grumblingn.

Brit.

/ˈɡrʌmblɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈɡrəmb(ə)lɪŋ/

Etymology: < grumble v. + -ing suffix¹.

The action of grumble v.; a low rumbling sound; a murmuring, a subdued utterance of discontent.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > [noun] > roll or rumble

humblingc1384

bubblinga1398

hurlinga1398

grolling1398

rumblec1405

rumblingc1405

rolling1535

blumbering1556

roll1602

rumblement1604

grumblinga1616

lumbering1621

volutation1640

lumber1752

growlery1830

growl1833

growling1834

grumble1899

strumble1938

the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > [noun] > a complaint

plainta1275

groinc1374

complaintc1385

murmura1393

grutchc1460

plainc1475

yammer?a1513

puling?1529

objecting1552

obmurmuration1571

regratea1586

repine1593

grumblinga1616

grumble1623

dissatisfactionc1640

obmurmuring1642

rumbling1842

natter1866

grouch1895

beef1900

holler1901

squawk1909

moan1911

yip1911

grouse1918

gripe1934

crib1943

bitch1945

drip1945

kvetch1957

a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) i. ii. 250 I haue done thee worthy seruice..Without or grudge, or grumblings .

1645 King Charles I Let. to Henrietta Maria 4 May in Mem. E. Ludlow (1699) III. 260 Wherefore I thought fit to put my Nephew Rupert in that Place; which will both save me Charge, and stop other Mens Grumblings.

1660 J. Playford Brief Introd. Skill Musick (ed. 3) i. 19 When you come to your highest Note, you may reach it without Squeaking, and your lowest Note without Grumbling.

1768 W. Hamilton in Philos. Trans. 1767 (Royal Soc.) 57 200 We heard most dreadful inward grumblings, rattling of stones, and hissing.

1803 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 10 501 Grumbling and contraction of the bowels.

1809 N. Pinkney Trav. South of France 253 And after..some grumbling we procured them [horses], and departed.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xviii. 214 There was still some grumbling about ecclesiastical questions.

1884 Athenæum 2 Aug. 139/3 [Southern Italy] is no land of comfort which the British paterfamilias should choose for the field of his annual grumbling at the foreigner.

1897 Outing 30 116/1 The grumbling of frogs along the shore.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

grumblingadj.

Brit.

/ˈɡrʌmblɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈɡrəmb(ə)lɪŋ/

Etymology: < grumble v. + -ing suffix².

That grumbles, in various senses. Of persons: Querulous, discontented.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > [adjective] > rolling or rumbling (of sound)

rumbling1542

grumblinga1616

growling1825

growly1920

the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > [adjective] > complaining

grutching?c1225

plaintivea1393

complainingc1430

plainteous1444

quarrellousc1450

murmurousa1525

murmuring1530

grudging?1531

yammeringc1540

complaintful1552

muttering1567

groanful1590

grumblinga1616

complaintive1637

quirking1746

complainant1791

twiney1824

maundering1848

nattered1853

grumbly1858

moany1867

grouchy1895

grumblesome1925

a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) iii. iii. 26 A grumlling [sic] groome.

1635 F. Quarles Emblemes iii. xi. 166 Thou..That, through the deeps, gav'st grumbling Isr'ell way.

1654 E. Nicholas Papers (1892) II. 95 The Parisians are exeeding grumbling and the taxes promised to be abated are augmented.

1658 J. Jones tr. Ovid Invective against Ibis 45 One viol set in tune and hanged in a room with others, being touched, the rest do sympathize with a grumbling sound.

1764 J. Wesley Jrnl. 13 Jan. (1827) III. 153 Three or four grumbling men.

1799 M. Edgeworth Lett. Lit. Ladies (ed. 2) 111 If each bee were content in his cell, there could be no grumbling hive.

1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxxiv. 131 Low grumbling thunder was heard.

1935 J. C. Thomson Appendicitis 21 If he [the surgeon] is to keep his death-rate low..he must operate in many normal conditions, but he must have a good excuse... Hence we have the ‘grumbling appendix’.

1966 Lancet 10 Dec. 1308/2 If interaction is responsible for, say, a ‘grumbling’ appendix, the removal of the appendix will also remove the symptoms.

Derivatives

ˈgrumblingly adv. in a grumbling manner; †mumblingly (obsolete).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > [adverb] > in a mumbling or indistinct manner

closely1564

mafflingly1565

thick1589

fumblingly1598

mumblingly1662

grumblingly1677

mutteringlyc1681

clippingly1849

amutter1856

splutteringly1941

splodgily1963

slurrily1969

the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > [adverb]

plainandly?c1450

repiningly1571

gruntingly1611

complainingly1626

querimoniously1649

groininglya1656

growlingly1803

grumblingly1836

murmuringly1866

grouchily1906

bitchingly1970

1677 E. Browne Acct. Trav. Germany 112 The Common and Country people seemed to speak grumblingly.

1836 E. Howard Rattlin xxxiii Who viewed the West India station..grumblingly.

1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. I. iv. 63 The men..grumblingly confessed that he was a first-rate coxswain.

1886 W. J. Tucker Life E. Europe 398 He..will grumblingly throw well-weighed coppers into the collecting gipsy's plate.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	grumbling
释义	grumblingn. Brit. /ˈɡrʌmblɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈɡrəmb(ə)lɪŋ/ Etymology: < grumble v. + -ing suffix¹. The action of grumble v.; a low rumbling sound; a murmuring, a subdued utterance of discontent. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > [noun] > roll or rumble humblingc1384 bubblinga1398 hurlinga1398 grolling1398 rumblec1405 rumblingc1405 rolling1535 blumbering1556 roll1602 rumblement1604 grumblinga1616 lumbering1621 volutation1640 lumber1752 growlery1830 growl1833 growling1834 grumble1899 strumble1938 the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > [noun] > a complaint plainta1275 groinc1374 complaintc1385 murmura1393 grutchc1460 plainc1475 yammer?a1513 puling?1529 objecting1552 obmurmuration1571 regratea1586 repine1593 grumblinga1616 grumble1623 dissatisfactionc1640 obmurmuring1642 rumbling1842 natter1866 grouch1895 beef1900 holler1901 squawk1909 moan1911 yip1911 grouse1918 gripe1934 crib1943 bitch1945 drip1945 kvetch1957 a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) i. ii. 250 I haue done thee worthy seruice..Without or grudge, or grumblings . View more context for this quotation 1645 King Charles I Let. to Henrietta Maria 4 May in Mem. E. Ludlow (1699) III. 260 Wherefore I thought fit to put my Nephew Rupert in that Place; which will both save me Charge, and stop other Mens Grumblings. 1660 J. Playford Brief Introd. Skill Musick (ed. 3) i. 19 When you come to your highest Note, you may reach it without Squeaking, and your lowest Note without Grumbling. 1768 W. Hamilton in Philos. Trans. 1767 (Royal Soc.) 57 200 We heard most dreadful inward grumblings, rattling of stones, and hissing. 1803 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 10 501 Grumbling and contraction of the bowels. 1809 N. Pinkney Trav. South of France 253 And after..some grumbling we procured them [horses], and departed. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xviii. 214 There was still some grumbling about ecclesiastical questions. 1884 Athenæum 2 Aug. 139/3 [Southern Italy] is no land of comfort which the British paterfamilias should choose for the field of his annual grumbling at the foreigner. 1897 Outing 30 116/1 The grumbling of frogs along the shore. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). grumblingadj. Brit. /ˈɡrʌmblɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈɡrəmb(ə)lɪŋ/ Etymology: < grumble v. + -ing suffix². That grumbles, in various senses. Of persons: Querulous, discontented. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > [adjective] > rolling or rumbling (of sound) rumbling1542 grumblinga1616 growling1825 growly1920 the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > [adjective] > complaining grutching?c1225 plaintivea1393 complainingc1430 plainteous1444 quarrellousc1450 murmurousa1525 murmuring1530 grudging?1531 yammeringc1540 complaintful1552 muttering1567 groanful1590 grumblinga1616 complaintive1637 quirking1746 complainant1791 twiney1824 maundering1848 nattered1853 grumbly1858 moany1867 grouchy1895 grumblesome1925 a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) iii. iii. 26 A grumlling [sic] groome. 1635 F. Quarles Emblemes iii. xi. 166 Thou..That, through the deeps, gav'st grumbling Isr'ell way. 1654 E. Nicholas Papers (1892) II. 95 The Parisians are exeeding grumbling and the taxes promised to be abated are augmented. 1658 J. Jones tr. Ovid Invective against Ibis 45 One viol set in tune and hanged in a room with others, being touched, the rest do sympathize with a grumbling sound. 1764 J. Wesley Jrnl. 13 Jan. (1827) III. 153 Three or four grumbling men. 1799 M. Edgeworth Lett. Lit. Ladies (ed. 2) 111 If each bee were content in his cell, there could be no grumbling hive. 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxxiv. 131 Low grumbling thunder was heard. 1935 J. C. Thomson Appendicitis 21 If he [the surgeon] is to keep his death-rate low..he must operate in many normal conditions, but he must have a good excuse... Hence we have the ‘grumbling appendix’. 1966 Lancet 10 Dec. 1308/2 If interaction is responsible for, say, a ‘grumbling’ appendix, the removal of the appendix will also remove the symptoms. Derivatives ˈgrumblingly adv. in a grumbling manner; †mumblingly (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > [adverb] > in a mumbling or indistinct manner closely1564 mafflingly1565 thick1589 fumblingly1598 mumblingly1662 grumblingly1677 mutteringlyc1681 clippingly1849 amutter1856 splutteringly1941 splodgily1963 slurrily1969 the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > [adverb] plainandly?c1450 repiningly1571 gruntingly1611 complainingly1626 querimoniously1649 groininglya1656 growlingly1803 grumblingly1836 murmuringly1866 grouchily1906 bitchingly1970 1677 E. Browne Acct. Trav. Germany 112 The Common and Country people seemed to speak grumblingly. 1836 E. Howard Rattlin xxxiii Who viewed the West India station..grumblingly. 1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. I. iv. 63 The men..grumblingly confessed that he was a first-rate coxswain. 1886 W. J. Tucker Life E. Europe 398 He..will grumblingly throw well-weighed coppers into the collecting gipsy's plate. 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