grumble

Meaning of grumble

verb
  1. 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
  2. make a low rumbling sound.
    thunder was grumbling somewhere in the distance
  3. (of an internal organ) give intermittent discomfort.
    my appendix grumbled for years before it finally got serious
noun
  1. a complaint.
    the main grumble is that he spends too much time away
  2. 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.
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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:

rumble, rumbling, grumbling

Meaning grumbling:

grumbling, murmur, murmuring, mutter, muttering

Meaning grouch:

grouch, scold

Meaning murmur:

murmur, mutter, croak, gnarl

Meaning growl:

growl, rumble

Meaning express dissatisfaction or annoyance about something:

complain

Meaning complain or grumble, typically about something trivial:

moan

Meaning complain; grumble:

groan

Meaning give or make a long, high-pitched complaining cry or sound:

whine

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:

grouse

Meaning speak or complain in a weak, querulous, or foolish way:

bleat

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:

carp

Meaning make petty or unnecessary objections:

cavil

Meaning express an objection to what someone has said or done:

protest

Meaning make a fuss; moan:

mither

Meaning wind or cause to wind round something:

twine

Meaning complain noisily or persistently:

bellyache, bellyaching

Meaning complain:

beef, beefing

Meaning make spitefully critical comments:

bitch

Meaning complain persistently and in a peevish or irritating way:

whinge, whingeing

Meaning complain about something in a persistent, irritating way:

gripe

Meaning (of hair or fur) having dark and white hairs mixed:

grizzle

Meaning talk or grumble monotonously:

chunter

Meaning bring (something) into existence:

create

Meaning complain persistently:

kvetch

Meaning (of a small bird or an insect) make a short, sharp, high-pitched sound:

chirp

Meaning copy (another person's work) illicitly or without acknowledgement:

crib

Meaning talk casually, especially on unimportant matters; chat:

natter

Meaning make a hollow bubbling sound like that made by water running out of a bottle:

gurgle

Meaning (of a lion or other large wild animal) utter a full, deep, prolonged cry:

roar

Meaning a statement that something is unsatisfactory or unacceptable:

complaint

Meaning a feeling of resentment over something believed to be wrong or unfair:

grievance

Meaning an expression or feeling of disapproval or opposition; a reason for disagreeing:

objection

Meaning an emphatic declaration in response to doubt or accusation:

protestation

Meaning a slight objection or criticism about a trivial matter:

quibble

Meaning the expression of disapproval of someone or something on the basis of perceived faults or mistakes:

criticism

Meaning a price asked for goods or services:

charge

Meaning a charge or claim that someone has done something illegal or wrong:

accusation

Meaning the action or practice of making spitefully critical comments:

bitching

Meaning voice one's discontent ill-temperedly; grumble:

grouching

Meaning an accusation or charge:

plaint

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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