muttered

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muttered - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
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              Wizards that peep, and that mutter.   --Is. viii.
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              Meantime your filthy foreigner will stare,
              And mutter to himself.                --Dryden.
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     2. To sound with a low, rumbling noise.
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              Thick lightnings flash, the muttering thunder rolls.
                                                    --Pope.
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