muttering

Other forms of muttering

plural

mutterings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about muttering

What does muttering mean?

muttering means "a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in muttering?

muttering has 3 syllables: mut-te-ring. The stress falls on "mut". In IPA it is /ˈmʌtɚɪŋ/.

What is another word for muttering?

Close synonyms include mutter, murmur, murmuring, murmuration, mussitation. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is muttering a common word?

muttering is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.