Definitions
make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath
Word origin
Probably from Middle French grommeler, from Old French grumeler (“to murmur, grumble”), from Middle Dutch *grommelen ("to murmur, mutter, grunt"; > Modern Dutch grommelen (“to grumble”)), frequentative of Middle Dutch grommen (“to growl, grunt”). Cognate with Middle Low German grummelen (> Low German grummeln (“to grumble”)), German grummeln (“to grumble”), Norwegian dialectal grymja (“to growl, grunt”).
Used in a sentence
“That whiner is never without a grumble to share.”
“The distant thunder grumbles.”
“It made his stomach grumble in protest to think the mule was eating, and here he was worrying about her with an empty belly of his own.”
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01“Complain softly”7 letters
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