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Grumbling   /grˈəmbəlɪŋ/  /grˈəmblɪŋ/   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.





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"Grumbling" Quotes from Famous Books



... talk any more, and I did not want to have to smile or look at any one. I threw myself down on the floor, and was deaf to the knocks on my door and to Jarrett's supplications. I did not want to argue the matter, so I did not utter a word. I heard the murmur of grumbling voices, and Jarrett's words tactfully persuading the visitors to stay. I heard the rustle of paper being pushed under the door, and Madame Guerard whispering to ...
— My Double Life - The Memoirs of Sarah Bernhardt • Sarah Bernhardt
... to hold back from this command, but grumbling at every bit of the process, tied on the veil, and then sat up very cross and stiff through ...
— Five Little Peppers at School • Margaret Sidney
... old. Fitzgerald hadn't noticed the change before; but it certainly was a fact that his face was thinner than when they put out to sea. Cathewe, his pipe still between his teeth, absently drew his shirt over his head. The pipe fell to the rug and he stamped out the coals, grumbling. ...
— A Splendid Hazard • Harold MacGrath
... head out of the shallow cave. The bull charged, backed down, and amused himself by tossing dirt over his shoulders and grumbling ...
— Partners of Chance • Henry Herbert Knibbs
... to mention another reason why Hood will go to Tusomnbia before crossing the Tennessee River. He was evidently out of supplies. His men were all grumbling; the first thing the prisoners asked for was something to eat. Hood could not get any thing if he should cross this side ...
— Memoirs of Three Civil War Generals, Complete • U. S. Grant, W. T. Sherman, P. H. Sheridan


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