Grumbling Synonyms and Antonyms

Continuous full and low-pitched throbbing sound
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. discontented
  2. sour
  3. rumbling
  4. grouchy
Make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. muttering
  2. scolding
  3. croaking
  4. whining
  5. murmuring
  6. mumbling
  7. grunting
  8. grouching
A complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. grumble
  2. rumble
  3. murmur
  4. rumbling
  5. murmuring
  6. mutter
  7. muttering

Grumbling Sentence Examples

  • As usual, her stomach was grumbling for food.

  • The work by which he is known is the Fable of the Bees, published first in 1705 under the title of The Grumbling Hive, or Knaves Turn'd Honest (two hundred doggerel couplets).

  • Your army is grumbling.

  • Vinnie paced up and down, grumbling like a bear on the first day of spring.

  • These were primarily (and compulsorily) censored by military censors on the field, but they all came through the Press Bureau, which occasionally exercised a super-censorship. The methods adopted caused constant grumbling and discontent.

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