Definition of grumbled Grumbled
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What does grumbled mean?
Part of speech
🔤WordNet
NounPlural: grumbles |
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| grumble - a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone | ||
| grumbling, murmur, murmuring, mutter, muttering | ||
| complaint (civil law) the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim for relief is based | ||
| grumble - a loud low dull continuous noise; "they heard the rumbling of thunder" | ||
| rumble, rumbling, grumbling | ||
| noise incomprehensibility resulting from irrelevant information or meaningless facts or remarks; "all the noise in his speech concealed the fact that he didn't have anything to say" | ||
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| grumble - to utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds; "he grumbled a rude response"; "Stones grumbled down the cliff" | ||
| growl, rumble | ||
| let loose, emit, let out, utter expel (gases or odors) | ||
| grumble - make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath; "she grumbles when she feels overworked" | ||
| murmur, mutter, croak, gnarl | ||
| kvetch, plain, quetch, complain, sound off, kick make a formal accusation; bring a formal charge; "The plaintiff's lawyer complained that he defendant had physically abused his client" | ||
| grumble - show one's unhappiness or critical attitude; "He scolded about anything that he thought was wrong"; "We grumbled about the increased work load" | ||
| grouch, scold | ||
| kvetch, plain, quetch, complain, sound off, kick make a formal accusation; bring a formal charge; "The plaintiff's lawyer complained that he defendant had physically abused his client" | ||
| grumble - make a low noise; "rumbling thunder" | ||
| rumble | ||
| sound, go appear in a certain way; "This sounds interesting" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- grumble (Noun)
A low thundering, rumbling or growling sound. - grumble (Noun)
The sound made by a hungry stomach. - grumble (Noun)
A complaint. - grumble (Verb)
To make a low, growling or rumbling noise, like a hungry stomach or certain animals. - grumble (Verb)
To complain; to murmur or mutter with discontent; to make ill-natured complaints in a low voice and a surly manner. - grumble (Verb)
To utter in a grumbling fashion.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- grumble (v. i.)
To murmur or mutter with discontent; to make ill-natured complaints in a low voice and a surly manner. - grumble (v. i.)
To growl; to snarl in deep tones; as, a lion grumbling over his prey. - grumble (v. i.)
To rumble; to make a low, harsh, and heavy sound; to mutter; as, the distant thunder grumbles. - grumble (v. t.)
To express or utter with grumbling. - grumble (n.)
The noise of one that grumbles. - grumble (n.)
A grumbling, discontented disposition.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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grumble
grum′bl, v.i. to murmur with discontent: to growl: to rumble.—n. the act of grumbling.—ns. Grum′bler; Grumbletō′nian, one of the country party as opposed to the court party, after 1689.—adv. Grum′blingly. [Old Dut. grommelen, freq. of grommen to mutter.]
Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 👅
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grumble
To grumble in the gizzard; to murmur or repine. He grumbled like a bear with a sore head.
