grumble
verb (used without object)
to murmur or mutter in discontent; complain sullenly.
grumbler
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a word derived from
grumble.
Example Sentences
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"One day in the dugout I asked him –- why are you always such a grumbler? And he told me about the tragedy with his family. From that time, we grew very close."
From Barron's ● Feb. 23, 2026
But Wilkinson was equally persuasive as a working-class grumbler, which is what made him such a terrific secret weapon in the hit 1997 comedy “The Full Monty.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 31, 2023
Resolve one person's grumbles, and potentially create another grumbler.
From BBC ● Dec. 10, 2023
Logan is both a world-class grumbler with a crotchety disdain for what used to be called multiculturalism and a stiletto-sharp stylist with appealing allergies to cant and special pleading.
From New York Times ● Aug. 31, 2018
The grumbler can be pacified by a word or chastened by a rebuke; but a man burning under a sense of real injustice and wrong will never be efficient again until his injuries are redressed.
From The Lighter Side of School Life by Ian Hay
