GRUMBLE meaning: Express discontent in low tones

We found 32 dictionaries that define the word grumble:

General (26 matching dictionaries)

grumble: Merriam-Webster
grumble: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
grumble: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
grumble: Collins English Dictionary
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Grumble, grumble: Wordnik
grumble: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
grumble: Wiktionary
grumble: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
grumble: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
grumble: Infoplease Dictionary
Grumble, grumble: Dictionary.com
grumble: Online Etymology Dictionary
grumble: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
Grumble: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Grumble: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
grumble: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
grumble: Rhymezone
grumble: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
grumble: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
grumble: FreeDictionary.org
grumble: Mnemonic Dictionary
grumble: TheFreeDictionary.com
grumble: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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grumble: Legal dictionary

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grumble: Idioms

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)

grumble: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
grumble (and grunt): English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
grumble: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ noun:  (onomatopoeia) A low thundering, rumbling or growling sound.
▸ noun:  The sound made by a hungry stomach.
▸ noun:  A surly complaint.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To make a low, growling or rumbling noise, like a hungry stomach or certain animals.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To complain; to murmur or mutter with discontent; to make ill-natured complaints in a low voice and a surly manner.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To utter in a grumbling fashion.

Similar:

growl, murmuring, rumbling, mutter, croak, grouch, scold, gnarl, undergrowl, gruntle, more...

Opposite:

murmur, whisper, mutter

Types:

mutter, mumble, grunt, groan, growl, more...

Phrases:

grouse and grumble, annoyed grumble, to grumble, grumble under ones nose, grumble loudly, more...

Adjectives:

low, occasional, stomach, little, good, distant, deep, old, long, loud, only

Colors:

charcoal, slate gray, stormy gray, midnight blue, deep maroon, more...