Antonyms for grumble
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : gruhm-buh l |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈgrʌm bəl |
Definition of grumble
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.
- verb complain
- verb murmur, rumble
- This did not suit our notions of a land cruise, and we began to grumble.
- Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
- Yet it's only the food and the cabins and the attendance they grumble about.
- Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
- The silence was profound, but shaken now and then by a grumble of distant thunder.
- Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance
- She then began to grumble violently about her son, the father of the dead boy.
- Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
- My father may grumble over his beer jugs, but he's a Churchman and a Tantivy for all that.
- Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- Have you any right to grumble if I give you the discipline of a passing shame?'
- Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald
- Is there no business afoot, my lads, that you can do nothing but stand and grumble?'
- Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens
- The latter did grumble a bit, but ended by lending him two five-franc pieces.
- Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
- Any one who failed to follow him must not grumble at the penalty; that he warned them.
- Extract from : « Hellenica » by Xenophon
- We have not heard a grumble since the line was started a year or two ago.
- Extract from : « Ireland as It Is » by Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)
Synonyms for grumble
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