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- Dictionarygrumbling/ˈɡrʌmblɪŋ/
noun
- 1. the action or fact of complaining in a bad-tempered way: "despite his grumbling, he tried to exercise every day"
adjective
- 1. expressing a complaint in a bad-tempered way: "grumbling employees said they were prevented from accessing e-commerce sites"
- 2. making a low rumbling sound: "you don't have to sacrifice your diet to silence a grumbling stomach"
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GRUMBLING definition: 1. present participle of grumble 2. to complain about someone or something in an annoyed way: 3…. Learn more.
The meaning of GRUMBLING is a mutter of discontent : complaint. How to use grumbling in a sentence.
1. : to mutter in discontent. grumbled about the scarcity of jobs. 2. : growl, rumble. Thunder grumbled in the distance. transitive verb. : to express with grumbling. grumbled his annoyance. grumble noun. grumbler. ˈgrəm-b (ə-)lər. noun. grumbly. ˈgrəm-b (ə-)lē. adjective. Synonyms. beef. bellyache. bitch.
to complain about someone or something in an annoyed way: grumble about She spent the evening grumbling to me about her job. [ + speech ] "You never hang your coat up," she grumbled. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. to say something is not right or satisfactory.
to complain about someone or something in an annoyed way: grumble about She spent the evening grumbling to me about her job. [ + speech ] "You never hang your coat up," she grumbled. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. to say something is not right or satisfactory. complain I hate to complain, but the film was terrible.
Spall plays him brilliantly as a grumbling, grunting beast of a man whose sensitivity and kindness emerges slowly.
Definitions of grumbling. noun. a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone. synonyms: grumble, murmur, murmuring, mutter, muttering. see more. noun. a loud low dull continuous noise. synonyms: grumble, rumble, rumbling. see more.
