grumbling
Meaning of grumbling
noun
- the action or fact of complaining in a bad-tempered way.
despite his grumbling, he tried to exercise every day
there were grumblings from the trustees
- expressing a complaint in a bad-tempered way.
grumbling employees said they were prevented from accessing e-commerce sites
- making a low rumbling sound.
you don't have to sacrifice your diet to silence a grumbling stomach
the convoy was not moving, the grumbling engines idling anxiously in the fog
- 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
late 16th century: from obsolete grumme (probably of Germanic origin and related to Dutch grommen ) + -le4.
Information about grumbling
- The plural form of grumbling is: grumblings.
- Languages in which grumbling is used:
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Hyphenation of grumbling
grum-bling
- It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
- grumbling is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
grumbling synonyms
Meaning rumbling:
Meaning rumble:
Meaning grumble:
grumble, murmur, murmuring, mutter, muttering
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 voice one's discontent ill-temperedly; grumble:
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 an animal, especially a dog) make a low guttural sound in the throat:
Meaning (of a lion or other large wild animal) utter a full, deep, prolonged cry:
Words that rhyme with grumbling
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