[
US
/ˈmətɝ/
]
[ UK /mˈʌtɐ/ ]
[ UK /mˈʌtɐ/ ]
VERB
- talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice
-
make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath
she grumbles when she feels overworked
NOUN
- a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech
- a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone
How To Use mutter In A Sentence
- Two bus-rides and a walk in the rain later we found the old dairy farm, muttering under our breaths about the wisdom of locating such an establishment way out in the sticks.
- Affecting someone's conscience by grace and restraint does not mean rolling over and playing dead, muttering meaningless politically correct platitudes, or remaining silent as many find it politic to do.
- Beyond shakings of heads and dark mutterings, I can get nothing out of Wada or the steward. CHAPTER XXXI
- Then he fell back on the bed and tossed about as though he was in the throes of a poison, muttering through clenched teeth.
- I don't need a drink, " she muttered through clenched teeth.
- 'I never want to come here again,' he muttered to himself.
- I'm getting a de-rection," mutters Barney, aghast at her decline. The New Season in Review: Monday Madness
- From beyond the doors, the hubbub still continued; but it trailed off, damped by the hush of those in front to a kind of shamefaced muttering. Funeral Games
- He spoke in a mutter.
- Coates wry, muttered lyrics lend his ditties a mischievous if subdued charm.
