grumblen.

/ˈɡrʌmb(ə)l/

Etymology: < grumble v.

1. An act of grumbling; a murmur, of discontent or dissatisfaction; a subdued utterance of complaint. Of an animal: A low growl. Of thunder: A rumble.

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the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > [noun] > a complaint

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the world > animals > by noises > voice or sound made by animal > [noun] > snarl or growl

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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > [noun] > roll or rumble

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1623 W. Sclater Quæstion of Tythes 57 Least the little grumble of Conscience be calmed with that parcell of your opinion.

1636 R. Basset in tr. G. A. de Paoli Lives Rom. Emperors To Rdr. I..referre me to thine impartiality, who (if thou art a good fellow) wilt accept a bit with a friend without grumbles.

1682 Heraclitus Ridens 13 June 2/2 I heard sometimes a deep hollow grumble, like the noise of a stone ratling down a Well.

1724 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) III. 124 When this came to be known there was a considerable grumble.

1840 T. Hood Up Rhine 159 The Hound at his feet gave a grumble.

1884 Cyclists' Touring Club Gaz. Mar. 82/1 The only regret or grumble that we heard expressed.

1893 S. R. Crockett Stickit Minister 36 Efter a show o' hands, an' a bit grummle, they juist did that.

1899 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 348/2 The thunder..fading at last to a distant grumble.

2. the grumbles: ill-humour, vented in grumbling. (Used jocularly, as if the name of a malady.)

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the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > [noun] > fit of

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1861 F. W. Robinson No Church II. 78 Pity it isn't catching, like the measles, or that opposite affair, which we all can show—the grumbles.

1869 C. H. Spurgeon John Ploughman's Talk 23 Keep out of the way of a man who has the complaint called the grumbles.

1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. ix. 167 Before we reach Njole I recognise my crew have got the grumbles, and at once inquire into the reason.

3. slang. [Shortened < grumble and grunt, rhyming slang for cunt.] = crumpet n. 4c.

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the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual partner > [noun] > woman considered in sexual terms or as a sexual partner > collectively

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1962 E. Brock Little White God v. 68 There's this copper..and he puts away a local tea-leaf. And this tea-leaf's old woman's a fair bit of grumble.

1966 Melody Maker 30 July 8/5 American visitors are invariably delighted by references to birds, scrubbers, grumble.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

grumblev.

/ˈɡrʌmb(ə)l/

Forms: Also 1500s gromble.

Etymology: Proximate source uncertain: compare French grommeler to mutter between the teeth, Dutch grommelen , < grommen to rumble, growl (compare grumme v.), German grummeln to rumble.

1. intransitive.

a. Of persons and animals: To utter dull inarticulate sounds; to mutter, mumble, murmur; to growl faintly.

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the world > animals > by noises > voice or sound made by animal > make sound [verb (intransitive)] > snarl or growl

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grrra1963

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > other vocal sounds > [verb (intransitive)] > grumble

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1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xi. 38 Kent. Giue me thy hand, whose there. Foole. A spirit, he sayes, his nam's poore Tom. Kent. What art thou that dost grumble there in the straw, come forth?

1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Grugnare, to grunt or grumble as a hog.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) iv. i. 153 You heedlesse iolt-heads, and vnmanner'd slaues. What, do you grumble? Ile be with you straight.

1681 J. Dryden Spanish Fryar iii. 44 The Lion..with sullen pleasure, grumbles o'er his Prey.

1735 W. Somervile Chace iii. 599 The disappointed, hungry Pack Retire submiss, and grumbling quit their Prey.

1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. III 354 Goodly store Of honey that the bees had grumbled o'er In clover fields of Kent.

b. Of thunder, a drum, etc.: To rumble, esp. faintly or as from a distance.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > [verb (intransitive)] > roll or rumble

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a1625 J. Fletcher Pilgrim iii. iii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ggggg4^v/2 Didst thou never see a Drum: Canst thou make this grumble?

a1704 T. Brown Satyr upon French King in Wks. (1707) I. i. 92 In fine, the Government may do its Will, But I'm afraid my Guts will Grumble still.

1708 N. Rowe Royal Convert iii, in Wks. (1766) 39 Like a storm That gathers black upon the frowning sky And grumbles in the wind.

1748 J. Hervey Descant Creation in Medit. & Contempl. (ed. 4) I. 256 Ye Thunders; that, awfully grumbling in the distant Clouds, seem to meditate Indignation.

1864 N. Hawthorne Amer. Note-bks. (1879) II. 226 The wind..grumbles past the angle of the house.

1865 M. Arnold Ess. Crit. i. 28 The echoes of the storm which was then raised I still, from time to time, hear grumbling round me.

2. To utter murmurs expressive of discontent; hence gen., to complain. Const. about, at, over, occasionally for (a desired object), with infinitive, or clause.

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the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > complain [verb (intransitive)]

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a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) iii. xiv. sig. Qq5^v A countenance still framed to smiling before him..and grombling behind him, at any of his commaundements.

1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 506 Upon which unmeasurable and incessant toile, many died, and all were wery, and grumbled thereat.

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. vii. 316 What..doe you grumble for Wine, having the Water of Nylus to drinke.

1646 J. Maxwell Burden of Issachar (1708) II. 301 The best..Subjects grumbled exceedingly to see their Prince so abus'd.

1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis 10 Philoxones, that grumbled at Nature for the shortnesse of his Neck.

1701 D. Defoe True-born Englishman ii. 57 Wise Men affirm it is the English way, Never to Grumble till they come to Pay.

1717 M. Prior Alma iii. 425 L'Avare, not using half his store, Still grumbles that he has no more.

1781 S. Johnson Pope in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets VII. 139 Many more grumbled in secret.

1843 Penny Cycl. XXVII. 134/2 He grumbled on about having sacrificed himself to his principles.

1850 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis II. ix. 93 Pendennis, in reality, suffered it very equanimously; but in words..grumbled over it not a little.

1866 A. Trollope Belton Estate II. iv. 90 He was always grumbling about his food.

1883 H. Spencer in Contemp. Rev. 43 5 The English are remarked on for their tendency to grumble in such cases.

quasi-transitive.a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Wales 16 He grumbled out the rest of his life in visible discontentment.1810 Splendid Follies III. 163 Immerged in such ruminations, she grumbled herself to sleep.

3. transitive.

a. To express or utter with mumbling, muttering, or complaining. Also with out.

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the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > complain about [verb (transitive)] > utter complainingly

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1824 in Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1825) 285 He..grumbled out good night, and departed to his domus.

1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin I. iii. 36 At first he only scolded and grumbled these things.

1894 C. H. Simpkinson Life & Times W. Laud vii. 124 Lord Brooke and the Puritan leaders might grumble out the hope that all the cathedrals..would soon be demolished.

†b. causative. To cause to grumble or rumble. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > complain about [verb (transitive)] > cause to complain

grumble1690

1690 R. Cromwell in Eng. Hist. Rev. (1898) XIII. 102 Taxes grumble the gizards of many.

Derivatives

ˈgrumbled adj.

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1786 J. Wolcot Bozzy & Piozzi i, in Wks. (1816) I. 268 That actually surpass'd in tone and grace The grumbled ditties of his fav'rite base.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	grumble
释义	grumblen. /ˈɡrʌmb(ə)l/ Etymology: < grumble v. 1. An act of grumbling; a murmur, of discontent or dissatisfaction; a subdued utterance of complaint. Of an animal: A low growl. Of thunder: A rumble. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > [noun] > a complaint plainta1275 groinc1374 complaintc1385 murmura1393 grutchc1460 plainc1475 yammer?a1513 puling?1529 objecting1552 obmurmuration1571 regratea1586 repine1593 grumblinga1616 grumble1623 dissatisfactionc1640 obmurmuring1642 rumbling1842 natter1866 grouch1895 beef1900 holler1901 squawk1909 moan1911 yip1911 grouse1918 gripe1934 crib1943 bitch1945 drip1945 kvetch1957 the world > animals > by noises > voice or sound made by animal > [noun] > snarl or growl snarl1613 growl1727 gurl1755 yirr1825 grumble1840 gnarl1847 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > [noun] > roll or rumble humblingc1384 bubblinga1398 hurlinga1398 grolling1398 rumblec1405 rumblingc1405 rolling1535 blumbering1556 roll1602 rumblement1604 grumblinga1616 lumbering1621 volutation1640 lumber1752 growlery1830 growl1833 growling1834 grumble1899 strumble1938 1623 W. Sclater Quæstion of Tythes 57 Least the little grumble of Conscience be calmed with that parcell of your opinion. 1636 R. Basset in tr. G. A. de Paoli Lives Rom. Emperors To Rdr. I..referre me to thine impartiality, who (if thou art a good fellow) wilt accept a bit with a friend without grumbles. 1682 Heraclitus Ridens 13 June 2/2 I heard sometimes a deep hollow grumble, like the noise of a stone ratling down a Well. 1724 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) III. 124 When this came to be known there was a considerable grumble. 1840 T. Hood Up Rhine 159 The Hound at his feet gave a grumble. 1884 Cyclists' Touring Club Gaz. Mar. 82/1 The only regret or grumble that we heard expressed. 1893 S. R. Crockett Stickit Minister 36 Efter a show o' hands, an' a bit grummle, they juist did that. 1899 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 348/2 The thunder..fading at last to a distant grumble. 2. the grumbles: ill-humour, vented in grumbling. (Used jocularly, as if the name of a malady.) ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > [noun] > fit of gloominga1400 terret1515 momurdotesc1540 the sullens1580 pirr1581 pet1590 snuff1592 mulligrubs1599 mumps1599 geea1605 mood1609 miff1623 tetch1623 frumps1671 strunt1721 hump1727 tiff1727 tift1751 huff1757 tig1773 tout1787 sulk1792 twita1825 fantigue1825 fuff1834 grumps1844 spell1856 the grumbles1861 grouch1895 snit1939 mardy1968 moody1969 strop1970 sull1972 cream puff1985 mard1998 1861 F. W. Robinson No Church II. 78 Pity it isn't catching, like the measles, or that opposite affair, which we all can show—the grumbles. 1869 C. H. Spurgeon John Ploughman's Talk 23 Keep out of the way of a man who has the complaint called the grumbles. 1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. ix. 167 Before we reach Njole I recognise my crew have got the grumbles, and at once inquire into the reason. 3. slang. [Shortened < grumble and grunt, rhyming slang for cunt.] = crumpet n. 4c. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual partner > [noun] > woman considered in sexual terms or as a sexual partner > collectively muttona1529 man's meat1629 charver1846 gash1914 poontang1945 poon1947 pussyc1947 crumpet1958 grumble1962 tail1967 fanny1993 1962 E. Brock Little White God v. 68 There's this copper..and he puts away a local tea-leaf. And this tea-leaf's old woman's a fair bit of grumble. 1966 Melody Maker 30 July 8/5 American visitors are invariably delighted by references to birds, scrubbers, grumble. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2018). grumblev. /ˈɡrʌmb(ə)l/ Forms: Also 1500s gromble. Etymology: Proximate source uncertain: compare French grommeler to mutter between the teeth, Dutch grommelen , < grommen to rumble, growl (compare grumme v.), German grummeln to rumble. 1. intransitive. a. Of persons and animals: To utter dull inarticulate sounds; to mutter, mumble, murmur; to growl faintly. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by noises > voice or sound made by animal > make sound [verb (intransitive)] > snarl or growl garre1382 hurr1398 roina1450 gnar1496 snar1530 whurl1530 snarl1590 gnarl1596 grumble1608 yarr1611 whirr1706 growl1719 yirra1796 gargle1861 grrra1963 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > other vocal sounds > [verb (intransitive)] > grumble groina1400 grumble1608 natter1862 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xi. 38 Kent. Giue me thy hand, whose there. Foole. A spirit, he sayes, his nam's poore Tom. Kent. What art thou that dost grumble there in the straw, come forth? View more context for this quotation 1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Grugnare, to grunt or grumble as a hog. a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) iv. i. 153 You heedlesse iolt-heads, and vnmanner'd slaues. What, do you grumble? Ile be with you straight. View more context for this quotation 1681 J. Dryden Spanish Fryar iii. 44 The Lion..with sullen pleasure, grumbles o'er his Prey. 1735 W. Somervile Chace iii. 599 The disappointed, hungry Pack Retire submiss, and grumbling quit their Prey. 1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. III 354 Goodly store Of honey that the bees had grumbled o'er In clover fields of Kent. b. Of thunder, a drum, etc.: To rumble, esp. faintly or as from a distance. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > [verb (intransitive)] > roll or rumble gothelec1290 gurlc1380 bubblea1398 wharc1400 rumblec1450 rolla1522 lumber?1527 jumble1530 thumble1584 humble1617 grumblea1625 strumble1645 growl1744 a1625 J. Fletcher Pilgrim iii. iii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ggggg4^v/2 Didst thou never see a Drum: Canst thou make this grumble? a1704 T. Brown Satyr upon French King in Wks. (1707) I. i. 92 In fine, the Government may do its Will, But I'm afraid my Guts will Grumble still. 1708 N. Rowe Royal Convert iii, in Wks. (1766) 39 Like a storm That gathers black upon the frowning sky And grumbles in the wind. 1748 J. Hervey Descant Creation in Medit. & Contempl. (ed. 4) I. 256 Ye Thunders; that, awfully grumbling in the distant Clouds, seem to meditate Indignation. 1864 N. Hawthorne Amer. Note-bks. (1879) II. 226 The wind..grumbles past the angle of the house. 1865 M. Arnold Ess. Crit. i. 28 The echoes of the storm which was then raised I still, from time to time, hear grumbling round me. 2. To utter murmurs expressive of discontent; hence gen., to complain. Const. about, at, over, occasionally for (a desired object), with infinitive, or clause. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > complain [verb (intransitive)] murkeOE misspeakOE yomer971 chidea1000 murkenOE grutch?c1225 mean?a1300 hum13.. plainta1325 gruntc1325 plainc1325 musea1382 murmurc1390 complain1393 contrary1393 flitec1400 pinea1425 grummec1430 aggrudge1440 hoinec1440 mutterc1450 grudge1461 channerc1480 grunch1487 repine1529 storm?1553 expostulate1561 grumblea1586 gruntle1591 chunter1599 swagger1599 maunder1622 orp1634 objurgate1642 pitter1672 yelp1706 yammer1794 natter1804 murgeon1808 groan1816 squawk1875 jower1879 grouse1887 beef1888 to whip the cat1892 holler1904 yip1907 peeve1912 grouch1916 nark1916 to sound off1918 create1919 moana1922 crib1925 tick1925 bitch1930 gripe1932 bind1942 drip1942 kvetchc1950 to rag on1979 wrinch2011 a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) iii. xiv. sig. Qq5^v A countenance still framed to smiling before him..and grombling behind him, at any of his commaundements. 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 506 Upon which unmeasurable and incessant toile, many died, and all were wery, and grumbled thereat. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. vii. 316 What..doe you grumble for Wine, having the Water of Nylus to drinke. 1646 J. Maxwell Burden of Issachar (1708) II. 301 The best..Subjects grumbled exceedingly to see their Prince so abus'd. 1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis 10 Philoxones, that grumbled at Nature for the shortnesse of his Neck. 1701 D. Defoe True-born Englishman ii. 57 Wise Men affirm it is the English way, Never to Grumble till they come to Pay. 1717 M. Prior Alma iii. 425 L'Avare, not using half his store, Still grumbles that he has no more. 1781 S. Johnson Pope in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets VII. 139 Many more grumbled in secret. 1843 Penny Cycl. XXVII. 134/2 He grumbled on about having sacrificed himself to his principles. 1850 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis II. ix. 93 Pendennis, in reality, suffered it very equanimously; but in words..grumbled over it not a little. 1866 A. Trollope Belton Estate II. iv. 90 He was always grumbling about his food. 1883 H. Spencer in Contemp. Rev. 43 5 The English are remarked on for their tendency to grumble in such cases. quasi-transitive.a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Wales 16 He grumbled out the rest of his life in visible discontentment.1810 Splendid Follies III. 163 Immerged in such ruminations, she grumbled herself to sleep. 3. transitive. a. To express or utter with mumbling, muttering, or complaining. Also with out. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > complain about [verb (transitive)] > utter complainingly grumble1824 plain1865 yammer1892 peeve1912 1824 in Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1825) 285 He..grumbled out good night, and departed to his domus. 1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin I. iii. 36 At first he only scolded and grumbled these things. 1894 C. H. Simpkinson Life & Times W. Laud vii. 124 Lord Brooke and the Puritan leaders might grumble out the hope that all the cathedrals..would soon be demolished. †b. causative. To cause to grumble or rumble. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > complain about [verb (transitive)] > cause to complain grumble1690 1690 R. Cromwell in Eng. Hist. Rev. (1898) XIII. 102 Taxes grumble the gizards of many. Derivatives ˈgrumbled adj. ΚΠ 1786 J. Wolcot Bozzy & Piozzi i, in Wks. (1816) I. 268 That actually surpass'd in tone and grace The grumbled ditties of his fav'rite base. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1623v.a1586
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