grumblern.
/ˈɡrʌmblə/, U.S. /ˈɡrəmb(ə)lər/ 1. One who grumbles; one who is given to utterances of discontent or dissatisfaction.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > [noun] > one who complains
grucchildc1230
grutchera1250
groinera1382
musera1382
plainerc1400
plaintiff?a1439
fretter?1504
complainant1525
complainer1526
repiner1551
grudger1552
moaner1628
grumbler1633
querulist1647
maunderer1653
growler1753
grumbletonian1773
smellfungus1807
crib-biter1809
expostulatora1834
squinny1849
groaner1876
grouser1885
squealer1889
gruntler1893
grump1900
grouch1901
screamer1902
Moaning Minnie1934
narker1937
binder1944
1633 J. Done tr. ‘Aristeas’ Aunc. Hist. Septuagint 114 His people..were not..grumlers at their paynes taking, or vnwilling to their Commaunders.
1724 W. Wood Drapier Demolished 6 If I made them [sc. the Halfpence] of Silver it would be the same thing to this Grumbler.
1766 J. Beattie Epist. Blacklock in Poems Several Subj. 135 Peace to the grumblers of an envious age.
1836 H. Smith Tin Trumpet I. 250 Grumblers..excite but little sympathy.
1883 Durham Univ. Jrnl. 2 July 115 For are we not a nation of grumblers?
2. A name for the gurnard n.
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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Scorpaeniformes (scorpion-fish) > [noun] > family Triglidae (gurnards) > member of family Triglidae (gurnard)
gurnard1314
mop1466
kite-fish1684
trigla1752
pigfish1807
captain1811
sea-robin1814
mailed or armed gurnard1836
robin1853
sclerogenoid1861
grumbler1867
triglid1888
trigloid1888
1759 tr. M. Adanson Voy. Senegal 215 These strugglings are..attended with a hollow rumbling noise, which has given it the name of grondin, or grumbler, whereby it is known on this coast.]
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk.
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