- murmurous, rustling, soughing, susurrous - characterized by soft sounds; "a murmurous brook"; "a soughing wind in the pines"; "a slow sad susurrous rustle like the wind fingering the pines"- R.P.Warren
Antonym: loud (indirect, via soft)
- rustling - the stealing of cattle
--1 is a kind of larceny, theft, thievery, thieving, stealing
Derived form: verb rustle2 - rustle, rustling, whisper, whispering - the light noise like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind
--2 is a kind of noise
Derived form: verb rustle1
- rustle - make a dry crackling sound; "rustling silk"; "the dry leaves were rustling in the breeze"
--1 is one way to sound, go
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun rustle1, noun rustling2
You can hear animals rustle in the meadows
The meadows rustle with animals
- rustle, lift - take illegally; "rustle cattle"
--2 is one way to steal
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun rustler1, noun rustling1
They rustle the animals