as in mutter
speech that is not clear enough to be understood
barely heard mutterings of discontent
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as in mumbling
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1
as in complaining
to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely
a muttering group of workers
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2
as in murmuring
to speak softly and unclearly
muttering to himself under his breath
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for muttering
Verb
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The irony of the quintessential real estate expert buying a home in the flight path of an international airport, then complaining about the noise, is not lost on the rest of Palm Beach County.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
8 Jan. 2025 -
That first-round pick became Merriman (although, the Giants aren't complaining).—
Ryan Morik,
Fox News,
8 Jan. 2025
Verb
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The whining about everyone else didn’t help, either.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
31 Dec. 2024
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Stop whining and thank your lucky stars for having a job.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
27 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Some people are forthright when Boulet asks, with a cameraman in tow, a question that is often not spoken, or at most in a locker-room whisper.—
The New York Times,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Apr. 2025
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In truth, whispers have been circulating for months that a The Row homewares line might be in the works.—
Liam Hess,
Vogue,
8 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Initially, many older women are hesitant to attempt these higher-impact movements due to osteopenia or osteoporosis.—
Melanie Curry,
People.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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The Hotline is hesitant to draw conclusions on the future of the little guys in the Big Dance — the sample size is small — but NIL and the transfer portal are worrisome for that subset of Division I. Winner: Houston.—
Jon Wilner,
Mercury News,
31 Mar. 2025
Noun
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At all times, Adobe insists the user will stay in control of the creative process, while the agent does the grunt work where it’s needed or wanted.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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Bonobo dictionary Berthet started with establishing the tentative meaning of the basic calls: singular grunts or yelps.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
3 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The reformers worried that change was too halting, and that the Ottomans were falling behind the industrializing European nations.—
Charlie Tyson,
The New Yorker,
15 Mar. 2025
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The need to pressure-wash the entire interior would become but a minor inconvenience in a halting seven-year project that was filled with challenges before culminating in an elegantly modern interpretation of a historic property.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
23 Feb. 2025
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“Muttering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/muttering. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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