as in whines
an expression of dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment
a chorus of moans and grumbles when they found out that the overnight camping trip had been cancelled
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as in complains
to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely
he grumbled about how sore his feet were after standing all day
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Recent Examples of grumbles
Tim Spiers, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2025
One grumbles when the driver rants about development’s ravages.
—Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 10 Aug. 2025
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The introduction of goal music when Chelsea score at Stamford Bridge has caused a proper kerfuffle, with an online petition and plenty of grumbles from supporters.
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And Paleo Dad grumbles but goes and picks up his spear.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for grumbles
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And also on Untucked… • Discord complains about Nini being in the top basically all episode, while other queens like Jane try to kindly not get down in the mud with her.—
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Trump complains often that both rooms are too small.—
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Taylor Swift is not the only pop star football superfan showing up in style to cheer on her significant other as the NFL season rumbles to a close.—
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Deep in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado, a train rumbles down a rugged valley.—
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Parents of students with disabilities have increasingly resorted to filing complaints with the state over their schools’ failure to educate their children, and most of the time, state investigators have agreed.—
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MacLeod said many of the complaints his organization hears are like the Johnsons’ and involve third-party utility billing companies hired by landlords.—
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George Oliver Floating Fluted Nightstands There’s something about a pair of floating nightstands that just screams luxury, and this set is no exception.—
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The Kings are still in the playoff picture and the Pacific Division race, even with a season that screams mediocrity.—
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And as the person behind the camera approaches the pit bull, the dog growls and barks while standing in a fearful crouch.—
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Sturridge crows and growls his lines, rolling his torso and crouching to crawl on his knuckles like a young silverback.—
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Stein’s bedroom adjoined the room where Dodge would visit her lover at night; kept awake by the murmurings and moans, Stein lit a candle and composed a portrait of her host.—
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Most of these are held in a tent, from which loud, ecstatic moans can be heard for seemingly miles around.—
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His hair-trigger homemade contraption pressured all three major networks into giving Kiritsis airtime to explain his grievances to the public.—
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The protests began last week with economic grievances as the Iranian currency, the rial, tanked.—
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Continue reading … WAR OF WORDS – AOC weighs in after Republican laments 'humiliation' of Mamdani campaigning in Arabic.—
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The poem ends with the hero’s burial and the laments of his followers.—
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“Grumbles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grumbles. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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