Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with mutter in American Collocation
mutter
verb
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What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
US
/ˈmʌtər/
in an angry or threatening way
angrily
darkly
‘I won’t be responsible for what I do to that cat if he comes back,’ she muttered darkly.
quietly
quietly
under your breath
A visitor was heard to mutter under his breath that he did not believe a word of it.
apology
curse
expletive
oath
prayer
remark
something
threat
word
He was last seen wandering towards the exit muttering something about trying to hire a car.