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verb

mutter, murmur, utter, whine, whimper, rumble, grumble, maunder, ramble on, whisper, speak indistinctly, speak inarticulately, swallow one's words*, hem and haw, slur one's speech, speak with mush in one's mouth*; see also mutter 1, stammer.

Antonyms shout, articulate, enunciate.

to mumble is to utter almost inaudible or inarticulate sounds in low tones, with the mouth nearly closed an old woman mumbling to herself; murmur implies a continuous flow of words or sounds in a low, indistinct voice and may apply to utterances of satisfaction or dissatisfaction to murmur a prayer; mutter usually suggests angry or discontented words or sounds of this kind to mutter curses

See mumble in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II

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