Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to mutter
Participle: muttered
Gerund: muttering
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | mutter |
| you | mutter |
| he;she;it | mutters |
| we | mutter |
| you | mutter |
| they | mutter |
Perfect
| I | have muttered |
| you | have muttered |
| he;she;it | has muttered |
| we | have muttered |
| you | have muttered |
| they | have muttered |
Past
| I | muttered |
| you | muttered |
| he;she;it | muttered |
| we | muttered |
| you | muttered |
| they | muttered |
Pluperfect
| I | had muttered |
| you | had muttered |
| he;she;it | had muttered |
| we | had muttered |
| you | had muttered |
| they | had muttered |
Future
| I | will mutter |
| you | will mutter |
| he;she;it | will mutter |
| we | will mutter |
| you | will mutter |
| they | will mutter |
Future Perfect
| I | will have muttered |
| you | will have muttered |
| he;she;it | will have muttered |
| we | will have muttered |
| you | will have muttered |
| they | will have muttered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | mutter |
| you | mutter |
| he;she;it | mutter |
| we | mutter |
| you | mutter |
| they | mutter |
Perfect
| I | have muttered |
| you | have muttered |
| he;she;it | have muttered |
| we | have muttered |
| you | have muttered |
| they | have muttered |
Imperfect
| I | muttered |
| you | muttered |
| he;she;it | muttered |
| we | muttered |
| you | muttered |
| they | muttered |
Pluperfect
| I | had muttered |
| you | had muttered |
| he;she;it | had muttered |
| we | had muttered |
| you | had muttered |
| they | had muttered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would mutter |
| you | would mutter |
| he;she;it | would mutter |
| we | would mutter |
| you | would mutter |
| they | would mutter |
Perfect
| I | would have muttered |
| you | would have muttered |
| he;she;it | would have muttered |
| we | would have muttered |
| you | would have muttered |
| they | would have muttered |
Imperative
| you | mutter |
| we | Let's mutter |
| you | mutter |
Verbs conjugated like 'mutter'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'mutter'
butter,
futter,
gutter,
matter,
muster,
putter,
utter,
atter,
batter,
better,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to utter words indistinctly or with a low voice
- fumfer
- To speak unintelligibly or inaudibly; to fail to articulate.
- mumble
- to speak or make low, indistinguishable noise; to mumble
- murmur
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1374, from a common PIE imitative
*mut- "to grunt, mutter" (cf. O.N.
muðla "to murmur," L.
muttire "to mutter"), with freq. suffix
-er.
2. From Middle English muteren, moteren, of imitative origin.
3. Compare Low German mustern, musseln (“to whisper”), German muttern (“to mutter; whisper”), Old Norse muðla (“to murmur”). Compare also Latin muttīre, mutīre. See: Low Saxon 'mustern', German, old spelling '
muttern'.
Verbs referencing "mutter"
Latin
muttio.
Sample Sentences
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“ If I had the little devils ! ” muttered Haley, between his teeth.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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“ It's the only thing ye ever was persistent in, Lord knows ! ” muttered Aunt Chloe, who was getting rather restive; the merriment of the evening being to her somewhat after the Scripture comparison,—like “ vinegar upon nitre. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)