mutter
noun
1. a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech
Similar word(s): murmur, murmuration, murmuring, mussitation, muttering
Definition categories: event, sound
2. a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone
Similar word(s): grumble, grumbling, murmur, murmuring, muttering
Definition categories: communication, complaint
Sentences with mutter as a noun:
- The prisoners were docile, and accepted their lot with barely a mutter.
verb
1. talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice
Similar word(s): maunder, mumble, mussitate
Definition categories: communication, mouth, speak, talk, utter, verbalise, verbalize
2. make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath
Similar word(s): croak, gnarl, grumble, murmur
Definition categories: communication, complain, kick, kvetch, plain, quetch
Sentences with mutter as a verb:
- You could hear the students mutter as they were served sodden spaghetti, yet again, in the cafeteria.
- The beggar muttered words of thanks, as passersby dropped coins in his cup.
- The asylum inmate muttered some doggerel about chains and pains to himself, over and over.
- April could hear the delivery van's engine muttering in the driveway.