MUTTER Synonyms: 104 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

Definition of mutter

as in muttering

speech that is not clear enough to be understood the distracting mutter of some member of the audience

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verb

ˈmə-tər

as in to complain

to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely a muttering group of workers

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as in to mumble

to speak softly and unclearly muttering to himself under his breath

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Recent Examples of mutter

Noun

Six mutters and sighs and rolls his head as if profoundly exasperated. — Literary Hub, 21 May 2026

Verb

The scent of vinegar fills the set, and a crew member wanders by muttering about dyeing Easter eggs. — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2026 Then, there’s a dramatic landscape by Jacob van Ruisdael, with gray clouds muttering on high and brighter blues impending in the sky below. — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for mutter

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Noun

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

Definition of muttering

Verb

Rodriguez said in a May phone interview with the Herald that detainees had been complaining when a guard approached him and told him to walk out of the cage where he and other men were housed.

— Churchill Ndonwie, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 July 2026
At the local level, administrators often complain there is little clarity on what is expected of them and, too often, outright conflict.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2026

Definition of complain

Verb

Next up, maybe lawmakers can do something about overly soft, mumbling dialogue preceded by deafening explosions.

— Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 25 June 2026
This succession was muddied thanks to the meddling of the King’s Hand, Otto Hightower, and the king’s own mumbled words on his deathbed to his wife, Alicent.

— Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 20 June 2026

Definition of mumble

Verb

From the outset of the selloff earlier this year, Jim Cramer was screaming from the rooftops that cyber should never have been lumped into run-of-the-mill enterprise software.

— Zev Fima, CNBC, 7 July 2026
There were no vendors hawking bootleg royal-wedding merch, no screaming lines of fans, not even that many impromptu sing-alongs (some were solicited by journalists looking for content).

— Zach Schiffman, Curbed, 6 July 2026

Definition of scream

Noun

But eccentricity is only the visible tip of the vast iceberg of Vibeke’s mental health issues, and soon Karl and Rikke are conferring in low whispers about whether, and when, to slip some ground-up sleeping pills into her drink.

— Jessica Kiang, Variety, 7 July 2026
Students enter the classroom about a minute later, and voices, whispers and laughter can be heard before the recording ends.

— Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 7 July 2026

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