Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to mumble
Participle: mumbled
Gerund: mumbling
Indicative
Present
| I | mumble |
| you | mumble |
| he;she;it | mumbles |
| we | mumble |
| you | mumble |
| they | mumble |
Perfect
| I | have mumbled |
| you | have mumbled |
| he;she;it | has mumbled |
| we | have mumbled |
| you | have mumbled |
| they | have mumbled |
Past
| I | mumbled |
| you | mumbled |
| he;she;it | mumbled |
| we | mumbled |
| you | mumbled |
| they | mumbled |
Pluperfect
| I | had mumbled |
| you | had mumbled |
| he;she;it | had mumbled |
| we | had mumbled |
| you | had mumbled |
| they | had mumbled |
Future
| I | will mumble |
| you | will mumble |
| he;she;it | will mumble |
| we | will mumble |
| you | will mumble |
| they | will mumble |
Future Perfect
| I | will have mumbled |
| you | will have mumbled |
| he;she;it | will have mumbled |
| we | will have mumbled |
| you | will have mumbled |
| they | will have mumbled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | mumble |
| you | mumble |
| he;she;it | mumble |
| we | mumble |
| you | mumble |
| they | mumble |
Perfect
| I | have mumbled |
| you | have mumbled |
| he;she;it | have mumbled |
| we | have mumbled |
| you | have mumbled |
| they | have mumbled |
Imperfect
| I | mumbled |
| you | mumbled |
| he;she;it | mumbled |
| we | mumbled |
| you | mumbled |
| they | mumbled |
Pluperfect
| I | had mumbled |
| you | had mumbled |
| he;she;it | had mumbled |
| we | had mumbled |
| you | had mumbled |
| they | had mumbled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would mumble |
| you | would mumble |
| he;she;it | would mumble |
| we | would mumble |
| you | would mumble |
| they | would mumble |
Perfect
| I | would have mumbled |
| you | would have mumbled |
| he;she;it | would have mumbled |
| we | would have mumbled |
| you | would have mumbled |
| they | would have mumbled |
Imperative
| you | mumble |
| we | Let's mumble |
| you | mumble |
Verbs conjugated like 'mumble'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'mumble'
bumble,
fumble,
humble,
jumble,
rumble,
tumble,
amble,
bimble,
bubble,
bummle,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1325,
momelen, "to eat in a slow, ineffective manner," probably freq. of
mum (interj.). The
-b- is excrescent. Meaning "to speak indistinctly" is from 1362. The noun is first attested 1902.
2. From Middle English momelen, a frequentative of mum (sense 3) (“silent”). Compare German mümmeln, Middle Dutch mommelen and Dutch mompelen. Perhaps related to Norwegian Nynorsk mumpa (“to gum, to chew without teeth”). See: German, old spelling '
mümmeln', Dutch '
mompelen', Norwegian, nynorsk '
mumpa'.
Verbs referencing "mumble"
Swedish
mumla, Dutch
mompelen, German, old spelling
mümmeln.
Sample Sentences
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Please try not to mumble so I can hear you better.
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Peace, you mumbling fool. [c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene v]:]
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A wrinkled hag, with age grown double, / Picking dry sticks, and mumbling to herself. [1680, Thomas Otway, The Orphan:]