Mumbling

Definition of Mumbling

The act of speaking or uttering in a low, indistinct or inarticulate manner.

How should Mumbling divide into syllables

The word 'mumbling' has 3 syllables. The syllables are 'mum' and 'bling'. The vowel sounds are 'u' and 'i' in 'mum' and 'i' in 'bling'. The consonant sounds are 'm' and 'b' in 'mum' and 'b', 'l', 'n', and 'g' in 'bling'.

Part of Speech - Mumbling

His mumbling made it difficult to understand what he was saying.

She was mumbling to herself while studying for the test.

Sentences with Mumbling

• He was mumbling apologies for his mistake.
• The old man was mumbling to himself as he walked down the street.
• I couldn't understand what she was saying because she was mumbling.
• Stop mumbling and speak clearly so we can hear you.
• She was caught mumbling the answer to the test under her breath.
• The child was mumbling a nursery rhyme while playing.
• Her constant mumbling was starting to annoy me.
• The mumbling in the crowd made it hard to hear the speaker.
• He was mumbling his lines during the play rehearsal.
• The mumbling of the distant thunder created a calming atmosphere.

Quotes with Mumbling

• The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't said. - Peter Drucker
• Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall. - Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
• Mumbling is the vice of the solitary. - Thomas Carlyle
• Mumbling is the armor of the mean. - Charles Dickens
• What is called eloquence in the forum is commonly found to be rhetoric in the study. - Thoreau
• We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out. - Winston Churchill
• The wise speak when they have something to say, fools speak because they have to say something. - Plato
• Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech. - Martin Fraquhar Tupper
• We speak not only to tell other people what we think, but to tell ourselves what we think. - Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
• It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt of it. - Maurice Switzer
• He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words. - Elbert Hubbard
• Speech is the mirror of the soul; as a man speaks, so is he. - Publilius Syrus
• The tongue is the only tool that gets sharper with use. - Washington Irving
• Speech is the small change of silence. - George Meredith
• By swallowing evil words unsaid, no one has ever harmed his stomach. - Winston Churchill
• Words are free. It's how you use them that may cost you. - KushandWizdom
• Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn. - George Bernard Shaw
• Words are but pictures of our thoughts. - John Dryden
• Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill. - Buddha
• We often speak of love when we really should be speaking of the drive to dominate or control, lust, or simply physical attraction. - John Bradshaw

Number of characters in Mumbling

8 ( m, u, m, b, l, i, n, g )

Unique letters in Mumbling

7 ( m, u, b, l, i, n, g )

Mumbling Backwards

gnilbmum

Phonetic Transcription of Mumbling

IPA (International): ˈmʌmbʌlɪŋ

ARA (American): ˈmʌmbʌlɪŋ

EPA (English): ˈmʌmbʌlɪŋ

MAH-MBAH-LIH-NG

Phonetic Transcription of Mumbling

IPA (International): ˈmʌmblɪŋ

ARA (American): ˈmʌmblɪŋ

EPA (English): ˈmʌmblɪŋ

MAH-MBLIH-NG