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- Dictionarygrumble/ˈɡrʌmbl/
verb
- 1. complain about something in a bad-tempered way: "‘I'm getting old,’ she grumbled" Similar
- 2. make a low rumbling sound: "thunder was grumbling somewhere in the distance" Similar
noun
- 1. a complaint: "the main grumble is that he spends too much time away" Similar
- 2. a low rumbling sound: "in the distance, I heard a grumble of thunder" Similar
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The meaning of GRUMBLE is to mutter in discontent. How to use grumble in a sentence.
GRUMBLE definition: 1. to complain about someone or something in an annoyed way: 2. If your stomach grumbles, it makes…. Learn more.
GRUMBLE meaning: 1. to complain about someone or something in an annoyed way: 2. If your stomach grumbles, it makes…. Learn more.
Grumble definition: to murmur or mutter in discontent; complain sullenly. See examples of GRUMBLE used in a sentence.
1. To complain in a surly manner; mutter discontentedly: "The governed will always find something to grumble about"(Crane Brinton). 2. To rumble or growl. v.tr. To express in a grumbling discontented manner: grumbled a rude response. n. 1. A muttered complaint. 2. A rumble; a growl.
1. verb. If someone grumbles, they complain about something in a bad-tempered way. I shouldn't grumble about Mum–she's lovely really. [VERB + about] Taft grumbled that the law so favored the criminal that trials seemed like a game of chance. [VERB that] 'This is inconvenient,' he grumbled. [VERB with quote] It's simply not in her nature to grumble.
When you grumble, you complain about something clearly but quietly, in a low mutter. Some people grumble a hundred times a day, about everything from the weather to the traffic to their bad luck at bowling.
