[
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
- '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
- He spoke in a mutter.
- Coates wry, muttered lyrics lend his ditties a mischievous if subdued charm.
- They heard him mutter,'One Hundred and Five, North Tower;'.
- This is a play where priests are elderly and drunk, old ladies mutter curses and blessings, supernatural visions are everywhere and nobody can open their mouth without uttering a mystical insight.
- 'Now this beats a', 'muttered his wife to herself;' however, I shall be obedient for a time; but if I dinna ken what all this is for before the morn by sunket-time, my tongue is nae langer a tongue, nor my hands worth wearing. ' Stories of Mystery
- So even as they mutter racist slogans, members of Siberia's Lumpenproletariat benefit from proximity to the dragon.
- The only sound to break the silence of the night was the soft mutter of my engine.
- My birth mother hugged me and muttered something in my ear. Times, Sunday Times
