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mumble
verb. say low and inarticulately
  • grumble
  • maunder
  • murmur
  • mutter
  • ramble
  • rumble
  • say to oneself
  • speak
  • stammer
  • stutter
  • swallow
  • talk
  • utter
  • verbalize
  • vocalize
  • voice
  • whimper
  • whine
  • whisper

murmur
noun. low, continuous sound
  • babble
  • buzz
  • buzzing
  • drone
  • grumble
  • hum
  • humming
  • mumble
  • murmuration
  • mutter
  • muttering
  • purr
  • rumble
  • rumor
  • susurration
  • undertone
  • whisper
  • whispering

murmur
verb. make low, continuous sound
  • babble
  • burble
  • buzz
  • drip
  • drone
  • flow
  • growl
  • gurgle
  • hum
  • meander
  • moan
  • mumble
  • mutter
  • purl
  • purr
  • ripple
  • rumble
  • stage-whisper
  • stammer
  • stutter
  • susurrate
  • tinkle
  • trickle
  • utter
  • verbalize
  • vocalize
  • voice
  • whisper

snarl
verb. grumble
  • abuse
  • bark
  • bluster
  • bully
  • complain
  • fulminate
  • gnarl
  • gnash teeth
  • growl
  • mumble
  • murmur
  • mutter
  • quarrel
  • show teeth
  • snap
  • threaten
  • thunder
  • yelp

speak
verb. talk
  • allege
  • articulate
  • assert
  • aver
  • blab
  • break silence
  • chat
  • chew
  • communicate
  • converse
  • convey
  • declare
  • deliver
  • descant
  • discourse
  • drawl
  • enunciate
  • expatiate
  • express
  • gab
  • gas
  • go
  • jaw
  • lip
  • make known
  • make public
  • modulate
  • mouth
  • mumble
  • murmur
  • mutter
  • open one's mouth
  • perorate
  • pop off
  • pronounce
  • put into words
  • rap
  • say
  • shout
  • sound
  • speak one's piece
  • spiel
  • spill
  • state
  • tell
  • utter
  • verbalize
  • vocalize
  • voice
  • whisper
  • yak
  • yakkety-yak
  • yammer

undertone
noun. suggestion, whisper
  • association
  • atmosphere
  • buzz
  • connotation
  • feeling
  • flavor
  • hint
  • hum
  • implication
  • low tone
  • mumble
  • murmur
  • mutter
  • overtone
  • rumor
  • tinge
  • touch
  • trace
  • undercurrent

utter
verb. say, reveal
  • affirm
  • air
  • announce
  • articulate
  • assert
  • asseverate
  • blurt
  • bring out
  • chime
  • chin
  • come out with
  • declaim
  • declare
  • deliver
  • disclose
  • divulge
  • ejaculate
  • enunciate
  • exclaim
  • express
  • give words to
  • go
  • jaw
  • lip
  • make known
  • modulate
  • mouth
  • mutter
  • proclaim
  • promulgate
  • pronounce
  • publish
  • put into words
  • recite
  • shout
  • speak
  • spiel
  • state
  • talk
  • throw out
  • verbalize
  • vocalize
  • voice
  • whisper

voice
noun. expression, language
  • articulation
  • call
  • cry
  • delivery
  • exclamation
  • inflection
  • intonation
  • modulation
  • murmur
  • mutter
  • roar
  • shout
  • song
  • sound
  • speech
  • statement
  • tone
  • tongue
  • utterance
  • vent
  • vocalization
  • vociferation
  • words
  • yell

whisper
noun. rumor; information expressed in soft voice
  • buzz
  • confidence
  • disclosure
  • divulgence
  • gossip
  • hint
  • hum
  • hushed tone
  • innuendo
  • insinuation
  • low voice
  • mumble
  • murmur
  • mutter
  • report
  • secret
  • secret message
  • sigh
  • sighing
  • susurration
  • undertone
  • word
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Word Origin & History

mutter late 14c., from a common PIE imitative *mut- "to grunt, mutter" (cf. O.N. muðla "to murmur," L. muttire "to mutter"), with freq. suffix -er. Related: Muttered; muttering.

Example Sentences for mutter

"No living aunt ever looked as you do now," Kitty will mutter, shaking her head.

I heard him mutter as he neared the boat-house where Fin and I were stowing cargo.

I was near enough to hear him mutter: "How the devil comes this here?"

Gervaise entered, greatly embarrassed, not even daring to mutter an excuse.

A shadow flitted in front of it, and he stopped to chuckle evilly and mutter.

The thudding of hooves became a mutter and then a rumble and then a growl.

This exclamation, although but a mutter, was fervent indeed.

"Interestin'—very," she heard him mutter at last, as he glanced toward the bed.

His mutter: “I hope you will be satisfied, confound you,” was addressed to the absent Tom.

Not a word or even a mutter assisted this short and arid handshake.

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