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bourdonnement
, vrombissement
, bourdonner
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Definition & Synonyms
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• Hum
- (v. t.) To flatter by approving; to cajole; to impose on; to humbug.
- (v. i.) To express satisfaction by a humming noise.
- (v. t.) To express satisfaction with by humming.
- (n.) An imposition or hoax.
- (n.) A low monotonous noise, as of bees in flight, of a swiftly revolving top, of a wheel, or the like; a drone; a buzz.
- (n.) Any inarticulate and buzzing sound
- (v. t.) To sing with shut mouth; to murmur without articulation; to mumble; as, to hum a tune.
- (n.) The confused noise of a crowd or of machinery, etc., heard at a distance; as, the hum of industry.
- (v. i.) To make a nasal sound, like that of the letter m prolonged, without opening the mouth, or articulating; to mumble in monotonous undertone; to drone.
- (interj.) A kind of strong drink formerly used.
- (v. i.) To make an inarticulate sound, like hm, through the nose in the process of speaking, from embarrassment or a affectation; to hem.
- (n.) A buzz or murmur, as of approbation.
- (interj.) An inarticulate nasal sound or murmur, like hm, uttered by a speaker in pause from embarrassment, affectation, etc.
- (interj.) Ahem; hem; an inarticulate sound uttered in a pause of speech implying doubt and deliberation.
- (v. i.) To have the sensation of a humming noise; as, my head hums, -- a pathological condition.
- (v. i.) To make a low, prolonged sound, like that of a bee in flight; to drone; to murmur; to buzz; as, a top hums.
Synonyms:
Buzz, Humming, Seethe, Thrum,
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• Humanitarian
- (a.) Benevolent; philanthropic.
- (a.) Content with right affections and actions toward man; ethical, as distinguished from religious; believing in the perfectibility of mans nature without supernatural aid.
- (n.) One who denies the divinity of Christ, and believes him to have been merely human.
- (n.) One who is actively concerned in promoting the welfare of his kind; a philanthropist.
- (n.) One who limits the sphere of duties to human relations and affections, to the exclusion or disparagement of the religious or spiritual.
- (a.) Pertaining to humanitarians, or to humanitarianism; as, a humanitarian view of Christs nature.
Synonyms:
Humanist, Humanistic, Improver,
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• Humanized
- (imp. & p. p.) of Humanize
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