muttering

Noun
Synonyms: muttermurmurmurmuringmurmurationmussitationgrumblegrumbling

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speechSynonyms: muttermurmurmurmuringmurmurationmussitation
  2. a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct toneSynonyms: grumblegrumblingmurmurmurmuringmutter
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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]
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