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- Dictionarymutter/ˈmʌtə/
verb
- 1. say something in a low or barely audible voice, especially in dissatisfaction or irritation: "he muttered something under his breath" Similar Opposite
noun
- 1. a barely audible utterance, especially one expressing dissatisfaction or irritation: "a little mutter of disgust"
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MUTTER definition: 1. to speak quietly and in a low voice that is not easy to hear, often when you are worried or…. Learn more.
The meaning of MUTTER is to utter sounds or words indistinctly or with a low voice and with the lips partly closed. How to use mutter in a sentence.
mutter (something) (to somebody/yourself) (about something) She just sat there muttering to herself. I muttered something about needing to get back to work. mutter that… He muttered that he was sorry.
When you mutter, you mumble under your breath, often in an angry way. You might mutter to yourself as you clean graffiti off your garage, for example.
If you mutter, you speak very quietly so that you cannot easily be heard, often because you are complaining about something.
mutter. [transitive, intransitive] to speak or say something in a quiet voice that is difficult to hear, especially because you are annoyed about something + speech “How dare she,” he muttered under his breath. mutter (something) (to somebody/yourself) (about something) She just sat there muttering to herself.
MUTTER definition: to speak quietly so that your voice is difficult to hear, often when complaining about something: . Learn more.
The earliest known use of the noun mutter is in the mid 1600s. OED's earliest evidence for mutter is from 1637, in the writing of John Milton, poet and polemicist. It is also recorded as a verb from the Middle English period (1150—1500).
to speak quietly and in a low voice that is not easy to hear, often when you are worried or complaining about something: Stop muttering and speak up! He was muttering (away) to himself. Laurence muttered something about his wife and left. He muttered something under his breath to the person next to him. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples.
1. to utter (something) in a low and indistinct tone. 2. (intr) to grumble or complain. 3. (intr) to make a low continuous murmuring sound. n. a muttered sound or complaint. [C14 moteren; related to Norwegian (dialect) mutra, Old High German mutilōn; compare Old English mōtian to speak] ˈmutterer n. ˈmuttering n, adj. ˈmutteringly adv. Mutter.
