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.
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Grumbler
Synonyms for "grumbler" (56 found)
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21 translations across 9 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- γογγυστής noun (a person who persistently grumbles)
Catalan
2 entries- botzinaire noun (a person who persistently grumbles)
- rondinaire noun (a person who persistently grumbles)
Chinese
1 entries- 发牢骚的人 noun (a person who persistently grumbles)
Finnish
1 entries- valittaja noun (a person who persistently grumbles)
Manx
3 entries- accanagh noun (a person who persistently grumbles)
- talleyder noun (a person who persistently grumbles)
- trughanagh noun (a person who persistently grumbles)
Polish
2 entries- maruda noun (a person who persistently grumbles)
- zrzęda noun (a person who persistently grumbles)
Russian
3 entries- ворчу́н noun (a person who persistently grumbles)
- ворчу́нья noun (a person who persistently grumbles)
- ворчу́шка noun (a person who persistently grumbles)
Swedish
4 entries- brumbjörn noun (a person who persistently grumbles)
- gnällpipa noun (a person who persistently grumbles)
- gnällspik noun (a person who persistently grumbles)
- knarr noun (a person who persistently grumbles)
Welsh
2 entries- grwgnachwr noun (a person who persistently grumbles)
- grwgnachwraig noun (a person who persistently grumbles)
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