mutter
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Synonyms
beef, bellyache, bitch, bleat, carp, caterwaul, complain, crab, croak, fuss, gripe, grizzle, grouch, grouse, growl, grumble, grump, holler, inveigh, keen, kick, kvetch, maunder [chiefly British], moan, murmur, nag, repine, scream, squawk, squeal, wail, whimper, whine, whinge [British], yammer, yawp (or yaup), yowl
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Townsend’s tactical shift appeared to unsettle Andreescu, who muttered and fidgeted and stomped. — Gerald Marzorati, The New Yorker, "Bianca Andreescu Makes the Case for More Attention in Her Victory Over Taylor Townsend," 3 Sep. 2019 Ramirez muttered and sighed as the teens, with their baby faces and coltish bodies, bumbled a run-through. — Diana Marcum, Los Angeles Times, "Gay shopkeeper stands his ground in a Central Valley town, carving out space for others," 20 Aug. 2019 Because shooting Nazis while sneaking around and muttering gruffly is just, like, fun. — Julie Muncy, WIRED, "Nintendo's Reportedly Fixing Those Broken Joy-Cons for Free," 26 July 2019 The actor rocked back and forth while pulling his hair and muttering to himself. — Ryan Faircloth, Twin Cities, "Unarmed and outnumbered, MN corrections officers use crisis intervention to defuse tense encounters," 5 July 2019 Mourinho would sit on the United bench, ashen-faced and muttering to himself, while United sputtered along like 11 players who had only just met. — Joshua Robinson, WSJ, "Mourinho Fired From Manchester United as Premier League Heavyweights Struggle," 18 Dec. 2018 Clark can be heard muttering on the broadcast, apparently about Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg and Police Chief Daniel Hahn, as well as a local pastor. — Nashelly Chavez, Ed Fletcher And Sam Stanton, sacbee, "Update: Roommates say Stevante Clark arrest came after escalating dispute in their house," 20 Apr. 2018 With ten minutes to go, an Italian defender muttered something to him (about his mother, Mr Zidane alleged; only about his sister, the defender maintained). — The Economist, "When drama and beauty turn the World Cup into art," 7 June 2018 Would women in their position be content with muttering a few politically correct assertions? — Stephen Galloway, The Hollywood Reporter, "Hollywood Must Pull Out of Georgia," 7 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'mutter.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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