Grumble
['grʌmb(ə)l] or ['ɡrʌmbl]
Definition
(noun.) a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone.
(verb.) to utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds; 'he grumbled a rude response'; 'Stones grumbled down the cliff'.
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Definition
(v. i.) To murmur or mutter with discontent; to make ill-natured complaints in a low voice and a surly manner.
(v. i.) To growl; to snarl in deep tones; as, a lion grumbling over his prey.
(v. i.) To rumble; to make a low, harsh, and heavy sound; to mutter; as, the distant thunder grumbles.
(v. t.) To express or utter with grumbling.
(n.) The noise of one that grumbles.
(n.) A grumbling, discontented disposition.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. [1]. Complain, murmur, repine, croak, find fault.[2]. Growl, snarl, gnarl.[3]. Rumble, roar.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See GROWL]
Checker: Wilbur
Definition
v.i. to murmur with discontent: to growl: to rumble.—n. the act of grumbling.—ns. Grum′bler; Grumbletō′nian one of the country party as opposed to the court party after 1689.—adv. Grum′blingly.
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Examples
- Nay, said the Knight, an he have the gift of showing my road, I shall not grumble with him that he desires to make it pleasant. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- I've heard you often enough, mother, grumble at the English Sunday when we've been in London. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- It's all very fine,' Lavinia began to grumble, when Mrs Wilfer repeated: 'Hold! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Never mind the commoners, whom we will leave to grumble anonymously. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I will never grumble on that subject again. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- But she says it has been a hard week for her, so we mustn't grumble but take care of ourselves. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Let them but once clearly perceive that its grand principle is to make business for itself at their expense, and surely they will cease to grumble. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- When I was at home, and only knew what it was to be poor, I grumbled but didn't so much mind. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- In secret, too, grumbled the gaoler, looking at the written paper. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- I don't see why,' grumbled the son. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- It will hardly be enough to pay the inn bill, grumbled the Guardsman. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The black grumbled something that I could not understand, and then I heard him unlocking the door into one of the other cells on the further side. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- At least Mr. Crawley grumbled a good deal about paying half as much to Miss Hester for her constant attendance upon the Baronet his father. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- This lamp is smoking again; I should think the servants might see that it's kept properly trimmed, he grumbled nervously. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- However, this was as good a road as we had found in Palestine, and possibly even the best, and so there was not much grumbling. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I have not been in town half-a-dozen hours, and those I have been dozing and grumbling away at the play. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I should hear less grumbling when my tithe is paid. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- She was speaking, but I could not hear what she said, nor could I make out the low grumbling of his reply. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- It won't do to begin making a fuss about one, said Mr. Vincy, wishing to combine a little grumbling with domestic cheerfulness. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- It appears to me,' said Mr Boffin, grumbling over the fire in an injured manner, 'that the right is with me, if it's anywhere. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Fortifying himself with this assurance, Sikes drained the glass to the bottom, and then, with many grumbling oaths, called for his physic. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- She grumbles so much about the stairs at Heston; and the girl is to have that sloping attic over your room and mamma's. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
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