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mutterer, grumbler, Inf. grouse; complainer, whiner, snuffler, carper, caviler, malcontent; faultfinder, objector, censurer.
murmurous, adj. 1. sighing, whispering, babbling; mumbling, muttering, grumbling, whining, Inf. grousing, complaining, Inf. carping; malcontent, faultfinding, objecting, censorial; moaning, lamenting, sobbing.
2. soft, subdued, quiet, gentle, dulcet; muted, stifled, hushed, inaudible, imperceptible, indistinct, unclear,
muscle, n. 1. sinew, sinews, thew, thews, tendon, tendons.
2. brawn, muscles, Inf. beef, muscularity; musculature, muscular development, physique; brawniness, huskiness, heftiness, Inf. beefiness.
3. power, potency, might, strength, force, muscular strength, Literary, puissance; mightiness, powerfulness, forcefulness; energy, effort, exertion, Inf. elbow grease; All Inf. pull, leverage, weight, clout, influence.
4. substance, essence, gist, thrust, core, meat, pith, Inf. nuts and bolts, Inf. nitty-gritty; essential, principle, fundamental; crux, crucial or critical point, major part, best part, point, main point, salient point, important thing, main thing, chief thing, essential matter, Inf. bottom line.
-v. 5. Informal, push, force, drive, shove, ram, shoulder, butt, bully, strong-arm; elbow, jostle, joggle, hustle; squeeze, wedge, cram.
6. strengthen, toughen, harden, indurate, fortify, build up; renew, restore,
muscular, adj. 1. sinewy, thewy, fibrous, Rare. muscly, Obs. musculous.
2. brawny, strapping, muscled, well-muscled, fullmuscled, broad-shouldered, powerfully built, Derog. musclebound; stalwart, rugged, hefty, husky, burly, solid, well-knit; able-bodied, able, athletic, strong, wiry; stout, staunch, stanch, firm, sturdy, tough, iron, Inf. tough as nails, Inf. hard as rock; powerful, potent, mighty, all-powerful, herculean, Literary, puissant.
3. broad, wide, sweeping, extensive, inclusive, all-inclusive, comprehensive, widescale, general, all-embracing; wholesale, indiscriminate, unqualified.
4. active, busy, industrious, bustling, untiring, unremitting, indefatigable; diligent, earnest, hard-working; alive, energetic, dynamic, high-powered; aggressive, pushing, emphatic; ambitious, determined, resolute.
muse, v. 1. meditate, contemplate, reflect, ponder, brood, mull over, dwell on; cogitate, ruminate, be in a brown study, chew, chew one's cud; deliberate, excogitate, consider, take to heart, Archaic, perpend; weigh, revolve, turn over, review, study, evaluate, con; think about or over, cerebrate, be abstracted, be lost in thought, have one's mind on; put one's mind to, concentrate, focus.
2. wonder about, question, query, examine; speculate, surmise, suppose, conjecture, theorize, hypothesize; conceive, imagine, fancy, form a notion of, guess, Inf. figure, Inf. Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S. reckon; daydream, dream, be in a reverie, gaze out the window, be in a trance.
Muse, n. 1. Classical Mythology, goddess of the arts, deity, presider, ruler; tutelary, guardian, protectress, caretaker; Aoede, Melete, Mneme; Calliope, Clio, Erato, Euterpe, Melpomene, Polyhymnia, Terpsichore, Thalia, Urania, Class. Myth. Sacred Nine; Rom. Religion. Camenae, Carmenta, Egeria, Antevor-ta, Postvorta.
2. Sometimes
muse inspiration, afflatus, influence, thought-provoker, idea-giver, stimulus, stimulation.
3. muse genius, creativity, creative powers, originality; poetic genius, expressivity, writing ability or talent, way with words; gift, endowment.
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