Muttering

Synonyms for "muttering" (98 found)

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Noun(5 words)

grumble murmur murmuring mutter complain

aspirationbated breathbeefing bellyaching bitching breathbreathy voicecomplaining complaintful crabbing crabby cranky croaking disappointed

Adjective(1 words)

continuous mumbling

Strong matches (29)

discontented disgruntled displeased dissatisfied drone droning envious exhalation faultfinding gabble gibber gibbering griping groan grouchy grousing growling grumbling jabber jibber

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little voicelow voicemalcontent malcontented maundering mouthing

Noun(3 words)

grumbling implicitlow voiced

Related words (49)

mumble mumbling murmur murmuration murmuring murmurish murmurous mutterout of humorpeevish petulant querulant querulous rebellious resentful restive restless rustling sighsoft voice

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stage whisperstill small voicesulky susurrant susurration susurrous susurrus unaccepting unaccommodating underbreath undertone uneasy unfulfilled ungoverned ungratified unhappy unsatisfied whiny whisper whispering whispery

Noun(8 words)

mumble murmuration mussitation muted rumorsoft spokentacit unspoken

Related word relations

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More general

14 entries

ambient noisecommentcommentary stylecommunicationcommunication attributecomplaintcritique typesound soundscapespeech actspeech characteristicverbal remarkvocalizationvoice quality

More specific

14 entries

asidebackground chatterbrief remarkcomplaincrowd murmuringgrumbleindistinct mutteringmumble mumbling murmur murmuringsoft mutteringtacit objectionunspoken critique

Collocations

13 entries

constant mutteringmuttering commentmuttering crowdmuttering disapprovalmuttering discontentmuttering to oneselfmuttering tonesmuttering under breathmuttering voicesprivate mutteringquiet mutteringreports of mutteringsoft muttering

Inflections

5 entries

more mutteringmost mutteringmuttered mutterings mutters

Derivations

5 entries

mutter muttered mutterer mutteringly mutterings

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

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She is muttering to herself.

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She's muttering something.

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Tom is muttering.

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Tom was muttering something under his breath.

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