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Grumble   /grˈəmbəl/   Listen
verb
Grumble  v. t.  To express or utter with grumbling.


Grumble  v. i.  (past & past part. grunbled; pres. part. grumbling)  
1.
To murmur or mutter with discontent; to make ill-natured complaints in a low voice and a surly manner. "L'Avare, not using half his store, Still grumbles that he has no more."
2.
To growl; to snarl in deep tones; as, a lion grumbling over his prey.
3.
To rumble; to make a low, harsh, and heavy sound; to mutter; as, the distant thunder grumbles.


noun
Grumble  n.  
1.
The noise of one that grumbles.
2.
A grumbling, discontented disposition. "A bad case of grumble."





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"Grumble" Quotes from Famous Books



... which was surrounded by the cells, the refectory, and the domestic buildings of the monks. The erection of the castle is dated in the twelfth century, and from this time we may consider the older abbey buildings around the church to have been deserted and left to ruin; but we can hardly grumble at a transfer which has given us so curious a combination of military and monastic architecture in the ...
— Stray Studies from England and Italy • John Richard Green
... time he had worried aloud about her task. Yet she was secretly troubled. It gave her a headache to climb down the four flights of stairs from their flat. The acrid dust of the city streets stung her eyes, the dissonant grumble of a million hurrying noises dizzied her, and she would stand on a street-corner for five minutes before daring to cross. When Father told her that all the buying was done, and awaiting her approval, ...
— The Innocents - A Story for Lovers • Sinclair Lewis
... he made his report as cheerful as he could, but he could not make it a particularly brilliant one, although he did his best. He was one of those men who grumble at trifles, but are unusually bright and cheerful in the presence of a great emergency. The sneer had left his face, the cynical accent had disappeared from his voice; he employed all his social gifts, which were naturally great, for the entertainment ...
— Under False Pretences - A Novel • Adeline Sergeant
... wonder I grumble at times, With women so pretty and plenty, To know that I never was born To figure as one of the Twenty; But yet, when the average lot With critical vision I scan, I think it may be for the best That I'm ...
— Standard Selections • Various
... regarded the late king's action with little favour. Lincoln, the wisest and most influential of the earls, even found reasons for the grant of Cornwall to Gaveston, and kept in check his son-in-law, Earl Thomas of Lancaster, who was the most disposed to grumble at the elevation of the Gascon favourite. Gilbert of Gloucester was but newly come to his earldom. He was personally attached to the king, his old playmate and uncle, and was not unfriendly to his Gascon brother-in-law. The recent concentration of ...
— The History of England - From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) • T.F. Tout


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