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   grumble

   /ˈɡrʌmbl/

   verb

   • 1. complain about something in a bad-tempered way: "‘I'm getting old,’ she grumbled" Similar complainmoangroanwhinemuttergrousebleatcarpcavilprotestobject tospeak out againstfind fault withmithertwineinformal:bellyachebeefbitchgrouchsound offgo onpick holes inwhingegripegrizzlechuntercreatekvetchchirpdated:cribnatterarchaic:plain over
   • 2. make a low rumbling sound: "thunder was grumbling somewhere in the distance" Similar rumblegurglemurmurgrowlroar
   • 3. (of an internal organ) give intermittent discomfort: "my appendix grumbled for years before it finally got serious"

   noun

   • 1. a complaint: "the main grumble is that he spends too much time away" Similar complaintmoangroanwhinemutteringgrievanceobjectionprotestprotestationcavilquibblecriticismchargeaccusationinformal:grousegrouchbeefbeefingbellyachingbitchinggrouchingwhingegripewhingeingplaint
   • 2. a low rumbling sound: "in the distance, I heard a grumble of thunder" Similar rumblegurglemurmurgrowlroar

   Word Origin late 16th century: from obsolete grumme (probably of Germanic origin and related to Dutch grommen) + -le4.

   Derivatives

   • 1. grumbler noun

   Scrabble Points: 12

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