Antonyms for grumbly
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : gruhm-buh l |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈgrʌm bəl |
Definition of grumbly
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.
- As in querulous : adj grouchy, hard to please
- You'd be cranky and grumbly and disagreeable too, I dare say.
- Extract from : « Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906 » by Lucy Maud Montgomery
- This is too grousy and grumbly a letter to send off just as it is.
- Extract from : « Up and Down » by Edward Frederic Benson
- Grumbly is a good soldier in his way, Mr. Connell, and knows his trade, too.
- Extract from : « To The Front » by Charles King
- At the sound of that deep, rumbly, grumbly voice it looked for a few minutes as if school would be broken up for that day.
- Extract from : « The Burgess Animal Book for Children » by Thornton W. Burgess
- "I never had anything nice like that happen to me," said Sammie, in just the least bit of a grumbly voice.
- Extract from : « Sammie and Susie Littletail » by Howard R. Garis
- Now there lived at this same court a very rich old Duchess whose name was Grumbly.
- Extract from : « The Fairy Ring » by Various
- The population there is rather disposed to be grumbly on its once heroic Fabius; wishes the Fabius were a little less cunctatory.
- Extract from : « History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XX. (of XXI.) » by Thomas Carlyle
- Buster growled a deep, grumbly, rumbly growl and started up after him.
- Extract from : « The Adventures of Bobby Coon » by Thornton W. Burgess
- Now there lived at this same court a very rich old duchess whose name was Grumbly.
- Extract from : « The Red Fairy Book » by Various
- The doctor is still in his plaster cast, but I hear is doing well, after a grumbly fashion.
- Extract from : « Dear Enemy » by Jean Webster
Synonyms for grumbly
- bearish
- bemoaning
- cantankerous
- captious
- carping
- censorious
- complaining
- critical
- cross
- crying
- deploring
- discontented
- dissatisfied
- edgy
- fault-finding
- fretful
- grousing
- grumbling
- grumbly
- huffy irascible
- irritable
- lamenting
- out of sorts peevish
- petulant
- plaintive
- scrappy
- snappy
- sour
- testy
- thin-skinned touchy
- uptight
- wailing
- waspish
- waspy
- whimpering
- whining
- whiny
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