grumble
gruhm buhl
- n a loud low dull continuous noise
- n a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone
- v show one's unhappiness or critical attitude
We grumbled about the increased work load - v make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath
she grumbles when she feels overworked - v to utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds
he grumbled a rude response
Stones grumbled down the cliff - v make a low noise
- Sources in the Pentagon, White House and Congress grumble that the CIA and the nation's other intelligence bureaucracy were caught flat-footed by the Sept.
- In general, they potter around their crammed apartments, grumble about their senile husbands and make endless mugs of tea for visitors.
- House Speaker Tip O'Neill used to grumble about the "bed wetters," the fresh-faced Democrats who hadn't been around long enough to know how to resist pressure from the Reagan White .