grumble
Meaning of grumble
verb
- complain about something in a bad-tempered way.
‘I'm getting old,’ she grumbled
the cashier grumbled about changing Swiss money
his father was grumbling that he hadn't heard from him
- make a low rumbling sound.
thunder was grumbling somewhere in the distance
- (of an internal organ) give intermittent discomfort.
my appendix grumbled for years before it finally got serious
- a complaint.
the main grumble is that he spends too much time away
- a low rumbling sound.
in the distance, I heard a grumble of thunder
late 16th century: from obsolete grumme (probably of Germanic origin and related to Dutch grommen ) + -le4.
Information about grumble
- The plural form of grumble is: grumbles.
- Languages in which grumble is used:
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Hyphenation of grumble
grum-ble
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- grumble is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
grumble synonyms
Meaning rumble:
Meaning grumbling:
grumbling, murmur, murmuring, mutter, muttering
Meaning grouch:
Meaning murmur:
Meaning growl:
Meaning express dissatisfaction or annoyance about something:
Meaning complain or grumble, typically about something trivial:
Meaning complain; grumble:
Meaning give or make a long, high-pitched complaining cry or sound:
Meaning a medium to large game bird with a plump body and feathered legs, the male being larger and more brightly coloured than the female:
Meaning speak or complain in a weak, querulous, or foolish way:
Meaning a deep-bodied freshwater fish, typically with barbels around the mouth. Carp are farmed for food in some parts of the world and are often kept in large ponds:
Meaning make petty or unnecessary objections:
Meaning express an objection to what someone has said or done:
Meaning make a fuss; moan:
Meaning wind or cause to wind round something:
Meaning complain noisily or persistently:
Meaning complain:
Meaning make spitefully critical comments:
Meaning complain persistently and in a peevish or irritating way:
Meaning complain about something in a persistent, irritating way:
Meaning (of hair or fur) having dark and white hairs mixed:
Meaning talk or grumble monotonously:
Meaning bring (something) into existence:
Meaning complain persistently:
Meaning (of a small bird or an insect) make a short, sharp, high-pitched sound:
Meaning copy (another person's work) illicitly or without acknowledgement:
Meaning talk casually, especially on unimportant matters; chat:
Meaning make a hollow bubbling sound like that made by water running out of a bottle:
Meaning (of a lion or other large wild animal) utter a full, deep, prolonged cry:
Meaning a statement that something is unsatisfactory or unacceptable:
Meaning a feeling of resentment over something believed to be wrong or unfair:
Meaning an expression or feeling of disapproval or opposition; a reason for disagreeing:
Meaning an emphatic declaration in response to doubt or accusation:
Meaning a slight objection or criticism about a trivial matter:
Meaning the expression of disapproval of someone or something on the basis of perceived faults or mistakes:
Meaning a price asked for goods or services:
Meaning a charge or claim that someone has done something illegal or wrong:
Meaning the action or practice of making spitefully critical comments:
Meaning voice one's discontent ill-temperedly; grumble:
Meaning an accusation or charge:
Words that rhyme with grumble
Amble, Gamble, amble, bescramble, bramble, cramble, descramble, famble, gamble, hamble, outgamble, overgamble, peramble, praeamble, preamble, ramble, regamble, rescramble, scamble, scramble, shamble, unscramble, wamble, whamble, Bremble, Kemble, assemble, atremble, disassemble, dissemble, ensemble, jemble, misassemble, preassemble, preresemble, reassemble, remble, resemble, semble, subassemble, tremble, Bimble, Gimble, Kimble, Trimble, chimble, crimble, dimble, fimble, gimble
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