Deplore Outspoken Insult Thats Mumbled On Stage Crossword Clue

We think the answer is "RHUBARB" which means:

noun
• • Long pinkish sour leafstalks usually eaten cooked and sweetened
• • Plants having long green or reddish acidic leafstalks growing in basal clumps; stems (and only the stems) are edible when cooked; leaves are poisonous
verb
• • Of fighter aircraft: to fire at a target opportunistically.
• • (originally theater) of an actor in a film, stage play, etc.: to repeat the word rhubarb to create the sound of indistinct conversation; hence, to converse indistinctly, to mumble.
• • To articulate indistinctly or mumble (words or phrases); to say inconsequential or vague things because one does not know what to say, or to stall for time.
adjective
• • Of the colour of rhubarb: either brownish-yellow (the colour of rhubarb rhizomes and roots used for medicinal purposes), or pale red (often the colour of the leafstalks of common rhubarb).

An example sentence would be:

• • "I made a delicious rhubarb pie for dessert."
• • "She grows rhubarb in her garden every summer."

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