Crossword clues for grumbling
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Grumble \Grum"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Grunbled; p. pr. & vb. n. Grumbling.] [Cf. LG. grummeln, grumen, D. grommelen, grommen, and F. grommeler, of German origin; cf. W. grwm, murmur, grumble, surly. [root]35. Cf. Grum, Grim.]
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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.
--Prior. To growl; to snarl in deep tones; as, a lion grumbling over his prey.
To rumble; to make a low, harsh, and heavy sound; to mutter; as, the distant thunder grumbles.
Wiktionary
n. 1 complaining 2 rumbling vb. (present participle of grumble English)
WordNet
adj. continuous full and low-pitched throbbing sound; "the rumbling rolling sound of thunder" [syn: rumbling]
muttering discontentedly; "the grumbling boarders requested a meeting with the cook"
n. a loud low dull continuous noise; "they heard the rumbling of thunder" [syn: rumble, rumbling, grumble]
a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone [syn: grumble, murmur, murmuring, mutter, muttering]
Usage examples of "grumbling".
Then they had to be packed up again, all to grumbling and complaint and bawling up and down the line.
Siuan spent a great deal of time with Gareth Bryne for all her grumbling about the man, and he told her things.
After some grumbling about the unsociability of their companions, Buckthorn and Silverwood headed out into the night.
She heard Cheb continue to paw through the pack, grumbling and muttering under his breath, and she smiled to herself.
Burr sat hunched over the table in the cook shack, his stomach empty and grumbling, his hands circling the mug of hot coffee while he waited for Codger to cook the refried beans and eggs.
All during dinner Zarratt had been grumbling because Durand had sold out to Moyne.
Notwithstanding we thus restricted ourselves, and even loaded the carioles with part of the luggage, instead of embarking in them ourselves, we did not set out without considerable grumbling from the voyagers of both Companies, respecting the overlading of their dogs.
For some time past, it seems, dad had been grumbling about being left to himself so much, and, except this last fakement, not having anything to do with the road work.
Dair and Frain and my motherly affection for the pair of them, land aches and blisters, and grumbling on rainy days, and a feeling that each of us could depend on the others.
Grumbling and cursing, the Ertishman led the way down as soon as there was light enough to see by, and they continued their journey under the frondescence of the mountain forests.
The Gynander makes a hollow, grumbling sound in its throat, and the dead skin hiding its true face twitches slightly.
The discomfited Zabastes retired, grumbling to himself in an undertone,--and the Laureate, whose dreamy eyes had till now rested on Theos, his self constituted advocate, with an appreciative and almost tender regard, once more took up his harp, and striking a few rich, soft chords was about to sing again, when a great noise as of clanking armor was heard outside, mingled with a steadily increasing, sonorous hum of many voices and the increased tramp, tramp of marching feet.
Gray Mahatma turned and shut the gate behind me, taking no notice at all of the black brute that crouched in the other corner, grumbling and moaning rather than growling.
He had been left to cramp his haunches during those hours on a narrow chair in a draughty passage near the main stairway of the Palazzo Muti, while a contrasting assortment of whispering clerics, grumbling Scots and pinch-mouthed servants passed him heedlessly by.
Because I knew that for certain, too, that nutsy Zora, with her rages, speeches, scraps of quotes, with her warm whispers for me, her smell of lotion, her wal1eye, her midnight pacing, meetings, and constant grumbling at the way of the world-that she was swirling like some nebula around a livid core of pain.