Grumbler
noun
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A person who persistently grumbles; a complainer.
"But the grumbler must be heard through the newspapers, and a great deal of unpleasantness comes to newspapers from the grumbler; and the newspapers, and not the grumbler, nearly always have to take the brunt of the trouble."
- 2 a person given to excessive complaints and crying and whining wordnet
Example
More examples"But the grumbler must be heard through the newspapers, and a great deal of unpleasantness comes to newspapers from the grumbler; and the newspapers, and not the grumbler, nearly always have to take the brunt of the trouble."
Etymology
From grumble + -er.
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