What does mumble mean?
Mumble means (transitive, intransitive) To speak unintelligibly or inaudibly; to fail to articulate..
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/ˈmʌmbəl/ · verb
(transitive, intransitive) To speak unintelligibly or inaudibly; to fail to articulate..
Please try not to mumble so I can hear you better.
Peace, you mumbling fool.
A wrinkled hag, with age grown double, / Picking dry sticks, and mumbling to herself.
All I could hear was a mumble from the next room.
He spoke in a barely comprehensible mumble.
Use mumble when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Mumble means (transitive, intransitive) To speak unintelligibly or inaudibly; to fail to articulate..
Common synonyms include maunder, mussitate, maffle, gum.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Please try not to mumble so I can hear you better.
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