as in mutter
speech that is not clear enough to be understood
please answer the question without your usual mumble and try to use complete sentences
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as in to mutter
to speak softly and unclearly
I can't understand you if you mumble
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Recent Examples of mumble
Matt Cabral, EW.com, 22 Apr. 2025
Despite being a hearing aid specialist himself, Joe Gallagher spent three years convinced that his wife couldn’t stop mumbling.
—Uma Raja, Sun Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2025
Then Hamm mumbled something under his breath, and Culkin asked him to repeat it.
—Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 12 Apr. 2025
Karl Johnson makes an excellent Firs, the ancient servant who regrets the freeing of the serfs and who alternates between dignified paeans to the old days and mumbling streams of profanities.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025
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Verb
Nick asks him some questions, but the barely-conscious man only mumbles something about his dog.
—Matt Cabral, EW.com, 22 Apr. 2025
Despite being a hearing aid specialist himself, Joe Gallagher spent three years convinced that his wife couldn’t stop mumbling.
—Uma Raja, Sun Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2025
Then Hamm mumbled something under his breath, and Culkin asked him to repeat it.
—Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 12 Apr. 2025
Karl Johnson makes an excellent Firs, the ancient servant who regrets the freeing of the serfs and who alternates between dignified paeans to the old days and mumbling streams of profanities.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mumble
Verb
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Vic lowers his head to peer through the slot of visibility provided by the muttering dashboard defroster.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 June 2025
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This is what many people are muttering to themselves after a weekend of protests that ended with chaos in downtown Sunday night.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2025
Noun
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Both Louisiana singers luxuriate at the point where a whisper becomes a coo, and both have crafted gossamer pop with Swedish producers.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
6 June 2025
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Jean-Pierre is one of many associates who was close to the former president when whispers of his cognitive decline came to a head during a June 2024 debate in which the Democrat struggled to make sense.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
4 June 2025
Noun
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That means a 500-W motor with similar incline-busting grunt and top speed.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
31 Mar. 2025
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Roki Sasaki would lift his left leg almost to his head, stretch far down the front side of the mound, and let out a grunt as a blur of white leather came screaming from his hand.—
Jack Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2025
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“Mumble.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mumble. Accessed 25 Jun. 2025.
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