Dictionary entry
Grumble
Pronunciation: /ˈɡrʌmb(ə)l/
Pronunciation
/ˈɡrʌmb(ə)l/
Myanmar Meaning
(vt,vi) ငြီးတွားသည်။ (n) ကန့်ကွက်မူ။
Definition
grumble / 'grʌmbl / v ၁။ ~ (at/ to sb) (about/ at/ over sth) ညည္းသည္။ Stop grumbling! You don't have anything to complain about. ❍ 'How are you feeling?' 'Oh, I can't / mustn't grumble, you know'. ❍ Why grumble at me about your own stupid mistakes? ❍ 'Raining again,' she grumbled. ၂။ (မိုး) ၿခိမ္းသည္။ (ဝမ္း) ႐ုတ္သည္။ (အူ) တၾကဳတ္ၾကဳတ္ ျမည္သည္။ thunder grumbling in the distance ❍ the sound of one's stomach grumbling. n ၁။ ~ (about/ at/ over sth) ညည္းညဴျခင္း။ မေက်နပ္ခ်က္။ My main grumble is about the lack of privacy. ၂။ ျမည္ဟည္းသံ။ ဝမ္း႐ုတ္သံ။ a distant grumble of thunder. ❏ grumbler /'grʌmblǝ(r) / n ညည္းညဴတတ္သူ။ Mr White's a dreadful grumbler.
Examples
- [grumble about something] : Children always grumble about school dinners.
- [grumble at] : She grumbles at her employees over the slightest thing.
- [grumble that] : He grumbled that it was Saturday night and he had nothing to do.
- ‘This house is a mess
- ’ grumbled his mother.
- Grumbling subway trains