard severe smart stern strict

Example Sentences

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Daphne and Eddie magnanimously turn the other cheek and then go back to lavishing one another with murmured compliments.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

"It's all in God's hands," she murmured, lifting her eyes upward.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

"It's the only thing that makes me forget what's going on," he murmured.

From Barron's • Feb. 1, 2026

I thought the show was a game-changer in terms of creating drama based on real-life, notorious characters whose disagreements were murmured about in the culture.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 12, 2024

So much had happened to him that it seemed days, not hours, since he had patted Star and murmured to her, since he had hugged Annad and kissed his mother good-bye.

From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda

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