grumble
verb
[ ˈɡrʌmb(ə)l ]
• complain about something in a bad-tempered way.
• "‘I'm getting old,’ she grumbled"
Similar:
complain,
moan,
groan,
whine,
mutter,
grouse,
bleat,
carp,
cavil,
protest,
object to,
speak out against,
find fault with,
mither,
twine,
bellyache,
beef,
bitch,
grouch,
sound off,
go on,
pick holes in,
whinge,
gripe,
grizzle,
chunter,
create,
kvetch,
chirp,
crib,
natter,
plain over,
• make a low rumbling sound.
• "thunder was grumbling somewhere in the distance"
• (of an internal organ) give intermittent discomfort.
• "my appendix grumbled for years before it finally got serious"
grumble
noun
• a complaint.
• "the main grumble is that he spends too much time away"
Similar:
complaint,
moan,
groan,
whine,
muttering,
grievance,
objection,
protest,
protestation,
cavil,
quibble,
criticism,
charge,
accusation,
grouse,
grouch,
beef,
beefing,
bellyaching,
bitching,
grouching,
whinge,
gripe,
whingeing,
plaint,
• a low rumbling sound.
• "in the distance, I heard a grumble of thunder"
Origin:
late 16th century: from obsolete grumme (probably of Germanic origin and related to Dutch grommen ) + -le4.
