mumbled

verbsay low and inarticulately

Synonyms for mumbled

verb say low and inarticulately

Antonyms for mumbled

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 mumbled

Mr Verloc mumbled, with his nose over the grate, and with marked unwillingness.

I got up at once, pulled back the curtains, and mumbled my rle while dressing.

Well,” he mumbled at last, “Doubtless there are other roads.

They mumbled unintelligibly, their mouths choked with the food.

This thought gave him pleasure for a while and he mumbled over it for an hour or two.

In spite of my injunction he mumbled something, and I was not unwilling to hear it.

Jed, he mumbled some kind of foolishness about some things givin' him earache.

The clerk, with a sneer on his lip, mumbled something to counsel.

He mumbled, as if to the fire, she loved me; she loved my violin.

"But he nearly succeeded to-night," mumbled McGuire dubiously.

mumbled

Synonyms for mumbled

Antonyms for mumbled

More words related to mumbled

broken

inarticulate

inaudible