mumbling
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3.6
- noun
- /ˈmʌmbəlɪŋ/
:
murmullos
- Deep into the hours toward morning, when exhaustion had carried us into sleep, Jerry woke me with mumblings.
- heard mumblings
Because if it seems plausible, you know, Biden mumbling is something that happens every day.
- Because if it seems plausible, you know, Biden mumbling is something that happens every day.
- We until recent mumblings have started coming out of the SEC.
- They have the parts, but it's, I find that it's Angus kind of kind of mumbling where the parts go.
- I'm hearing chips and chirps and mumblings that Blake is throwing out the girl card, that she wants girls to stay.
Examples
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I said to her, and the smell of incense permeated the place, mumblings and ancient wood and olives, olive trees swaying in the dark; trees don't sway, their shadows do.
Fiction book (1994) -
I've always been pretty much accused of mumbling and not talking clearly.
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And from his mumblings, I learned that his business ventures were not successful, that his court-martial was again postponed, and that he was still after Congress for the money it owed him.
Fiction book (1994) -
Perhaps students will discover that scientific and historical inquiries are superior to the irrational mumblings of conspiracy theorists.
Academic text (1998) -
Nevertheless, he felt as though he understood completely, from Tomi's demented, disjointed, but not incoherent mumblings, what this woman's seventy-seven years of life had been.
Fiction book (1996) -
Many teachers complained about the student's mumbling during the exam, making it hard to understand his answers.
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His mumbling was so unclear that I could barely catch what he was trying to say.
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The child spoke in a soft mumbling voice, making it difficult for his parents to hear him.
Synonyms
45
7.2
Speech or writing that does not make sense
18
3.3
Sounds babies make before they can speak, like meaningless words
11
3.4
A low continuous sound made by voices or nature
4
7.9
Fast, unclear talk that is hard to understand
3
4.6
A low unclear sound made quietly with the lips
A low soft sound made by quiet talking without clear words
A soft low sound of many people talking at once
Speech made of baby-like, unclear sounds that do not make sense
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Mumbling comes from the old sound word mum, which meant 'be silent' or 'make a low sound'. Think of the familiar word murmur or the sound 'hum', so mumbling means speaking in a quiet, unclear way.