MOUTHING Synonyms: 54 Similar and Opposite Words

mouthing

verb

present participle of mouth

as in grimacing

to distort one's face when her mother told her to mind, the little girl mouthed insolently and rolled her eyes

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as in muttering

to speak softly and unclearly the prompter mouthed the forgotten words under his breath

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And there was a frenzy as one man, grimacing and sweating, lurched along pulling a truck with a rope.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026
Judge could be seen grimacing on a check swing during the third inning and hobbling in the outfield during the fifth inning.

— Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of grimacing

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The only thing left in the field was a distraught college kid, pacing back and forth, muttering to himself, and suffering over what might have been.

— Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 28 Oct. 2026
Max Muncy, whose home run expanded the Dodgers’ lead, was still muttering about the heat nearly 15 minutes after escaping into air conditioning.

— Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of muttering

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The first half of the film is on the dull side, featuring lots of footage of Fielder and Holmes staring at each other, unblinking, in an attempt to convince each other of their sincerity.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 30 Oct. 2026
That’s no way to run a city, especially when a glaring safety problem is staring us in the face.

— Frank Morano, New York Daily News, 28 Oct. 2026

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Later that day, Rowley was drenched in sweat, rocking back and forth and mumbling incoherently as the poison – later identified as Novichok, a Russian nerve agent – took hold of him, too.

— Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 11 July 2026
Next up, maybe lawmakers can do something about overly soft, mumbling dialogue preceded by deafening explosions.

— Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 25 June 2026

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