Definitions for grumble

grumble grum·ble

Spelling: [gruhm-buh l]
IPA: /ˈgrʌm bəl/

Grumble is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 152 anagrams from letters in grumble (beglmru).

Definitions for grumble

noun

  1. an expression of discontent; complaint; unhappy murmur; growl.
  2. grumbles, a grumbling, discontented mood.
  3. a rumble.

verb (used with object)

  1. to express or utter with murmuring or complaining.

verb (used without object)

  1. to murmur or mutter in discontent; complain sullenly.
  2. to utter low, indistinct sounds; growl.
  3. to rumble:

Origin of grumble

1580-90; perhaps frequentative of Old English grymman to wail; compare Dutch grommelen, German grummeln, French grommeler (

Examples for grumble

Yes, Republicans grumble (rightly) against the Obama green-energy subsidies.

The silence was profound, but shaken now and then by a grumble of distant thunder.

But Google grumble grumble makes me compose new messages in a tiny window, you say.

This did not suit our notions of a land cruise, and we began to grumble.

But grumble grumble sometimes my messages get sorted into the wrong folders.

So for now, the movies are about more, even if many of us will grumble about Les Miz's running time on the way out of the theater.

Yet it's only the food and the cabins and the attendance they grumble about.

She then began to grumble violently about her son, the father of the dead boy.

But grumble grumble Google just forced this upon me without asking, you say.

My father may grumble over his beer jugs, but he's a Churchman and a Tantivy for all that.

Word Value for grumble
Scrable

12

Words with friends

17

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