Synonyms of sputtering

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adjective

as in muttering

Synonyms & Similar Words

• muttering
• faltering
• stumbling
• stuttering
• mumbling
• halting
• stammering
• maundering
• hesitant
• inarticulate
• unvocal
• voiceless
• ineloquent
• mute
• speechless
• tongueless
• tongue-tied

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• articulate
• eloquent
• fluent
• voluble
• verbal
• vocal
• glib
• facile
• expressive
• well-spoken
• silver-tongued
• outspoken
• smooth-tongued

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• articulate
• eloquent
• fluent
• voluble
• verbal
• vocal
• glib
• facile
• expressive
• well-spoken
• silver-tongued
• outspoken
• smooth-tongued

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sputtering

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verb

present participle of sputter

as in drooling

to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and usually unintelligibly

she was so shocked that, for a moment, all she could do was sputter

Synonyms & Similar Words

• drooling
• chatting
• chattering
• stuttering
• muttering
• shouting
• shrieking
• drivelling
• screeching
• gibbering
• jabbering
• babbling
• prattling
• mumbling
• gabbling
• driveling
• bumbling
• rattling
• trolling
• blathering
• pattering
• murmuring
• gabbing
• yakking
• stammering
• blithering
• blabbering
• prating
• yacking
• mouthing
• jawing
• bleating
• jangling
• chuntering
• smattering
• running on
• maundering
• tittle-tattling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• articulating
• pronouncing
• enunciating

• articulating
• pronouncing
• enunciating