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Grumble
Definitions
- 1 A high thundering, rumbling or growling sound. onomatopoeic
- 2 a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone wordnet
- 3 The sound made by a hungry stomach.
- 4 a loud low dull continuous noise wordnet
- 5 A surly complaint.
"That whiner is never without a grumble to share."
- 1 To make a low, growling or rumbling noise, like a hungry stomach or certain animals. intransitive
"The distant thunder grumbles."
- 2 make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath wordnet
- 3 To complain; to murmur or mutter with discontent; to make ill-natured complaints in a low voice and a surly manner. intransitive
"He grumbles about the food constantly, but has yet to learn to cook."
- 4 show one's unhappiness or critical attitude wordnet
- 5 To utter in a grumbling fashion. transitive
"He grumbled that there was no grain "in the country" and that people were talking instead of working to provide it."
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- 6 to utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds wordnet
- 7 make a low noise wordnet
Etymology
Probably from Middle French grommeler, from Old French grumeler (“to murmur, grumble”), from Middle Dutch *grommelen ("to murmur, mutter, grunt"; > Modern Dutch grommelen (“to grumble”)), frequentative of Middle Dutch grommen (“to growl, grunt”). Cognate with Middle Low German grummelen (> Low German grummeln (“to grumble”)), German grummeln (“to grumble”), Norwegian dialectal grymja (“to growl, grunt”).
Probably from Middle French grommeler, from Old French grumeler (“to murmur, grumble”), from Middle Dutch *grommelen ("to murmur, mutter, grunt"; > Modern Dutch grommelen (“to grumble”)), frequentative of Middle Dutch grommen (“to growl, grunt”). Cognate with Middle Low German grummelen (> Low German grummeln (“to grumble”)), German grummeln (“to grumble”), Norwegian dialectal grymja (“to growl, grunt”).
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