muttersome

muttersome

English

Etymology

From mutter +‎ -some.

Adjective

muttersome (comparative more muttersome, superlative most muttersome)

1. Characterised or marked by muttering
   • 2011, Susan Musgrave, Cargo of Orchids:

     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), [...]

   • 2014, Nick Cutter, The Troop:

     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.

   • 2015, Bruce Olds, Raising Holy Hell:

     It was cold beyond knowing, and the skies were too often downcast and muttersome, and it was hard to find the purchase to grow things upon the rocks.

See also

• mumblesome