Synonyms for grumbling

Grammar : Adj

Spell : gruhm-buh l

Phonetic Transcription : ˈgrʌm bəl

Définition of grumbling

Origin : 1580s, from Middle French grommeler "mutter between the teeth" or directly from Middle Dutch grommelen "murmur, mutter, grunt," from grommen "to rumble, growl." Imitative, or perhaps akin to grim. Related: Grumbled; grumbling.

adj discontented

Example sentences :

With all his grumbling, he had not contemplated Jenkins being away more than a day or two.
Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood

They went through the cloisters to the south gate, Ketch grumbling all the way.
Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood

The artistes gradually began to arrive, grumbling more or less.
Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt

If we have been grumbling in our hearts, it is to God we must confess: who else has to do with the matter?
Extract from : « Salted With Fire » by George MacDonald

So tall Clemence dressed herself again, grumbling the while.
Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola

O'Malley held his appetite in check, but he kept on grumbling.
Extract from : « A Yankee Flier Over Berlin » by Al Avery

Bobby was glowering at the audience and grumbling into Sally's ear.
Extract from : « The Dominant Strain » by Anna Chapin Ray

They are told to go on grumbling, and things will come all right.
Extract from : « Ireland as It Is » by Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)

I could hear him grumbling to himself, and that was a bad sign.
Extract from : « The Trail of a Sourdough » by May Kellogg Sullivan

That 's what you 're grumbling, ye ould black-mouthed Prasbytarien! '
Extract from : « The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) » by Charles James Lever

Antonyms for grumbling

happy

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