Mutter

Noun

 * 1) A repressed or obscure utterance; an instance of muttering.
 * The prisoners were docile, and accepted their lot with barely a mutter.
 * 1) (in Indian restaurants) peas

Verb

 * 1) To utter words, especially complaints or angry expressions, indistinctly or with a low voice and lips partly closed; to say under one's breath.
 * 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.
 * 1) To speak softly and incoherently, or with imperfect articulations.
 * The asylum inmate muttered some doggerel about chains and pains to himself, over and over.
 * 1) To make a sound with a low, rumbling noise.
 * April could hear the delivery van's engine muttering in the driveway near the kitchens.

Synonyms

 * (speak under one's breath): growl, grumble, mumble
 * (speak incoherently): babble, mumble, murmur, ramble, stutter
 * (make a low sound): growl, putter, rumble
 * See also Thesaurus:mutter

Adjectives for Mutter
incessant; drowsy; articulate; growling; low.

Adverbs for Mutter
threateningly; despairingly; incoherently; mournfully; huskily; inaudibly fitfully; defiantly; savagely; grimly; indistinctly; incessantly; drunkenly; thickly; bestially.

Thesaurus
air a grievance, aspirate, aspiration, bark, bated breath, bawl, beef, bellow, bellyache, bitch, blare, blat, blubber, boom, bray, breath, breathe, breathy voice, buzz, cackle, chant, chirp, clamor, complain, coo, crab, croak, crow, cry, dolorous tirade, drawl, drone, droning, exclaim, exhalation, flute, fret, fret and fume, fumble, fuss, gabble, gasp, gibber, gibbering, gripe, groan, grouch, grouse, growl, grumble, grunt, hiss, holler, howl, jabber, jeremiad, jibber, keen, kick, lament, lilt, little voice, lodge a complaint, low voice, maffle, maunder, maundering, moan, mouth, mouthing, muddle, mumble, mumbling, murmur, murmuration, murmuring, mussitate, muttering, outcry, pant, pipe, plaint, planctus, raise a howl, register a complaint, repine, roar, rumble, rumor, scold, scream, screech, shriek, sibilate, sigh, sing, snap, snarl, snort, sob, soft voice, sough, speak incoherently, splutter, sputter, squall, squawk, squeal, stage whisper, still small voice, susurrate, susurration, susurrus, swallow, take on, thunder, tirade, trumpet, twang, ululation, underbreath, undertone, wail, wail of woe, warble, whimper, whine, whisper, whispering, whistle, yap, yawp, yell, yelp, yowl

Noun

 * Finnish: ,
 * French: marmonnement, marmottement
 * Icelandic: muldur, taut


 * Kurdish:
 * Sorani: ورته‌
 * Polish: mamrotać, mruczeć

Derived terms

 * mutter paneer

Verb

 * Dutch: mompelen
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: grommeler
 * Hebrew: מלמל


 * Icelandic: muldra, tauta, hvísla
 * Portuguese:


 * Finnish: ,
 * French: marmonner, marmotter
 * Hebrew: מלמל


 * Icelandic: tuða, tauta
 * Portuguese:


 * Finnish: ,
 * French: grogner, feuler, râler


 * Icelandic: muldra

Noun

 * 1) mommy, mummy, ma
 * 2) old woman
 * 3) missus

Etymology
From Mutter:.

Pronunciation

 * or

Noun

 * 1) nut (for bolts)

Noun

 * 1) a nut (for bolts)

Noun
(uncountable)


 * 1) mutter; obscure utterance