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rumorous

rumorous adjective: indistinct or confounded in sound; murmuring; vaguely heard.

Adjective

rumorous (comparative more rumorous, superlative most rumorous)

  1. Indistinct or confounded in sound; murmuring; vaguely heard.
  2. Of the natures of rumours; circulated by popular report.

Forms of rumorous

comparativemore rumorous
superlativemost rumorous
alternative formrumourous

Questions about rumorous

What does rumorous mean?
Rumorous means indistinct or confounded in sound; murmuring; vaguely heard.
What part of speech is rumorous?
Rumorous is an adjective.

Words near rumorous in the dictionary

  1. rumormonger
  2. rumormongered
  3. rumormongering
  4. rumormongers
  5. rumorology
  6. rumorous
  7. rumors
  8. rumortism
  9. rumortrage
  10. rumour
  11. rumour campaign

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