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

Example Sentences

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Francisco de Quevedo drank in long-gone watering holes where Luis de Góngora muttered his verse.

From Salon • Jun. 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

By 02:00, the last muttered conversations faded away.

From BBC • Aug. 5, 2025

“The prototypes are a bust,” he muttered darkly.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

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