maundered

verb

past tense of maunder
1
as in wandered
to move about from place to place aimlessly maundered all over town on his day off

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2
as in rambled
to talk at length without sticking to a topic or getting to a point ask her a question and she'll maunder for half an hour

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3
as in complained
chiefly British to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely a couple of mates maundering over their beer in a dark corner of the pub

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for maundered
  1. wandered
  2. rambled
  3. complained
  4. roamed
  5. rattled
  6. screamed
  7. drifted
  8. went on
Verb
  • After running away from home, Fig wandered nearly 30 miles before someone spotted her and the sheriff's department picked her up.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 21 July 2026
  • So would pianist Jake Shapiro, tickling the ivories as one wandered, to the limited extent one was allowed to wander.
    — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2026
Definition of wandered
Verb
  • Cars lined the streets looking for parking spots as people rambled through the bustling marketplace at Clock Tower Landing.
    — Kendrick Calfee June 6, Kansas City Star, 6 June 2026
  • When asked simple questions by William Savitt, one of the attorneys representing OpenAI, Musk rambled and avoided the issue at hand.
    — Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 18 May 2026
Definition of rambled
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  • The European Football Clubs organization, which represents more than 850 clubs, complained they were also not consulted on the FFE plan.
    — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 30 July 2026
  • Players have long complained about less-lively balls that force them to swing harder to hit them through the court.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 30 July 2026
Definition of complained
Verb
  • The animals roamed near the Amboseli National Park, which borders a farming and livestock area around 140 miles south of the capital Nairobi, according to the Associated Press.
    — Gina Kalsi, PEOPLE, 30 July 2026
  • In the Dominican Republic, officials continue to try to save species that once roamed free.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 July 2026
Definition of roamed
Verb
  • Ceuta, SpainAP — Ceuta over the weekend no longer looked like a city on edge, but residents were still rattled by the events of the week.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Tolle navigated a tricky Dodgers lineup with poise and didn’t get rattled in the second after giving up the lead on Hernández’s homer.
    — Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of rattled
Verb
  • All around them, guests smiled and laughed as children screamed with excitement and giggled each time a butterfly fluttered close.
    — Sophia Buonpane, Kansas City Star, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Immediately, the packed audience screamed with excitement at the sight of the singer.
    — Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 30 July 2026
Definition of screamed
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  • Sales taxes have drifted gradually higher over multiple decades, said Loughead of the Tax Foundation.
    — Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 30 July 2026
  • Defeated, the dementor drifted down the aisle and out of sight.
    — Emily Tarinelli, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026
Definition of drifted
Verb
  • After a severe overnight storm prior to the event, however, the Premier Access viewing area was canceled, organizers said, even though much of the Sail4th 250 celebration went on elsewhere.
    — Mahsa Saeidi, CBS News, 31 July 2026
  • Sam Machado and his wife, Tammy Machado, who owned the property, and Tammy Machado’s sister, Reiko Matsumura, a former Yolo County sheriff’s deputy who went on leave after the explosion and retired in September.
    — Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 25 July 2026
Definition of went on
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