Meaning

A repressed or obscure utterance; an instance of muttering..

Definitions by Sense

1. A repressed or obscure utterance; an instance of muttering.
2. (transitive, intransitive) To utter words, especially complaints or angry expressions, indistinctly or with a low voice and lips partly closed; to say under one's breath.
3. To speak softly and incoherently, or with imperfect articulations.
4. To make a sound with a low, rumbling noise.
5. (Indian cuisine) Peas.

Example Sentences

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.

The beggar muttered words of thanks, as passersby dropped coins in his cup.

This set – the set of Rosol's life – was studded with aces and menacing ground-strokes that left Nadal an impotent spectator often muttering to himself and at the umpire regarding a perceived misdemeanour by his opponent.

The asylum inmate muttered some doggerel about chains and pains to himself, over and over.

Meantime your filthy foreigner will stare, / And mutter to himself.

April could hear the delivery van's engine muttering in the driveway.

Thick lightnings flash, the muttering thunder rolls.

Word Forms

• mutters
• muttering
• muttered
• matar

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When Should You Use Mutter?

Use mutter when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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