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0 to speak quietly and in a low voice that is not easy to hear, often when you are worried or complaining about something:
- Stop muttering and speak up!
- He was muttering (away) to himself.
- Laurence muttered something about his wife and left.
- He muttered something under his breath to the person next to him.
1 (the sound of) words being said very quietly:
- I heard the soft mutter of voices in the next room.
2 a complaint that is made to only a few people:
- There were mutters that other departments received more money than ours.
3 to speak quietly and in a voice that is not easy to hear, often when you are anxious or complaining about something:
- [ I ] He muttered to himself as he walked.
- [ T ] I heard him mutter something.
- "There has to be another way," he muttered.

One guest at the crowded reception was heard to mutter "It's like the Black Hole of Calcutta in here."
She was muttering curses as she fumbled for the light switch.
'I didn't know it would be this expensive,' he muttered.
If he thought something interesting, he would desert what he was doing and amble off to meditate on the new idea, muttering to himself as he walked.
They mutter loudly to each other through the show.
We did not sit passively on the fence, muttering under our breath, but took a pro-active approach in tabling amendments.
I imagine people are muttering to themselves about the inadequacy of legislative powers.
I have no time for those who mutter that it is all hot air and will evaporate tomorrow.