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muttersome

muttersome adjective: characterised or marked by muttering.

Adjective

muttersome (comparative more muttersome, superlative most muttersome)

  1. Characterised or marked by muttering
    • On the day following my arrest, my hair would be described as “torrential” on the front page of every newspaper in North America (it had rained that morning, and a muttersome wind had followed me from the detention centre to the courthouse), [...]2011, Susan Musgrave, Cargo of Orchids
    • Wind howled along the earth, attaining a voice as it gusted around the rocks and spindly trees: a low muttersome sound like children whispering at the bottom of a well.2014, Nick Cutter, The Troop

Forms of muttersome

comparativemore muttersome
superlativemost muttersome

Origin of muttersome

From mutter + -some.

Questions about muttersome

What does muttersome mean?
Muttersome means characterised or marked by muttering.
What part of speech is muttersome?
Muttersome is an adjective.

Words near muttersome in the dictionary

  1. muttereth
  2. muttering
  3. mutteringly
  4. mutterings
  5. mutters
  6. muttersome
  7. muttery
  8. Mutti
  9. Muttis
  10. muttish
  11. muttly

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