murmured
Said under breath
Murmured is the past tense of murmur, meaning to speak in a low, soft voice that's barely audible: She murmured something I couldn't quite hear.
The word suggests intimacy, secrecy, or gentleness—lovers murmur endearments, conspirators murmur plans.
It also describes continuous low sounds: The creek murmured over stones.
Spoke without full voice
- mutteredSpoke barely audibly
- breathedInhaled and exhaled
- mumbledSpoke indistinctly
- utteredExpressed in speech
spoke · said · intoned · voiced · expressed · articulated · remarked · confided
Yielding to touch
muffled · subdued · gentle · breathy · whispery · barely audible · inaudible · sotto voce
Small flowing watercourse
- streamSteady continuous flow
- windAir current outdoors
- leavesTree's photosynthetic organs
- breezeLight, gentle air movement
water · waves · rustling · rippling · gurgling · flowing · trickling
In secretive partnership manner
- confidentiallyIn trusted privacy
- privatelyOut of public view
- discreetlyIn an unobtrusive way
- furtivelyIn a secretive manner
covertly · under one's breath · aside · inaudibly · cryptically · intimately · secretively
With gentle care
- lovinglyWith deep affection
- soothinglyIn a calming way
- dreamilyIn an abstracted manner
- wistfullyWith pensive longing
sadly · reassuringly · intimately · affectionately · comfortingly · sleepily · plaintively · longingly
whispered
Spoke without full voice
uttered · spoke · said · intoned · voiced · expressed · articulated · remarked · confided · sighed
soft
Yielding to touch
low · muffled · subdued · gentle · breathy · whispery · barely audible · inaudible · sotto voce · half-heard
brook
Small flowing watercourse
breeze · water · waves · rustling · rippling · gurgling · flowing · trickling
conspiratorially
In secretive partnership manner
- confidentiallyIn trusted privacy
- privatelyOut of public view
- discreetlyIn an unobtrusive way
furtively · covertly · under one's breath · aside · inaudibly · cryptically · intimately · secretively
tenderly
With gentle care
- lovinglyWith deep affection
- soothinglyIn a calming way
- dreamilyIn an abstracted manner
wistfully · sadly · reassuringly · intimately · affectionately · comfortingly · sleepily · plaintively · longingly · gently
murmuredenunciated
Spoke with clear pronunciation
articulated · declared · stated · spelled out
- heart murmurAbnormal cardiac sound
- gentle murmur
murmur, murmuring, murmurs, murmurer, murmuration, murmurous