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garden, normal, ordinary, plain, popular, routine, run-of-the-mill, typical, unexceptional, unremarkable, usual; frequent, habitual, regular; expected, predictable

mung bean noun : an erect bushy bean widely grown in warm regions for its edible seeds and as the chief source of bean sprouts; also : its seed

mu·nic·i·pal adjective 1 : of, relating to, or characteristic of a municipality

2 : restricted to one locality

— mu·nic·i·pal·ly adverb

mu·nic·i·pal·i·ty noun, plural -ties : an urban political unit with corporate status and usu. powers of self-government

Synonyms

burg, city, metropolis, town

mu·nif·i·cent adjective : liberal in giving : GENEROUS

— mu·nif·i·cence noun

Synonyms

bountiful, charitable, free, generous, liberal, openhanded, unselfish, unsparing—more at GENEROUS

mu·ni·tion noun : ARMAMENT, AMMUNITION

1mural adjective 1 : of or relating to a wall

2 : applied to and made part of a wall or ceiling surface

2mural noun : a mural painting

— mu·ral·ist noun

1murder noun 1 : the crime of unlawfully killing a person esp. with premeditated malice

2 : something unusually difficult or dangerous

Synonyms

[1] homicide—more at HOMICIDE

[2] agony, hell, horror, misery, nightmare, torment, torture—more at HELL

2murder verb 1 a : to commit a murder

b : to kill (a human being) unlawfully and with premeditated malice; also : to kill brutally

2 : to put an end to

3 : to spoil by performing poorly <~ a song>

— mur·der·er noun

Synonyms

[1b] dispatch, do in, execute, liquidate, slay; also blot out, destroy, fell, kill, smite, zap; assassinate; butcher, massacre, mow (down), slaughter; annihilate, eliminate, eradicate, exterminate, wipe out

[3] bobble, botch, bungle, butcher, flub, foul up, fumble, mangle, mess, muff—more at BOTCH

mur·der·ess noun : a woman who murders

mur·der·ous adjective 1 : having or appearing to have the purpose of murder

2 : marked by or causing murder or bloodshed <~ gunfire>

3 : having the ability or power to overwhelm <~ heat>

4 : characterized by extreme difficulty

— mur·der·ous·ly adverb

Synonyms

[1] bloodthirsty, bloody, homicidal, sanguinary, sanguine—more at BLOODTHIRSTY

[2] baleful, deadly, deathly, fatal, fell, lethal, mortal, pestilent, vital—more at DEADLY

[3] bitter, brutal, burdensome, cruel, excruciating, grievous, grim, hard, harsh, heavy, inhuman, onerous, oppressive, rough, rugged, severe, stiff, tough, trying—more at HARSH

[4] arduous, demanding, difficult, exacting, formidable, grueling, hard, herculean, laborious, rough, stiff, strenuous, tall, toilsome, tough—more at HARD

murk noun 1 : partial or total darkness : GLOOM

2 : a murky condition of the atmosphere or a substance causing it : FOG

— murk·i·ly adverb

Synonyms

[1] dark, darkness, dusk, gloaming, gloom, night, semidarkness, shade, shadow, twilight—more at DARK

[2] fog, haze, mist, smog, soup—more at HAZE

murk·i·ness noun : the quality or state of being murky

Synonyms

ambiguity, darkness, obscurity, opacity—more at OBSCURITY

murky adjective 1 : characterized by a heavy dimness or obscurity caused by or like that caused by overhanging fog or smoke

2 : characterized by thickness and heaviness of air : FOGGY, MISTY

3 : darkly vague or obscure <~ writings>

Synonyms

[1] dark, darkling, dim, dusky, gloomy, obscure, somber—more at DARK

[2] cloudy, foggy, hazy, misty, smoggy, soupy—more at HAZY

[3] ambiguous, cryptic, dark, darkling, deep, enigmatic, equivocal, inscrutable, mysterious, mystic, nebulous, obscure, occult—more at OBSCURE

1murmur noun 1 : a muttered complaint

2 a : a low indistinct often continuous sound

b : a soft or gentle utterance

— mur·mur·ous adjective

Synonyms

[1] beef, complaint, fuss, grievance, gripe, grumble, plaint, squawk—more at COMPLAINT

[2b] mumble, mutter—more at MUMBLE

2murmur verb 1 : to make a murmur

2 : to express grief, pain, or discontent

mur·mur·er noun : one that murmurs

mus abbreviation 1 museum

2 music;