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noun

Definition of mutteringnext
as in mutter
speech that is not clear enough to be understood barely heard mutterings of discontent

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muttering

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adjective

as in mumbling

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muttering

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verb

present participle of mutter
1
as in complaining
to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely a muttering group of workers

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2
as in murmuring
to speak softly and unclearly muttering to himself under his breath

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for muttering
  1. complaining
  2. whining
  3. whisper
  4. hesitant
  5. grunt
  6. halting
Verb
  • The Buccaneers started complaining to the officials about fouls.
    CJ Moore, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
  • That first-round pick became Merriman (although, the Giants aren't complaining).
    Ryan Morik, Fox News, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of complaining
Verb
  • The whining about everyone else didn’t help, either.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Stop whining and thank your lucky stars for having a job.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
Definition of whining
Noun
  • Recent whispers from Washington suggest that tariffs are unlikely to be broad.
    Ganesh Rao, CNBC, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Veteran journalist Kim Osorio appears in the doc and says that there were whispers that Porter was a victim of Combs’ abuse, and an attorney for a client who sued Combs says her client witnessed acts of violence against Porter.
    Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 13 Jan. 2025
Definition of whisper
Adjective
  • On other occasions, the running backs were hesitant in the backfield.
    Michael-Shawn Dugar, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Employers, however, remained hesitant to add more workers after a hiring spree during the recovery from the pandemic.
    Lucia Mutikani, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of hesitant
Noun
  • Assigning an employee grunt work is not delegating.
    Terina Allen, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
  • But not before the North Node of Destiny enters your sixth house of health, routine, and day-today grunt work as of January 11.
    Roya Backlund, StyleCaster, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of grunt
Adjective
  • In 2019, Intel was forced to release a rare public apology after its halting efforts to make more advanced chips exacerbated shortages and delays of its existing products.
    Clare Duffy, CNN, 4 Dec. 2024
  • The search for a halting five-state Turing machine that performs more than 47,176,870 computational steps remained unsuccessful for several decades.
    Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 25 July 2024
Definition of halting
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