grunting

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of GRUNTING

speech that is not clear enough to be understood <says he talks in his sleep, but really it's just snorts and grunting>

Synonyms grunt, grunting, murmur, murmuring, mutter, muttering

Related Words rumor, undertone, whisper; babble, babbling, blab, blabbing, chatter, chattering, drivel, driveling (or drivelling), gabble, gabbling, jabber, jabbering, maundering, prattle, prattling, rambling

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