Mutter
verb
To speak quietly and in a low voice that is not easy to hear, often when you are worried or complaining about something.
She muttered something about having to go home.
Often appears as...
- mutter under breath
- mutter to oneself
verb
To say words in a low voice that is hard to hear or understand, often expressing anger or discontent.
He sat in the corner, muttering about the injustice of it all.
Often appears as...
- mutter angrily
- mutter darkly
verb
To make a low, indistinct sound, like a mumble.
The crowd began to mutter in displeasure.
Often appears as...
- mutter of dissent
- mutter of discontent
verb
To speak quietly and in a low voice that is not easy to hear, often when you are worried or complaining about something.
She muttered something about having to go home.
Often appears as...
- mutter under breath
- mutter to oneself
verb
To say words in a low voice that is hard to hear or understand, often expressing anger or discontent.
He sat in the corner, muttering about the injustice of it all.
Often appears as...
- mutter angrily
- mutter darkly
verb
To make a low, indistinct sound, like a mumble.
The crowd began to mutter in displeasure.
Often appears as...
- mutter of dissent
- mutter of discontent
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Expressing Worry
Often used when the speaker is preoccupied or anxious about an issue.
Pacing the room, she muttered about the test results.
Pro Tip 2/3Subdued Complaining
Indicates a speaker's dissatisfaction without directly confronting the issue.
He muttered about the cold coffee, but drank it anyway.
Pro Tip 3/3Private Utterance
Used for speaking to oneself or in such a way that others are not meant to hear.
He constantly muttered to himself while he worked on the complicated problem.
Pro Tip 1/3Expressing Worry
Often used when the speaker is preoccupied or anxious about an issue.
Pacing the room, she muttered about the test results.
Pro Tip 2/3Subdued Complaining
Indicates a speaker's dissatisfaction without directly confronting the issue.
He muttered about the cold coffee, but drank it anyway.
Pro Tip 3/3Private Utterance
Used for speaking to oneself or in such a way that others are not meant to hear.
He constantly muttered to himself while he worked on the complicated problem.
Pro Tip 1/3Expressing Worry
Often used when the speaker is preoccupied or anxious about an issue.
Pacing the room, she muttered about the test results.
Pro Tip 2/3Subdued Complaining
Indicates a speaker's dissatisfaction without directly confronting the issue.
He muttered about the cold coffee, but drank it anyway.
Pro Tip 3/3Private Utterance
Used for speaking to oneself or in such a way that others are not meant to hear.
He constantly muttered to himself while he worked on the complicated problem.
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Ice Age Cave Art:...
And it could give us some fascinating insight into thematic categories and how these people were understanding their world. Quick example, the penniform. So penniform means feather-shaped in Latin and it's being treated as a geometric sign, but there are contexts such as this where people have muttered it kind of looks like a tree.
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Three anti-social skills...
What we say depends on who we are. An older person might speak differently than a younger person. Someone from the south might speak differently than someone from the north. Once you know your characters, you can figure out how they talk. At this stage, it's helpful to use anti-social skill number muttering to yourself.
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A tale of mental illness...
the same as multiple personality disorder or split personality. The schizophrenic mind is not split, but shattered. Everyone has seen a street person, unkempt, probably ill-fed, standing outside of an office building muttering to himself or shouting. This person is likely to have some form of schizophrenia.
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A tale of mental illness...
think schizophrenia is not the same as multiple personality disorder or split personality the schizophrenic mind is not split but shattered everyone has seen a street person unkempt probably ill-fed standing outside of an office building muttering to himself or shouting this person is likely to have
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Can you solve the bridge...
and you, as the quickest, run back with the lantern. Only three minutes have passed. So far, so good. Now comes the hard part. The professor and the janitor take the lantern and cross together. This takes them ten minutes since the janitor has to slow down for the old professor who keeps muttering
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Safari Live - Day 170 PIPE...
bit of them for the protein and they might also take some of the pupae larvae or there are the eggs as well so they might be going right down into the the base of this colony you know we also get mutter billy ants but they're more nomadic and they raid much bigger ends
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Safari Live - Day 154 PIPE...
all sort of rush around and they actually make a bit of a noise and it's like sure and that's quite similar to the mutter Billy ends which are raiding ends they still all sorts from different termite colonies and other ends as well
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Loretta J. Ross: Don't...
then you need to be there for them when they do." Now, at the time C.T. said those words, I started muttering under my breath, because you can't curse out a preacher, you know? But his words didn't make any sense to me,
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Kavita Ramdas: Radical...
And my father, in a low voice, muttering, "I'm just the youngest brother, there's nothing I can do. This is tradition." That's the night I learned the rules about what it means to be female in this world.
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Cheetah Cubs Look For...
is it mama mutter stay back tattoo if it's not mama we could be in danger
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Ice Age Cave Art:...
And it could give us some fascinating insight into thematic categories and how these people were understanding their world. Quick example, the penniform. So penniform means feather-shaped in Latin and it's being treated as a geometric sign, but there are contexts such as this where people have muttered it kind of looks like a tree.
Video examples
Three anti-social skills...
What we say depends on who we are. An older person might speak differently than a younger person. Someone from the south might speak differently than someone from the north. Once you know your characters, you can figure out how they talk. At this stage, it's helpful to use anti-social skill number muttering to yourself.
Video examples
A tale of mental illness...
the same as multiple personality disorder or split personality. The schizophrenic mind is not split, but shattered. Everyone has seen a street person, unkempt, probably ill-fed, standing outside of an office building muttering to himself or shouting. This person is likely to have some form of schizophrenia.
Video examples
A tale of mental illness...
think schizophrenia is not the same as multiple personality disorder or split personality the schizophrenic mind is not split but shattered everyone has seen a street person unkempt probably ill-fed standing outside of an office building muttering to himself or shouting this person is likely to have
Video examples
Can you solve the bridge...
and you, as the quickest, run back with the lantern. Only three minutes have passed. So far, so good. Now comes the hard part. The professor and the janitor take the lantern and cross together. This takes them ten minutes since the janitor has to slow down for the old professor who keeps muttering
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 170 PIPE...
bit of them for the protein and they might also take some of the pupae larvae or there are the eggs as well so they might be going right down into the the base of this colony you know we also get mutter billy ants but they're more nomadic and they raid much bigger ends
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 154 PIPE...
all sort of rush around and they actually make a bit of a noise and it's like sure and that's quite similar to the mutter Billy ends which are raiding ends they still all sorts from different termite colonies and other ends as well
Video examples
Loretta J. Ross: Don't...
then you need to be there for them when they do." Now, at the time C.T. said those words, I started muttering under my breath, because you can't curse out a preacher, you know? But his words didn't make any sense to me,
Video examples
Kavita Ramdas: Radical...
And my father, in a low voice, muttering, "I'm just the youngest brother, there's nothing I can do. This is tradition." That's the night I learned the rules about what it means to be female in this world.
Video examples
Cheetah Cubs Look For...
is it mama mutter stay back tattoo if it's not mama we could be in danger
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Quote examples
Kevin Whately
English Actor
When you get to the end of a TV series, you feel totally out of sorts as an actor. You feel unfit; your voice box has collapsed on you because you've spent all day muttering into a microphone that's two inches from your head, and you feel desperate to spread your wings and do a bit of real thesping.
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Terence Winter
American Writer
If I hear an interesting turn of phrase on TV, I'll repeat it back - I just like to roll it around on my tongue. The same goes for dialog: I'll either speak it aloud or whisper it. I definitely sit in front of my computer and mutter. People have mentioned it.
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Michael Ignatieff
Canadian Politician
For someone like me who, as a kid, walked to school muttering little political speeches to myself, it was irresistible to finally get a chance at political life for real. When the people of Etobicoke-Lakeshore elected me their MP, it changed me forever.
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Jonathan Pryce
Welsh Actor
It was very amusing to do 'GI Joe: Retaliation' scenes with Bruce Willis, who spends months rewriting his dialogue and then turns up and doesn't say it. Part of the time, he doesn't say anything, but mumbles and mutters.
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Alice Oswald
British Poet
That is the best instruction you could ever give a poet: whether you're examining a bad line in a poem or a bad motive for action, keep well your repining - meaning, don't ignore the honest muttering in your head.
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Stephen Hendry
Scottish Entertainer
There are times when there's been some discontent and muttered threats from audience members. I take no notice, and in any case, I always have John Carroll around to deflect unpleasantness.
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James Thurber
American Author
The sanity of the average banquet speaker lasts about two and a half months; at the end of that time he begins to mutter to himself, and calls out in his sleep.
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Drew Curtis
American Businessman
It takes people to move crowds in the right direction, crowds by themselves just stand around and mutter.
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Aaron Sorkin
American Screenwriter
I spend most of my days pacing around, muttering that I have no ideas, feeling like I'm walking a plank.
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Ted Wheeler
American Politician
If you know me, you know I mutter quite a bit. Not one of my most redeeming qualities.
Quote examples
Kevin Whately
English Actor
When you get to the end of a TV series, you feel totally out of sorts as an actor. You feel unfit; your voice box has collapsed on you because you've spent all day muttering into a microphone that's two inches from your head, and you feel desperate to spread your wings and do a bit of real thesping.
Quote examples
Terence Winter
American Writer
If I hear an interesting turn of phrase on TV, I'll repeat it back - I just like to roll it around on my tongue. The same goes for dialog: I'll either speak it aloud or whisper it. I definitely sit in front of my computer and mutter. People have mentioned it.
Quote examples
Michael Ignatieff
Canadian Politician
For someone like me who, as a kid, walked to school muttering little political speeches to myself, it was irresistible to finally get a chance at political life for real. When the people of Etobicoke-Lakeshore elected me their MP, it changed me forever.
Quote examples
Jonathan Pryce
Welsh Actor
It was very amusing to do 'GI Joe: Retaliation' scenes with Bruce Willis, who spends months rewriting his dialogue and then turns up and doesn't say it. Part of the time, he doesn't say anything, but mumbles and mutters.
Quote examples
Alice Oswald
British Poet
That is the best instruction you could ever give a poet: whether you're examining a bad line in a poem or a bad motive for action, keep well your repining - meaning, don't ignore the honest muttering in your head.
Quote examples
Stephen Hendry
Scottish Entertainer
There are times when there's been some discontent and muttered threats from audience members. I take no notice, and in any case, I always have John Carroll around to deflect unpleasantness.
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James Thurber
American Author
The sanity of the average banquet speaker lasts about two and a half months; at the end of that time he begins to mutter to himself, and calls out in his sleep.
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Drew Curtis
American Businessman
It takes people to move crowds in the right direction, crowds by themselves just stand around and mutter.
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Aaron Sorkin
American Screenwriter
I spend most of my days pacing around, muttering that I have no ideas, feeling like I'm walking a plank.
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Ted Wheeler
American Politician
If you know me, you know I mutter quite a bit. Not one of my most redeeming qualities.
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