muttered
USMUT-urd/ˈmʌtɚd/UKMUT-uhd/ˈmʌtəd/
- 1Simple past and past participle of mutter.
The old man muttered to himself as he shuffled down the hall.
They muttered complaints about the long wait outside the office.
Note
A regular past form that does two jobs with one spelling: she muttered stands on its own, while had muttered and was muttered lean on an auxiliary. It carries every meaning of mutter, from a complaint said under one's breath to speech too soft to follow. It can even describe a low, rumbling sound, where nothing is said at all and no object follows.
muttered is a form of mutter
mutter, verb: To utter words, especially complaints or angry remarks, indistinctly and in a low voice, almost under one's breath. Full entry
- Spelling
- mutter → muttered: add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /d/.
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