He was still mumbling something about hospitals at the end of the party when he slipped on a piece of ice and broke his left leg.
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Mumbling
Synonyms for "mumbling" (61 found)
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Closest matches (13)
Strong matches (18)
Noun(7 words)
Adjective(1 words)
indistinct speech
Adverb(1 words)
more extreme inarticulacy
Determiner(1 words)
most slurring
Related words (30)
murmurmurmurationmurmuringmurmurishmurmurousmuttermutteringrustlingsighsoft voicestage whisperstill small voicesusurrantsusurrationsusurroussusurrusunderbreathundertonewhisperwhispering
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Noun(9 words)
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OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
16 entriesambient noisebackground soundchewchewingcommunicationcommunication styledictionenunciationenvironmental soundmanductionmasticationspeakspeechspeech styleverbal communicationvocalization
More specific
17 entriesambient humcrowd murmuringfragmentary utterancegarbled speechhalf formed statementindistinct speechlow voicemumbled phrasesmumbling answersmurmuringmuttering excusesnasal murmuringquiet voiceslurred speechsoft chatterspeaking softly
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Collocations
14 entriescontinuous mumblingincoherent mumblingmumbling apologymumbling crowdmumbling during classmumbling excusesmumbling phrasemumbling soundmumbling soundsmumbling stylemumbling tonemumbling under breathmumbling voicesoft mumbling
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
7 entriesSample sentences
11 total sentences available.
He was mumbling something.
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He's mumbling something.
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You're mumbling again.
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Showing 4 of 11 available sentences.