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Associations of "Muttered" (30 Words)

Associations of "Muttered" (30 Words)

babble	Flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise. The babble* of a brook.*
babbling	The continuous murmuring sound of flowing water. You sound like a babbling* fool.*
chatter	Cut unevenly with a chattering tool. He was full of inconsequential but amusing chatter.
complain	Express complaints discontent displeasure or unhappiness. Local authorities complained that they lacked sufficient resources.
equivocate	Use ambiguous language so as to conceal the truth or avoid committing oneself. The government have equivocated too often in the past.
equivocation	A statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth. I say this without equivocation.
evasive	Directed towards avoidance or escape. His answers were brief constrained and evasive.
gibber	Speak rapidly and unintelligibly, typically through fear or shock. They shrieked and gibbered as flames surrounded them.
gibberish	Unintelligible or meaningless speech or writing; nonsense. He talks gibberish.
gripe	Secure a boat with gripes. He seized me by the arms with a rude gripe.
grouch	A trivial complaint. Rock s foremost poet and ill mannered grouch.
grumble	Make complaining remarks or noises under one’s breath. The main grumble* is that he spends too much time away.*
impediment	A defect in a person’s speech, such as a lisp or stammer. A serious impediment* to scientific progress.*
incoherent	Of waves having no stable definite or stable phase relation. He was incoherent* with sentiment.*
maunder	Talk in a rambling manner. He maunders through the bank composing his thoughts.
mumble	Say something indistinctly and quietly, making it difficult for others to hear. The old man had no teeth left and mumbled his food.
murmur	A low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech. He had heard hints only murmurs.
muttering	A privately expressed complaint or expression of dissatisfaction. There were disloyal mutterings about his leadership.
nonsense	Foolish or unacceptable behaviour. He was talking absolute nonsense.
palaver	Lengthy and unproductive discussion. There s a lot of palaver* involved.*
palter	Equivocate or prevaricate in action or speech. This great work should not be paltered with.
prattle	Foolish or inconsequential talk. She began to prattle* on about her visit to the dentist.*
prevaricate	Be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information. He seemed to prevaricate* when journalists asked pointed questions.*
rumble	Discover (an illicit activity or its perpetrator. It wouldn t need a genius to rumble* my little game.*
slur	Speak disparagingly of e g make a racial slur. It is difficult for a woman to understand a man s sensitivity to any slur* on his virility.*
speak	Utter (a word, message, etc. I wish to speak* privately with you.*
stammer	A tendency to stammer. I I can t Isabel stammered.
stutter	A tendency to stutter while speaking. He shyly stuttered out an invitation to the cinema.
talk	Discussion talk about is a less formal alternative for discussion of. He can talk* as well as you or I can.*
whisper	A soft or confidential tone of voice a whispered word or phrase. The thunder of the surf became a muted whisper.