mutter

Plural: mutters

Noun

• a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech
• a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone
• A repressed or obscure utterance; an instance of muttering.
• Peas.

Verb

Verb Forms: muttered, muttering, mutters

• To speak in a low, indistinct voice; to grumble.
• talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice
• make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath
• To utter words, especially complaints or angry expressions, indistinctly or with a low voice and lips partly closed; to say under one's breath.
• To speak softly and incoherently, or with imperfect articulations.
• To make a sound with a low, rumbling noise.

Examples

• April could hear the delivery van's engine muttering in the driveway.
• He would mutter quietly to himself, calculating the best place for his tiles.
• The asylum inmate muttered some doggerel about chains and pains to himself, over and over.
• The beggar muttered words of thanks, as passersby dropped coins in his cup.
• The prisoners were docile, and accepted their lot with barely a mutter.
• You could hear the students mutter as they were served sodden spaghetti, yet again, in the cafeteria.

Synonyms

croak, gnarl, grumble, grumbling, maunder, mumble, murmur, murmuration, murmuring, mussitate, mussitation, muttering, babble, fumfer, growl, mutter, putter, ramble, rumble, stutter

Anagrams of mutter