mutter
/ˈmʌtɚ/ verb B2- To utter words, especially complaints or angry expressions, indistinctly or with a low voice and lips partly closed; to say under one's breath. · You could hear the students mutter as they were served sodden spaghetti, yet again, in the cafeteria.· The beggar muttered words of thanks, as passersby dropped coins in his cup.
- To speak softly and incoherently, or with imperfect articulations. · The asylum inmate muttered some doggerel about chains and pains to himself, over and over.
- To make a sound with a low, rumbling noise. · April could hear the delivery van's engine muttering in the driveway.
He/she/it mutters · Past muttered · Past participle muttered · -ing form muttering
Verb forms
- Base form
- mutter
- He/she/it
- mutters
- Past
- muttered
- Past participle
- muttered
- -ing form
- muttering
From the library
“Amen!” responded Caderousse, waving his hand in token of adieu to Danglars, and bending his steps towards the Allées de Meilhan, moving his head to and fro, and muttering as he went, after the manner of one whose mind was overcharged with one absorbing idea.
“So that you have lived for three months on sixty francs,” muttered Edmond.
Villefort rose, or rather sprang, from his chair, hastily opened one of the drawers of his desk, emptied all the gold it contained into his pocket, stood motionless an instant, his hand pressed to his head, muttered a few inarticulate sounds, and then, perceiving that his servant had placed his cloak on his shoulders, he sprang into the carriage, ordering the postilions to drive to M.
remained alone, and turning his eyes on his half-opened Horace, muttered:
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