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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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
Literary Hub,
21 May 2026
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
Past albums like Lyfë and 2093 were best experienced as hourslong excursions into illegible rage-rap experiences that washed over the listener, with Yeat’s voice muttering his harmonies amid glitchy laptop bangers.
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Mosi Reeves,
Rolling Stone,
31 Mar. 2026
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Six mutters and sighs and rolls his head as if profoundly exasperated.
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Literary Hub,
21 May 2026
Verb
Then, there’s a dramatic landscape by Jacob van Ruisdael, with gray clouds muttering on high and brighter blues impending in the sky below.
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Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
Past albums like Lyfë and 2093 were best experienced as hourslong excursions into illegible rage-rap experiences that washed over the listener, with Yeat’s voice muttering his harmonies amid glitchy laptop bangers.
—
Mosi Reeves,
Rolling Stone,
31 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mutter
Noun
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The opportunity to send a raucous Bell Centre crowd home muttering was there in Game 3.
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Even Hakimi didn't complain, instead giving van de Ven a dap of respect.
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The document complains about trade, customs officers, juryless courts, and judges’ salaries.
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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.
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Claiborne mumbled his responses to questions.
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By pulling this string, the locals made an amplified grunting noise similar to that of a jaguar.
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Like why does Bravo think making the captions all different sizes screams Gen Z?
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For Denver, who sent the pick away, this screams cost-cutting measure for a team running into second apron issues.
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Or at least squeezed in a solid couch nap with baseball/golf/soccer/primo history programming murmuring in the background.
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Yoon murmurs something into her ear.
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Theories, speculation and whispers were hard to ignore, but even harder to prove.
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The whispers about the 41-year-old turned louder.
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Jessie whines about the good old days all the time — how fun is that?
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Don’t whine about his Northern California roots or love of the local nine.
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“Mutter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mutter. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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