Reverse Dictionary: MUTTER

ADJECTIVES
► MUSSITANT muttering, murmuring; speaking in an undertone → 1681 obs.
► MUTTEROUS full of muttering sound, murmuring, buzzing → 1582 obs.
► MUTTERY given to muttering; of a sound: low and indistinct like muttered speech → 1843
► PAITTERING muttering, chattering → 1895 Sc.

NOUNS
► ADMURMURING a low, quiet muttering; a murmur → 1677 obs.
► DEVIL’S PATERNOSTER a muttering or grumbling; a blasphemous exclamation → L14 colloq.
► MAMMERING a muttering, a stammering → c1425 obs.
► MUMBLEMENT a muttered or mumbled utterance → 1595
► MUSSITATION a muttering, a grumbling, a mumbling, a murmuring; a speaking in a low tone → 1649
► MUTTERANCE 1. the ability to mutter → 1577 obs.
2. a muttering; a muttered utterance → 1992
► MUTTERATION a muttering → 1753 obs.
► RADOTAGE disconnected mutterings → 1828 Sc.

NOUNS – PERSON
► MUMMER a person who mutters or murmurs → 1440 obs. exc. Sc.

VERBS
► BARBETTE to mutter; to make inarticulate sounds → c1480 obs.
► BUZZ to mutter, to murmur busily; to speak indistinctly → 1555 arch.
► CHANNER to mutter, to grumble, to murmur, to fret, to complain → c1375 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► CHOUNTER ► CHUNDER ► CHUNNER ► CHUNTER to mutter, to murmur; to grumble in a discontented or ill-tempered manner → 1599
► CROOL to mutter or speak softly to oneself → 1574
► CUDDLE-MUDDLE to speak in a muttering, secret voice → 1866 Sc. (Bk.)
► DEMURMURATE to mutter, to murmur → 1641 obs.
► DRUMBLE to mutter or mumble in a sleepy, monotonous manner → 1579 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
► HARK to mutter, to whisper; to speak in one’s ear → 1583 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► HEE-HAW to mutter, to mumble, to be indecisive → L15 sl.
► HEM AND HAW to mutter, to mumble, to be indecisive → L15 sl.
► HEM-HAW to mutter, to mumble, to be indecisive → L15 sl.
► HOTTER to mutter; to stammer → 1828 N. Eng. dial.
► HUM AND HAW to mutter, to mumble, to be indecisive → 1632
► MAMBLE to mutter, to mumble; to chatter → c1275 obs.
► MAMMER to mutter, to stammer → Eng. dial.
► MODDER to mutter → 1865 Sc. obs.
► MOGGLE to mutter → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MUM to mutter, to mumble, to whisper; to speak softly or indistinctly → c1390
► MUMP to mutter, to mumble; to utter indistinctly or inarticulately, as if with toothless gums → a1586
► MUNGE to mutter, to grumble; to mope → 1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► MURGEON to mutter, to complain → 1808 Sc.,
► MURMELL to mutter, to mumble → 1546 Sc. obs.
► MUSSITATE to mutter; to speak through the teeth → 1626 obs.
► NEDEUM to mutter curses to oneself → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► PAITER to mutter; to talk incessantly; to be talkative → 1896 Sc.
► PALTER to mutter, to mumble; to speak indistinctly or idly; to say or recite in an indistinct tone → 1538 obs.
► PLAY PEASE-MUM to mutter → 1825 Sc.
► PUTTER to mutter; to grumble; to nag; to talk to oneself → 1611 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► RADOTE to mutter disconnectedly → 1595-6 Sc. obs.
► SUP UP to mutter, to mumble, to utter indistinctly → 1581 obs.