grumbling
noun
[ ˈɡrʌmblɪŋ ]
• the action or fact of complaining in a bad-tempered way.
• "despite his grumbling, he tried to exercise every day"
grumbling
adjective
• expressing a complaint in a bad-tempered way.
• "grumbling employees said they were prevented from accessing e-commerce sites"
• making a low rumbling sound.
• "you don't have to sacrifice your diet to silence a grumbling stomach"
grumble
verb
• 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"
Origin:
late 16th century: from obsolete grumme (probably of Germanic origin and related to Dutch grommen ) + -le4.
