muttered
Webster's Dictionary (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]