[{"word":"mutters","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"A repressed or obscure utterance; an instance of muttering.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The prisoners were docile, and accepted their lot with barely a mutter."}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To utter words, especially complaints or angry expressions, indistinctly or with a low voice and lips partly closed; to say under one's breath.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The beggar muttered words of thanks, as passersby dropped coins in his cup."},{"definition":"To speak softly and incoherently, or with imperfect articulations.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The asylum inmate muttered some doggerel about chains and pains to himself, over and over."},{"definition":"To make a sound with a low, rumbling noise.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"April could hear the delivery van's engine muttering in the driveway."}],"synonyms":["growl","putter","rumble","babble","mumble","murmur","ramble","stutter","growl","grumble","mumble"],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mutter","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mutters"]}]