Begrumble

adj, verb

adj, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To grumble. intransitive

    "Then why should people begrumble to pay a decent price for the upkeep of the great picture gallery of the world, universal Nature, teeming with the masterpieces of the master artist Nature?"

  2. 2
    To grumble at or to. transitive

    "Scratcheting roof-possums haunt gamely chomp & claw - preening in midnight garrets above our bed begrumbling us our sleep sometimes"

Adjective
  1. 1
    damned; blasted not-comparable

    "“All right, all right,” Gloria complained, “if you're so dead set on your begrumbled frog. […]”"

Example

More examples

"Then why should people begrumble to pay a decent price for the upkeep of the great picture gallery of the world, universal Nature, teeming with the masterpieces of the master artist Nature?"

Etymology

From be- (“about”) + grumble.

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