What does muttersome mean?
Muttersome means Characterised or marked by muttering.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Characterised or marked by muttering.
On the day following my arrest, my hair would be described as “torrential” on the front page of every newspaper in North America (it had rained that morning, and a muttersome wind had followed me from the detention centre to the courthouse), [...]
Wind howled along the earth, attaining a voice as it gusted around the rocks and spindly trees: a low muttersome sound like children whispering at the bottom of a well.
It was cold beyond knowing, and the skies were too often downcast and muttersome, and it was hard to find the purchase to grow things upon the rocks.
Use muttersome when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Muttersome means Characterised or marked by muttering.
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
On the day following my arrest, my hair would be described as “torrential” on the front page of every newspaper in North America (it had rained that morning, and a muttersome wind had followed me from the detention centre to the courthouse), [...]
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