mutter
/ˈmʌtɚ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.77 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To utter words, especially complaints or angry expressions, indistinctly or with a low voice and lips partly closed; to say under one's breath.
Intransitive verb; Transitive verb
verb
To speak softly and incoherently, or with imperfect articulations.
noun
Peas.
name
A surname.
Example Sentences
- "The prisoners were docile, and accepted their lot with barely a mutter."
- "You could hear the students mutter as they were served sodden spaghetti, yet again, in the cafeteria."
- "The beggar muttered words of thanks, as passersby dropped coins in his cup."
- "This set – the set of Rosol's life – was studded with aces and menacing ground-strokes that left Nadal an impotent spectator often muttering to himself and at the umpire regarding a perceived misdemeanour by his opponent."
- "The asylum inmate muttered some doggerel about chains and pains to himself, over and over."
- "Meantime your filthy foreigner will stare, / And mutter to himself."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: muteren
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈmʌtɚ/
- British English: /ˈmʌtə/