to grizzle
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8.2
- verb
- /ˈɡrɪzəl/
- UK
Examples
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Just sit around, grizzle about it?
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Nagging you, grizzling about what I want.
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She's grizzling all the night, bless her.
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But where I met a very nice black dog, an aging Lab, slightly grizzled around the jaw, with large, kind, gentle, and hopeful dark brown eyes.
Fiction book (1997) -
The chair is the color of Joshua's chin and cheeks grizzled with a three-day beard, and I made a note of that in my mind.
Fiction book (1992) -
If your Friday night meal at a new restaurant is inedible, sure you'll grizzle, but by Monday you'll be over it, and it certainly won't stop you from trying a new restaurant the following week.
Blog text (19) -
I heard him grizzle about the delays in his order again.
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Stop grizzling and just enjoy the game!
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She always grizzles when she has to do chores.
Synonyms
253
2.8
To complain in a high, annoying voice
25
5.6
To complain repeatedly about small things
20
9.0
Talk loudly for a long time while complaining
14
9.6
To complain a lot in an annoying way
14
7.4
To complain about small unimportant things
10
3.2
A quiet complaint that shows someone is unhappy
10
4.1
To complain quietly about something you do not like
10
8.7
Complain a lot in a dramatic way about something that upsets you
9
6.8
To complain a lot in an annoying way
7
8.1
To complain in an annoying way about small things
6
9.9
To complain often about small things
5
9.9
To complain a lot about small things and annoy others
2
7.3
To complain in a small, repeated way
1
6.4
To complain in a bad-tempered way
1
4.9
To complain when you are in a bad mood
1
5.9
A quiet complaint said softly by people who disagree
1
9.9
Make a loud, rough sound like a shout to show anger or complaint
1
6.6
Saying the same small complaints again and again
1
9.8
Crying or complaining in a weak, childish way
1
9.9
To complain quietly because you are unhappy
Act like a person who complains a lot to get sympathy
How Complaining
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word grizzle is easy to remember: it sounds like a small 'grr' of anger mixed with a quiet whine. It originally meant 'to make a low, whining sound', so today grizzle means 'to complain' or 'to sulk' in a small, childish way.