Mumbling and Silent

Mumbling

Mumbling noun - Indistinct enunciation.
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Synonyms for Mumbling

Silent and mumbling are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Silent" instead an adjective "Mumbling".

Nearby Words: mumble, mumbled

Silent

Silent adjective - Deliberately refraining from speech.

Mumbling and silent are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Mumbling" instead an adjective "Silent".

Nearby Words: silence, silently

Both words in one sentence

  • Western Animation / The Illusionist Silence Is Golden: A majority of the film is silent, save for a few moments of light dialogue and incomprehensible mumbling. Squee!
  • Nelson in Full Frontal Nerdity somehow managed to respond even worse to the Red Wedding in Game of Thrones than his co-gamers, spending an entire strip silent apart from mumbling a little and bearing a traumatised expression.
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