hum
Low continuous tone
The imitative word hum characterizes a sound like that produced when the vocal cords vibrate but the mouth is closed.
If you hum a tune, you produce the notes of the melody but do not sing them.
Other things that hum include insects, electrical appliances, and machinery.
A hum is an instance of humming: The droning hum of cars on the freeway is annoying.
If a place hums with activity, it is busy and active.
Hum is sometimes used like hmm to indicate a sound people make between words to indicate thought or doubt.
Continuous low drone
- whirContinuous humming sound
- droneUnmanned flying machine
- vibrationRapid oscillating movement
- motorEnergy-to-motion converter
engine · refrigerator · generator · transformer · fan · appliance · compressor · turbine
Vocalize melodically
- croonSing in soft tones
- intoneRecite in singsong
- murmurSoft, indistinct continuous sound
- droneUnmanned flying machine
lullaby · melody · tune · chant · vocalize · harmonize · serenade · warble
Hindu meditative chant
- mantraRepeated focus phrase
- chantRepetitive rhythmic phrase
- droneUnmanned flying machine
- overtoneSubsidiary meaning or harmonic
resonance · vibration · didgeridoo · singing bowl · mindfulness · centering · breath · toning
Unmanned flying machine
- tediousBoring through length
- repetitiveMarked by recurrence
- dullLacking edge or interest
- boringFailing to engage interest
unchanging · steady · constant · continuous · incessant · unvarying · soporific · background
Continuous low drone
- bustleEnergetic noisy activity
- busynessState of much activity
- energyPower to do work
- activityEngagement in doing
lively · thriving · bustling · vibrant · alive · animated · stirring · abuzz
Causing mild irritation
- irritatingCausing mild frustration
- noiseUnwanted auditory disturbance
- interferenceUnwelcome involvement in affairs
- feedbackReturned response data
static · ground loop · buzzing · distracting · intrusive · maddening · persistent · troublesome
buzz
Continuous low drone
motor · engine · refrigerator · generator · transformer · fan · appliance · compressor · turbine · idle
sing
Vocalize melodically
drone · lullaby · melody · tune · chant · vocalize · harmonize · serenade · warble · trill
om
Hindu meditative chant
overtone · resonance · vibration · didgeridoo · singing bowl · mindfulness · centering · breath · toning · harmonic
drone
Unmanned flying machine
- tediousBoring through length
- repetitiveMarked by recurrence
- dullLacking edge or interest
boring · unchanging · steady · constant · continuous · incessant · unvarying · soporific · background · white noise
buzz
Continuous low drone
activity · lively · thriving · bustling · vibrant · alive · animated · stirring · abuzz · astir
annoying
Causing mild irritation
- irritatingCausing mild frustration
- noiseUnwanted auditory disturbance
- interferenceUnwelcome involvement in affairs
feedback · static · ground loop · buzzing · distracting · intrusive · maddening · persistent · troublesome · nuisance
- soundsound, sound waves, echoes, acoustics, vibrations
- electricityelectricity, battery, batteries, wire, wires
- ambient soundsrain, wind, ocean, thunder rumble, crickets
- confusionconfusion, confused, bewilderment, perplexity, baffled
- machine soundsbuzzing, whirring, clanking, grinding, rattling
- musical soundsnote, chord, tone, melody, beat
humsilence
Total lack of sound
quiet · stillness · hush · soundlessness · dead silence
humstagnate
Cease to develop
idle · languish · standstill · dormancy · inactivity
- human beingMember of Homo sapiens
- human bodyCorporeal self
- human natureInborn behavioral tendencies shared universally
- human rightsInalienable personal freedoms
- human lifeA person's earthly existence
- human raceAll people collectively
humble, human, humming, humidity, hums, hummed, hummer, hummers