grumble

grumble
1. intransitive verb
murren

grumble about or over something — sich über etwas (Akk.) beklagen

2. noun
(act) Murren, das; (complaint) Klage, die

without a grumble — ohne Murren

* * *
1. verb
1) (to complain in a bad-tempered way: He grumbled at the way he had been treated.) murren
2) (to make a low and deep sound: Thunder grumbled in the distance.) grollen
2. noun
1) (a complaint made in a bad-tempered way.) das Murren
2) (a low, deep sound: the grumble of thunder.) das Grollen
* * *
grum·ble
[ˈgrʌmbl̩]
I. n Gemurre nt kein pl, Gemecker nt kein pl fam, Geraunze nt kein pl ÖSTERR pej
II. vi murren, meckern fam, raunzen; stomach knurren
mustn't \grumble ich kann nicht klagen
my stomach's been grumbling all morning mir knurrt schon den ganzen Morgen der Magen
a grumbling appendix eine Blinddarmreizung
to \grumble about sth/sb über etw/jdn schimpfen
I can't \grumble about the service ich kann mich über den Service nicht beklagen
* * *
['grʌmbl]
1. n
(= complaint) Murren nt no pl, Schimpfen nt no pl; (= noise of thunder, guns) Grollen nt

his only grumble is that ... — das Einzige, was er auszusetzen hat, ist, dass ...

all his grumbles — sein ständiges Schimpfen or Gemecker (inf)

2. vi
murren, schimpfen (about, over über +acc); (thunder, gunfire) grollen

to grumble at sb — jdm gegenüber schimpfen or klagen

grumbling appendix (inf) — gereizter Blinddarm

* * *
grumble [ˈɡrʌmbl]
A v/i
1. murren (at, about, over über akk, wegen)
2. academic.ru/32682/growl">growl A 1, A 2
B v/t
1. oft grumble out etwas murren
2. growl B
C s
1. Murren n
2. growl C 1, C 2
* * *
1. intransitive verb
murren

grumble about or over something — sich über etwas (Akk.) beklagen

2. noun
(act) Murren, das; (complaint) Klage, die

without a grumble — ohne Murren

* * *
n.
Grollen n.
Knurren n.
Murren - n. (about, over) v.
meckern v.
murren v.
schimpfen (über, wegen) v. v.
brummen v.
grollen v.
knurren v.

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