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muttering

 
Adjective muttering has 1 sense
  1. mumbling, muttering - speaking low and indistinctly; "a mumbling parson stood beside the dying man"; "muttering crowds of onlookers"
    Antonyms: nonspeaking, walk-on (indirect, via speaking)
Noun muttering has 2 senses
  1. mutter, muttering, murmur, murmuring, murmuration, mussitation - a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech
    --1 is a kind of sound
    Derived form: verb mutter1
  2. grumble, grumbling, murmur, murmuring, mutter, muttering - a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone
    --2 is a kind of complaint
    Derived form: verb mutter2
Verb mutter has 2 senses
  1. mumble, mutter, maunder, mussitate - talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice
    --1 is one way to talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise
    Derived forms: noun mutter1, noun mutterer1, noun muttering1
    Sample sentences:
    Sam and Sue mutter
    They mutter that there was a traffic accident
  2. murmur, mutter, grumble, croak, gnarl - make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath; "she grumbles when she feels overworked"
    --2 is one way to complain, kick, plain, sound off, quetch, kvetch
    Derived forms: noun mutter2, noun muttering2
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s
    Somebody ----s PP
    Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
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