mutter
/ˈmʌtə/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈmʌtə/
mutter
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Stress
- 1st syllable stress
- Vowel
- Schwa vowel
- Ending
- Final r is pronounced in US English
mut - ter -> mutter
Myanmar meaning
(v) ရေရွတ်သည်။ တတွတ်တွတ်ပြောသည်။ တွတ်ထိုးသည်။ တိုးတိုးပြောသည်။ (n) ရေရွတ်သံ။
Full entry
mutter / 'mʌtǝ(r) / v
၁။ ~ (sth) (to sb/ oneself) (about sth) ရေရွတ်သည်။ တတွတ်တွတ် ပြောသည်။ Don't mutter! I can't hear you. ❍ Sarah was muttering (away) to herself as she washed the dishes. ❍ He muttered something (to the sales assistant) about losing his wallet.
၂။ ~ (about/ against/ at sb/ sth) တွတ်ထိုးသည်။ တိုးတိုးပြောသည်။ For some time people had been muttering about the way she ran the shop.
n (usu sing ) ရေရွတ်သံ။
❏ muttering / 'mʌtǝrÇŋ / n [U]
(က) ရေရွတ်ခြင်း။
(ခ) (also mutterings [pl]) ပွစိပွစိ လုပ်ခြင်း။ ရေရွတ်ခြင်း။
More examples
- He muttered an apology and then left.
- ‘That’s a matter of opinion, ’ she muttered under her breath.
- [mutter (something) about someone/something] : Her husband muttered something about going out to find her.
- [mutter to yourself] : He turned and went upstairs, muttering to himself.
- [mutter about] : People began muttering about the unfair way he was being treated.
Synonyms
murmur, speak softly, talk softly, mumble, whisper, bellyache, burble, complain, croak, divulgence, drone, gabble, groan, grouch, grouse, growl, grumble, grunt, hushed tone, low tone, low voice, moan, monotone, muddle, murmuration, rumble, secret message, slur, snarl, sputter, stage whisper, susurration, susurrus, swallow, undertone, vocalism, vocalization, voice, witter
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