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
E.r. Pulgar, Pitchfork, 10 Mar. 2026
The visitors’ locker room inside Mercedes-Benz Stadium was silent, not even a mumble.
—Nicki Jhabvala, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 1 May 2026
Both look over at me and then Lumet mumbles something and the conversation abruptly ends.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 23 Apr. 2026
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Noun
There’s a way to use vocoder and elicit emotion—see Bon Iver or Rosalía—but MORI’s technique shrinks the warmth of his bari-bass to a barely intelligible mumble.
—E.r. Pulgar, Pitchfork, 10 Mar. 2026
The visitors’ locker room inside Mercedes-Benz Stadium was silent, not even a mumble.
—Nicki Jhabvala, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
At last, Henley mumbled something.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 1 May 2026
Both look over at me and then Lumet mumbles something and the conversation abruptly ends.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 23 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mumble
Noun
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Six mutters and sighs and rolls his head as if profoundly exasperated.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 May 2026
Noun
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The opportunity to send a raucous Bell Centre crowd home muttering was there in Game 3.—
Eduardo A. Encina,
The Orlando Sentinel,
25 Apr. 2026
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There had been political whispers in South Windsor since the November election about whether the decision disqualifying Amadasun was part of a Republican ploy to keep Democrats from achieving a council supermajority.—
Staff Report,
Hartford Courant,
1 June 2026
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This might be as simple as a public argument – hissing whispers in an elevator.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
29 May 2026
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By pulling this string, the locals made an amplified grunting noise similar to that of a jaguar.—
Delbert L. Chears,
Outdoor Life,
5 Mar. 2026
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In the main story campaign set in the Korean Peninsula, Private Park, a young Korean grunt soldier, is thrust into combat for the first time, as he and his squad are forced to overcome impossible odds in a gripping zero to hero journey.—
Jennifer Maas,
Variety,
28 May 2026
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As for grunt, Angelique is powered by a pair of MTU 12V4000 M65L that let the yacht dart to a top speed of 17 knots.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
27 May 2026
Noun
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Shockwaves on prices and murmuring of massive layoffs abound at cocktail parties and in discussions with retail and brand executives alike.—
Greg Petro,
Forbes.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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“Mumble.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mumble. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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