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to grumble about

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  • grumble — I UK [ˈɡrʌmb(ə)l] / US verb Word forms grumble : present tense I/you/we/they grumble he/she/it grumbles present participle grumbling past tense grumbled past participle grumbled 1) a) [intransitive] to complain, especially continuously and about… …   English dictionary

  • grumble — grum|ble1 [ grʌmbl ] verb intransitive 1. ) to complain, especially continuously and about unimportant things: MOAN: grumble that: He grumbled that it was Saturday night and he didn t have a date. grumble about something: Children always grumble… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • grumble — [[t]grʌ̱mb(ə)l[/t]] grumbles, grumbling, grumbled 1) VERB If someone grumbles, they complain about something in a bad tempered way. [V about/at n] I shouldn t grumble about Mum she s lovely really... [V that] Taft grumbled that the law so favored …   English dictionary

  • grumble — grum|ble [ˈgrʌmbəl] v [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Probably from Old French grommeler, from Middle Dutch grommen] 1.) [I and T] to keep complaining in an unhappy way = ↑moan grumble about/at ▪ Farmers are always grumbling about the weather. grumble… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • grumble — v. 1) to grumble constantly 2) (D; intr.) to grumble about, at, over; to (to grumble at new taxes) 3) (L; to) they grumbled (to us) that the decision was not fair * * * [ grʌmb(ə)l] at over to (to grumble at new taxes) (D; intr.) to grumble about …   Combinatory dictionary

  • grumble — 1 verb (I) 1 to keep complaining in an unhappy way (+ about/at etc): The farmers are always grumbling about the weather. 2 to make a very low sound that gets quieter then louder continuously; rumble 1 (1): Is that your tummy grumbling? 3 mustn t… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • grumble — 1. noun a) A low thundering, rumbling or growling sound That whiner is never without a grumble to share. b) The sound made by a hungry stomach 2 …   Wiktionary

  • grumble — [ˈgrʌmb(ə)l] verb [I] to complain about something that is unimportant Syn: moan grumble noun [C] …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • grumble — 1. verb they grumbled about the disruption Syn: complain, grouse, whine, mutter, bleat, carp, cavil, protest, make a fuss; informal moan, bellyache, beef, bitch, grouch, sound off, gripe, kvetch; Brit. whinge 2. noun …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • grumble — v. & n. v. 1 intr. a (often foll. by at, about, over) complain peevishly. b be discontented. 2 intr. a utter a dull inarticulate sound; murmur, growl faintly. b rumble. 3 tr. (often foll. by out) utter complainingly. 4 intr. (as grumbling adj.)… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Chiefly About War Matters — Hawthorne in 1862, the year he wrote Chiefly About War Matters , by Emanuel Leutze Chiefly About War Matters , originally credited by a Peaceable Man , is an 1862 essay by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne. It opposed the American Civil War and …   Wikipedia

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