rumblingnoun
uk/ˈrʌm.bəl.ɪŋ//ˈrʌm.blɪŋ/us/ˈrʌm.bəl.ɪŋ//ˈrʌm.blɪŋ/[ C usually plural ] a sign of anger or disagreement:
There are rumblings of annoyance throughout the workforce.
[ C usually singular ] a continuous low sound:
the rumbling of distant guns/thunder
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Complaining
- beef
- bewail
- bugger, sod, etc. this for a lark! idiom
- cavil
- chunter
- complainant
- complaint
- groan
- grouse
- harp
- harp on (about sth)
- huff and puff idiom
- kick
- lodge
- make a noise about sth idiom
- nagging
- protest
- quibble
- start on at sb
- whinger
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