to grumble
41
3.7
- verb
- /ˈɡrʌm.bəl/
:
refunfuñar
- Every time he has to do the dishes, he can't help but grumble under his breath.
- leave people grumbling
You know, if you're got your crew for free, you want to make sure they're fed and they're home at a reasonable hour and not grumbling or they're not going to come back the next day.
- You know, if you're got your crew for free, you want to make sure they're fed and they're home at a reasonable hour and not grumbling or they're not going to come back the next day.
- If you do this, if you do this and somebody grumbles at you, the answer, the correct answer is you are doing fluid dynamics research.
- And there were people like to grumble Weeds on and, you know, comedians and Ken Dodd, Roy Hard and people like that.
Examples
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And we kind of grumbled a bit and then we did it.
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After that, she sometimes grumbles about it, saying, 'I can't understand it after all.'
Academic text (2018) -
And you grumble about a bit of noise.
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All I ever get are these kind of guys that grumble out of the bedroom in the morning.
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April explained that students typically grumble when she asks them who likes to read.
Academic text (2015) -
You do the task and you complete the task and you do all of that without grumbling and complaining.
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Recently a guy came up to me and was grumbling about all the problems, the troubles, the difficulties that he was going through.
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"Sometimes you're just too smart," he grumbled and shut off the information bank.
Fiction book (1991) -
"I'm doing the best I can," Riker grumbled, more than a little annoyed at his own weakness.
Fiction book (1992) -
"That's hardly their problem," Artus grumbled, rubbing his ankle where Lugg had bitten him.
Fiction book (1992)
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To say you are unhappy about something and want it changed
211
2.8
To complain in a high, annoying voice
177
1.0
To make a low, long sound to show pain, discomfort, or displeasure
140
3.7
To speak quietly so others cannot hear, often to complain
76
2.2
To make a low, deep sound to warn or show anger
38
5.6
To complain repeatedly about small things
11
4.2
To speak in a low, quiet voice, often to complain or say something softly
8
7.4
To complain about small unimportant things
8
9.6
To complain a lot in an annoying way
6
4.1
To complain quietly about something you do not like
5
8.1
To complain in an annoying way about small things
4
6.3
To make quiet complaining sounds under your breath
4
9.9
To complain a lot about small things and annoy others
3
7.9
To keep saying you are unhappy about something
1
4.9
To complain when you are in a bad mood
1
4.1
Make a low sound or complain to show you are annoyed at something
1
6.8
To complain a lot in an annoying way
1
6.4
To complain in a bad-tempered way
1
7.3
To complain in a small, repeated way
To complain quietly because you are unhappy
To complain in a sulky, childish way about small things
To express a complaint or concern, often publicly
Antonyms
Phrasal Verbs
How Strong
- Informal
70
4.8
283
3.2
∞
1.0
41
3.7
140
3.7
11
4.2
Surface Forms
Etymology
The verb grumble meaning to complain quietly comes from the idea of making a low sound of unhappiness, so to grumble is to 'complain quietly' or speak in a low, unhappy voice.