muttered

ADJECTIVE

broken

Synonyms

STRONGEST

discontinuous stuttering

STRONG

disjointed halting hesitating stammering

WEAK

hesitant incoherent mumbled unintelligible weak

Antonyms

WEAK

continuous flowing fluent unbroken

ADJECTIVE

incoherent

Synonyms

STRONGEST

disjointed incomprehensible incongruous irrational jumbled muddled puzzling rambling uneven

WEAK

breathless confused disconnected discontinuous discordant disordered dumb faltering inarticulate incohesive inconsistent indistinct indistinguishable maundering muffled mumbling mute raving stammering stuttering tongue-tied uncommunicative unconnected uncoordinated unvocal wandering wild

Antonyms

STRONGEST

connected intelligible understandable

WEAK

coherent

ADJECTIVE

whispered

Synonyms

STRONG

breathed quiet

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At that point during the hearing, Darren Coates - one of Ian's sons - muttered "damn right".

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

"Hoodlums," muttered 80-year-old village chief Joseph Batangouna as he walked past a group of young people sitting by the side of road in Mayitoukou, Congo-Brazzaville.

From Barron's • Mar. 14, 2026

“After overhearing a passionate ideological dispute around her own kitchen table between the future Nobel laureate for literature and his radical friends from the University of Chicago, she muttered: ‘Smart, smart, smart.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025

I muttered my song again: “Flying in circles for 90 minutes somewhere near Rochester.”

From Salon • Jul. 18, 2025

“I’m...fine,” he muttered, snapping her brain back into place.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

muttered

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