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Definition of Grumbler
1. Noun. A person given to excessive complaints and crying and whining.
Generic synonyms: Disagreeable Person, Unpleasant Person
Specialized synonyms: Kvetch
Derivative terms: Bellyache, Complain, Grumble, Grumble, Moan, Snivel, Snivel, Snivel, Squawk, Squawk, Whine, Whine
Definition of Grumbler
1. n. One who grumbles.
Definition of Grumbler
1. Noun. A person who persistently grumbles; a complainer ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Grumbler
1. one that grumbles [n -S] - See also: grumbles
Lexicographical Neighbors of Grumbler
Literary usage of Grumbler
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Christian Examiner (1838)
"Baltimore: Coale and Go. 1837. 12mo. pp. 374. ALTHOUGH the writer of this book
nominates himself grumbler, and hails from ..."
2. The Christian Examiner and General Review edited by Francis Jenks, James Walker, Francis William Pitt Greenwood, William Ware (1838)
"The volume of Anthony grumbler, Esq., is of the table- talk description, comprising
one hundred and fifty-nine subjects, regularly numbered, which subjects ..."
3. Manual of Serum Diagnosis: Deep Breathing and a Complete System for by Bernarr Macfadden, Otto Rostoski (1904)
"THE MENTAL ATTITUDE THAT MAKES FOR HEALTH REST, RELAXATION AND RECUPERATION
HAPPINESS AS CONTAGIOUS AS DISEASE—DON'T BE A CHRONIC grumbler. ..."
4. A History of the People of the United States: From the Revolution to the by John Bach McMaster (1885)
"One grumbler declared that it would now cost more to send a paper from Portland
or Savannah to Philadelphia than to bring it over from London, ..."
5. The Monthly Review by Charles William Wason (1844)
"The grumbler. By the late Miss ELLEN PICKERING. 3 vols. Newby. Mr. WH HERBERT,
the Author of the first-named work, is an Englishman residing in America, ..."
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