mutter
mutter is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Meantime your filthy foreigner will stare, And mutter to himself. Dryden.
- 2.To sound with a low, rumbling noise. Thick lightings flash, the muttering thunder rolls. Pope.
- 3.To utter with imperfect articulations, or with a low voice; as, to mutter threats. Shak.
- 4.Repressing or obscure utterance.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abuse
- abusive
- ban
- bark
- big
- bluster
- bully
- clinch
- commination
- comminatory
- curse
- defiance
- defiant
- defy
- denunciation
- double
- fist
- fulminate
- fulmination
- gathering
- gnarl
- growl
- hold
- intimidate
- intimidation
- keep
- look
- menace
- minacious
- minacity
- minatory
- ominous
- out
- peril
- shake
- snarl
- stare
- talk
- the
- threat
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is mutter.
- What is meantime your filthy foreigner will stare, And mutter to himself. Dryden called?
- What is to sound with a low, rumbling noise. Thick lightings flash, the muttering thunder rolls. Pope called?
- What is to utter with imperfect articulations, or with a low voice; as, to mutter threats. Shak called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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