as in muttering
speech that is not clear enough to be understood
the distracting mutter of some member of the audience
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1
as in to complain
to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely
a muttering group of workers
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2
as in to mumble
to speak softly and unclearly
muttering to himself under his breath
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Recent Examples of mutter
Kevin Coldiron, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
But when the man asked Valdivia for money on the train, the agent said no and the man muttered expletives while walking away, prosecutors said, according to NBC Washington.
—Antonio Planas, NBC News, 26 Nov. 2024
When Valdivia declined to give him any money, the man allegedly muttered expletives before turning away.
—Landon Mion, Fox News, 26 Nov. 2024
Musicians must become actors playing roles, hollering certain motifs and muttering others.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
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Elder economists muttered darkly of ancient times when the CPI rose by double digits, yet many a year had passed with no inflation sightings.
—Kevin Coldiron, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
But when the man asked Valdivia for money on the train, the agent said no and the man muttered expletives while walking away, prosecutors said, according to NBC Washington.
—Antonio Planas, NBC News, 26 Nov. 2024
When Valdivia declined to give him any money, the man allegedly muttered expletives before turning away.
—Landon Mion, Fox News, 26 Nov. 2024
Musicians must become actors playing roles, hollering certain motifs and muttering others.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mutter
Verb
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Trump has complained about China’s rising influence over the canal.—
Bart Jansen,
USA TODAY,
28 Jan. 2025
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Some consumers have also complained that bulk billing arrangements can burden them with a single, subpar internet service that costs more.—
Michael Kan,
PCMAG,
27 Jan. 2025
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He was seen whispering with his attorney, Thomas Dickey, glancing at reporters and mumbling to himself at the Blair County Court hearing.—
Michael Dorgan,
Fox News,
13 Dec. 2024
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When city officials mumble pieties and let lifesaving street designs get bogged down in endless studies.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
13 Nov. 2024
Verb
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Are we meant to sympathize with this creature as people scream in terror and call it a monster and attack it and scream for it to be shot?—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
18 Jan. 2025
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Ahmad would scream in terror, afraid of something beyond his family’s perception.—
Alia Malek,
New York Times,
17 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Twice, a jaw-grinder with dreadful tats scuttles by murmuring, in a serious rush.—
Jonathan Rowe,
SPIN,
18 Dec. 2024
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Imagine what those murderers and rapists do to young men in prison, murmurs one of the Soviet censors to Tomáš.—
Stephanie Bunbury,
Deadline,
2 Dec. 2024
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The whispers rise, a hum, a din— China’s AI, set to win.—
Emily Forlini,
PCMAG,
28 Jan. 2025
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More powerful and vivid than captured on record, her singing moved from faint, vulnerable whispers to urgent, shrill-free belting that often carried without the aid of effects.—
Bob Gendron,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Austin appeared in the second segment, playing a woman being driven to distraction by her endlessly whining husband with Jean-Baptiste as her sibling.—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
9 Jan. 2025
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After lots of whining from Jenny and a dust incident that has Jordan hamming it up like a soccer player flopping for a foul, the players tuck in for a few hours of sleep.—
Emma Sharpe,
Vulture,
1 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Residents should limit their time outside and dress warmly, making sure to cover their head, face and mouth with a knit hat or scarf, protect their hands with mittens or gloves, wear several layers of loose-fitting clothes and put on water-resistant shoes or boots.—
Adriana Pérez,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Jan. 2025
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One daughter then raises her hand near her mouth and appears to mouth something to the vice president.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
4 Jan. 2025
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In no uncertain terms, Hwang is telling us that the grunts, the everyday people who suffer under capitalist institutions, will be forced to become the architects of their own liberation.—
Meredith Blake,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Jan. 2025
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Either way, that's still significant grunt from what's essentially a lawnmower engine.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
14 Dec. 2024
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“Mutter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mutter. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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