Crossword clues for muttered
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Mutter \Mut"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Muttered; p. pr. & vb. n. Muttering.] [Prob. of imitative origin; cf. L. muttire, mutire.]
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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.
Wizards that peep, and that mutter.
--Is. viii. 19.Meantime your filthy foreigner will stare, And mutter to himself.
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To sound with a low, rumbling noise.
Thick lightnings flash, the muttering thunder rolls.
--Pope.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: mutter)
Usage examples of "muttered".
Their haste, their muttered apologies bounced off the numb shell of my exterior.
Les muttered under his breath as he grimaced down at the map coordinates.
She muttered a long, low stream of grunts and growls at him, flipping off the control on his voder.
Lunzie muttered to herself as Varian located an untethered vine and hauled it up.
Reeve muttered angrily, stamping up the steps injudiciously, jarring his sore body even through the analgesia.
Phyllis muttered, for she had never understood how anyone could consume so much hard spirits and be allowed to command a ship, much less a whole fleet of them.
His movement had been noticed and the Hrrubans muttered between them in Low Hrruban.
They muttered about "murders most vile' and "devastated worlds' but would slip away before they could be closely questioned.
He turned toward Hrrto and Hrrestan, then muttered brief, crisp orders into the communicator.
She couldn't suppress the groan, which deafened her to a statement Roy muttered under his breath.
Brack muttered betweeen clenched teeth, his eyes never leaving the cube, white against the black lava on which it sat.
Charlie muttered to op Owen after they'd contacted all the sensitives.
Lunzie muttered and tentatively squeezed sap over the oozing punctures on Kai's shoulder.
Triv muttered as the smaller giffs hovered, venturing inside the cave only far enough to drop their burdens safely to the floor.
Quinada muttered to her employer as she bowed to present a lighter dress tunic.