- 2. Kill cruelly, slay.
- 3. Destroy, put an end to.
- 4. Abuse, violate grossly, mar, spoil.
Murderer, n. Slaughterer, assassin, slayer, killer, butcher, cut-throat, blood-shedder, man-slayer.
Murderous, a. Sanguinary, bloody, cruel, savage, fell, bloodthirsty, blood-guilty.
Murder the queen’s English. Use bad grammar, commit a solecism, break Priscian’s head.
Muriate, n. Chloride.
Muriatic acid. Hydrochloric acid, marine acid, spirit of sea-salt.
Murky, a. Dark, gloomy, obscure, dim, cloudy, clouded, dusky, lurid, overcast, lowering.
Murmur, n.
- 1. Whisper; low, continuous sound, hum.
- 2. Complaint, plaint, whimper, grumble, mutter.
- 3. Mutter, indistinct utterance, undertone.
Murmur, v. n.
- 1. Make a low, continued sound.
- 2. Complain, repine, croak, grumble, mutter.
- 3. Mutter, whisper.
Murmurer, n. Censurer, complainer, repiner, objector, fault-finder, grumbler.
Murrain, n. Cattle-plague, epizoötic disease, murr.
Murrion, n. See Morion.
Muscadel, Muscadine, n. Muscat, muscatel.
Muscat, Muscatel, n. Muscadel, muscadine.
Muscovado, n. Unrefined sugar.
Muscovy-duck, n. Musk-duck.