grizzling

[griz-ling]

noun

British.

1. the act of complaining or whimpering.

Word History and Origins

Origin of grizzling¹

grizzle ² + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

So when a grizzling baby is brought onto a bus where Rosie is sitting, we see only her softening reaction to it.

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Then my three younger brothers set up their own grizzling chorus about how unfair it was that they didn’t get paid for anything.

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In my case, a young woman “nipping in” with a grizzling toddler once meant that I found myself forlorn and embarrassed, sitting in soggy knickers and left with a rank chair cushion.

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“I was bouncing her up and down and she was still grizzling, so I walked outside with her.”

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No matter that the Aberdonian shot a final-day 67 when the rest of the field were moaning and grizzling like bairns about the long grass.

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