mutterer
- noun
- /ˈmʌtərər/
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murmurador
- The mutterer in the café often spoke to himself so that only the nearby patrons could hear his complaints.
Standing uneven, a slant in the street like the corner mutterer covered with a quilt, bloated with poisonous fill.
- Standing uneven, a slant in the street like the corner mutterer covered with a quilt, bloated with poisonous fill.
Examples
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Standing uneven, a slant in the street like the corner mutterer covered with a quilt, bloated with poisonous fill.
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In the corner of the library, an old man sat quietly as a mutterer, softly grumbling about the state of the world.
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Now and again, a persistent last-minute mutterer has something to say.
Fiction book (1996) -
Captive mutterers
Fiction book (1990) -
As a member of the bourgeoisie, which is what I am, I live quietly in Ann Arbor, Michigan, a city of ghosts and mutterers.
Fiction book (1998) -
Archambeau is a wise and honest writer in assessing the pitfalls of poetry, and the shifting nature of the poet's role as public intellectual or private mutterer in the larger, noisier culture that has never really privileged poetry to the extent that the myth and history of its privilege purports.
Blog text (2) -
During the meeting, a mutterer often interrupted with low murmurs that made it hard for others to concentrate.
Synonyms
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A person who speaks quietly so others cannot understand them
A person who speaks in a soft voice that is hard to hear
A person who speaks quietly and unclearly so others cannot understand
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Morphology
Etymology
Mutterer comes from the verb mutter, a word that copies a soft, unclear sound people make when they speak under their breath. So, a mutterer is someone who 'mumbles' or speaks quietly and unclearly, making them hard to understand.