muttered

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ADJECTIVE

broken

Synonyms

STRONGEST

discontinuous stuttering

STRONG

disjointed halting hesitating stammering

WEAK

hesitant incoherent mumbled unintelligible weak

Antonyms

WEAK

continuous flowing fluent unbroken

ADJECTIVE

incoherent

Synonyms

STRONGEST

disjointed incomprehensible incongruous irrational jumbled muddled puzzling rambling uneven

WEAK

breathless confused disconnected discontinuous discordant disordered dumb faltering inarticulate incohesive inconsistent indistinct indistinguishable maundering muffled mumbling mute raving stammering stuttering tongue-tied uncommunicative unconnected uncoordinated unvocal wandering wild

Antonyms

STRONGEST

connected intelligible understandable

WEAK

coherent

ADJECTIVE

whispered

Synonyms

STRONG

breathed quiet

Example Sentences

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muttered

She blinked, paused, and then muttered: “In the winter.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Then, turning to me, she muttered, “Not according to the internet this week. I’m joking!”

From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2026

Francisco de Quevedo drank in long-gone watering holes where Luis de Góngora muttered his verse.

From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2026

By 02:00, the last muttered conversations faded away.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2025

Pinching his nose, he muttered something in Spanish.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman

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