mumble

verbsay low and inarticulately

Synonyms for mumble

verb say low and inarticulately

Antonyms for mumble

speak clearly
be quiet
listen

Word Origin & History

early 14c., momelen, "to eat in a slow, ineffective manner" (perhaps "to talk with one's mouth full"), probably frequentative of interjection mum. The -b- is excrescent. Meaning "to speak indistinctly" is from mid-14c. Related: Mumbled; mumbling.

Example Sentences for mumble

His boastful accents died away into a mumble: "Dunno what I should do."

I understood his mumble to mean that "he didn't know any game."

He squeezed my arm till he extorted from me some sort of mumble.

Gone was the mumble, gone was every thought except the misery of the minute.

When he would cry out to her his frozen lips could mumble no words.

The trader, half dead from his wounds, raised his big head to mumble a denial.

It was said with conviction, and a mumble of voices indorsed him.

Here she could mumble his name till the anguish of her tears choked her.

Inside45 the parlor could be heard the mumble of men's voices.

Inside the parlor could be heard the mumble of men's voices.

mumble

Synonyms for mumble

Antonyms for mumble

gibber

gibbering

groan

groaned

groaning

mumble

Synonyms for mumble

Antonyms for mumble

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