mumbled
SayMUM-buhld/ˈmʌmbəld/
- 1Simple past and past participle of mumble.
The witness mumbled his testimony until the judge asked him to speak up.
His directions were mumbled too quickly for any of us to follow.
Note
One spelling does two jobs here: the plain past (she mumbled) and the participle after have or be (has mumbled, was mumbled). Because mumble takes an object as readily as it stands alone, the passive comes naturally, as in an apology mumbled at the floor. The form also carries the chewing sense: a dog mumbled its bone, working it gently with closed lips.
mumbled is a form of mumble
mumble, verb: To speak unclearly or too quietly to be understood, without forming the words distinctly. Full entry
- Spelling
- mumble → mumbled: add -d
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /d/.
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