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To complain in a surly manner; mutter discontentedly: "The governed will always find something to grumble about” ( Crane Brinton).
(verb-intransitive)
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To rumble or growl.
(verb-intransitive)
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To express in a grumbling discontented manner: grumbled a rude response.
(verb-transitive)
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A muttered complaint.
(noun)
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A rumble; a growl.
(noun)
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