'Muttering' definitions:
Definition of 'muttering'
(from WordNet)
noun
A low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech [syn: mutter, muttering, murmur, murmuring, murmuration, mussitation]
noun
Definition of 'Muttering'
From: GCIDE
- Mutter \Mut"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Muttered; p. pr. & vb. n. Muttering.] [Prob. of imitative origin; cf. L. muttire, mutire.]
- 1. To utter words indistinctly or with a low voice and lips partly closed; esp., to utter indistinct complaints or angry expressions; to grumble; to growl. [1913 Webster]
- Wizards that peep, and that mutter. --Is. viii. 19. [1913 Webster]
- Meantime your filthy foreigner will stare, And mutter to himself. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To sound with a low, rumbling noise. [1913 Webster]
- Thick lightnings flash, the muttering thunder rolls. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'muttering'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aspiration,
- bated breath,
- beefing,
- bellyaching,
- bitching,
- breath,
- breathy voice,
- complaining,
- complaintful,
- crabbing,
- crabby,
- cranky,
- croaking,
- disappointed,
- discontented,
- disgruntled,
- displeased,
- dissatisfied,
- drone,
- droning,
- envious,
- exhalation,
- faultfinding,
- gabble,
- gibber,
- gibbering,
- griping,
- grouchy,
- grousing,
- growling,
- grumbling,
- jabber,
- jibber,
- little voice,
- low voice,
- malcontent,
- malcontented,
- maundering,
- mouthing,
- mumble,
- mumbling,
- murmur,
- murmuration,
- murmuring,
- murmurish,
- murmurous,
- mutter,
- out of humor,
- peevish,
- petulant,
- querulant,
- querulous,
- rebellious,
- resentful,
- restive,
- restless,
- rustling,
- sigh,
- soft voice,
- stage whisper,
- still small voice,
- sulky,
- susurrant,
- susurration,
- susurrous,
- susurrus,
- unaccepting,
- unaccommodating,
- underbreath,
- undertone,
- uneasy,
- unfulfilled,
- ungratified,
- unhappy,
- unsatisfied,
- whiny,
- whisper,
- whispering,
- whispery