muttering


muttering (http://definr.com/muttering)

     adj : speaking low and indistinctly; "a mumbling parson stood
           beside the dying man"; "muttering crowds of onlookers"
           [syn: mumbling]
     n 1: a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by
          movement of the lips without the production of
          articulate speech [syn: mutter, murmur, murmuring,
           murmuration, mussitation]
     2: a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone [syn: grumble,
         grumbling, murmur, murmuring, mutter]