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Meanings of mutter in English
A complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone.
Synonyms
Examples for "mumble"
Examples for "mumble"
1
She also said: A lot of people mumble in a group meeting.
2
Looking somewhat reassured but still wary, Kenji spoke in a rapid mumble.
3
He used to mumble. And he seemed rather disappointed by his legacy.
4
She reiterated the words until her voice died away in a mumble.
5
I managed to mumble a yes, but it didn't sound very convincing.
1
Tyson could speak, Tyson could write, where other men maunder and drivel.
2
Apian continued to maunder over the Ptolemaic theory and astrology in his lecture-room.
3
And while you maunder about restoring competition, the trusts go on destroying you.
4
All of which it is a comfort somehow to maunder away on here.
5
That is what his life has turned, but he will not maunder about it.
Usage of mutter in English
1
This was a constant background mutter through his great days at Barcelona.
2
Jondrette found time to mutter in the ear of his eldest daughter:-
3
Most, however, remained to glare and frown and mutter curses at us.
4
The first time the U2 singer was mentioned, there was a mutter.
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The drums began to mutter, Bakahenzie cried out in a loud voice:
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I hear him mutter; he often mutters so when he is alone.
7
And further away to the west they heard the same sinister mutter.
8
Adam's foot brushed against something and he heard someone gulp and mutter.
9
He continued to mutter, having some fierce debate with an imaginary foe.
10
He was heard to mutter something to himself; then he came back.
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For a minute or two he continued to mutter; then he dozed.
12
As before, Sloan shifted in place, and Eragon heard him mutter, .
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Within half an hour it was just a mutter on the horizon.
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So she gave in with never a mutter that Angus could hear.
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Esther had perchance heard Robin mutter these numbers in his troubled sleep.
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As Harry galloped back the mutter of the cannon grew into thunder.
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Mutter through the time
Mutter across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common