Grumbling, complaining; reluctant.

Afflicted by sorrow; grieving, lamenting; †suffering (obsolete).

That complains; lamenting, murmuring, querulous.

Having a grievance; complaining, making or bringing a complaint.

Quarrelsome, argumentative; litigious; fault-finding. Now chiefly U.S.

Querulous, complaining, grumbling. Now rare.

That murmurs (in various senses of the verb).

That grudges; †complaining, repining (obsolete); unwilling, reluctant; resentful, envying.

Full of complaint.

That mutters; speaking indistinctly and in a low tone. Also figurative.

Full of groans or groaning; lugubrious.

That grumbles, in various senses. Of persons: Querulous, discontented.

Given to complaining; ready to complain.

That grunts, croaks, etc.; that grumbles. Cf. quirk, v.2

Formally complaining, lodging a legal complaint. Also gen., complaining.

Characterized by or given to whining or moaning; fretful, agitated, complaining.

That grumbles. rare.

Peevish, complaining. Cf. nattery, adj.

Resembling a grumble; inclined to grumble.

Characterized by moaning; inclined to moan; fretful, complaining.

Grumbly, ill-tempered.

Grumbling, complaining.