| Grumble 1. (v. i.) To murmur or mutter with discontent; to make ill-natured complaints in a low voice and a surly manner. 2. (v. i.) To growl; to snarl in deep tones; as, a lion grumbling over his prey. 3. (v. i.) To rumble; to make a low, harsh, and heavy sound; to mutter; as, the distant thunder grumbles. 4. (v. t.) To express or utter with grumbling. 5. (n.) The noise of one that grumbles. 6. (n.) A grumbling, discontented disposition. Thesaurus Entries air a grievance, beef, belch, bellyache, bitch, blare, blat, boom, booming, brawl, bray, burr, buzz, cackle, cannonade, caw, chirr, clamor, clang, clangor, clank, clash, complain, crab, craunch, croak, crump, crunch, echo, fret, fret and fume, fuss, gnarl, grind, gripe, groan, grouch, grouse, growl, growling, grumbling, grunt, hiss, holler, howl, jangle, jar, kick, lodge a complaint, moan, murmur, mutter, peal, raise a howl, rasp, reboation, rebound, reecho, register a complaint, resound, resounding, reverberation, roar, roll, rumble, rumbling, scold, scranch, scrape, scratch, scrunch, snap, snarl, snore, spit, squawk, take on, thunder, thundering, twang, whine, yap, yelp |