Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to grumble
Participle: grumbled
Gerund: grumbling
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | grumble |
| you | grumble |
| he;she;it | grumbles |
| we | grumble |
| you | grumble |
| they | grumble |
Perfect
| I | have grumbled |
| you | have grumbled |
| he;she;it | has grumbled |
| we | have grumbled |
| you | have grumbled |
| they | have grumbled |
Past
| I | grumbled |
| you | grumbled |
| he;she;it | grumbled |
| we | grumbled |
| you | grumbled |
| they | grumbled |
Pluperfect
| I | had grumbled |
| you | had grumbled |
| he;she;it | had grumbled |
| we | had grumbled |
| you | had grumbled |
| they | had grumbled |
Future
| I | will grumble |
| you | will grumble |
| he;she;it | will grumble |
| we | will grumble |
| you | will grumble |
| they | will grumble |
Future Perfect
| I | will have grumbled |
| you | will have grumbled |
| he;she;it | will have grumbled |
| we | will have grumbled |
| you | will have grumbled |
| they | will have grumbled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | grumble |
| you | grumble |
| he;she;it | grumble |
| we | grumble |
| you | grumble |
| they | grumble |
Perfect
| I | have grumbled |
| you | have grumbled |
| he;she;it | have grumbled |
| we | have grumbled |
| you | have grumbled |
| they | have grumbled |
Imperfect
| I | grumbled |
| you | grumbled |
| he;she;it | grumbled |
| we | grumbled |
| you | grumbled |
| they | grumbled |
Pluperfect
| I | had grumbled |
| you | had grumbled |
| he;she;it | had grumbled |
| we | had grumbled |
| you | had grumbled |
| they | had grumbled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would grumble |
| you | would grumble |
| he;she;it | would grumble |
| we | would grumble |
| you | would grumble |
| they | would grumble |
Perfect
| I | would have grumbled |
| you | would have grumbled |
| he;she;it | would have grumbled |
| we | would have grumbled |
| you | would have grumbled |
| they | would have grumbled |
Imperative
| you | grumble |
| we | Let's grumble |
| you | grumble |
Verbs conjugated like 'grumble'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'grumble'
crumble,
drumble,
grubble,
rumble,
bumble,
chumble,
crumple,
frumple,
fumble,
gamble,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1586, from M.Du.
grommelen "murmur, mutter, grunt," from
grommen "to rumble, growl." Imitative, or perhaps akin to
grim.
2. Probably from Middle French grommeler, from Old French grumeler (“to murmur, grumble”), from Middle Dutch *grommelen ("to murmur, mutter, grunt"; > Modern Dutch grommelen (“to grumble”)), frequentative of Middle Dutch grommen (“to growl, grunt”). Cognate with Middle Low German grummelen (> Low German grummeln (“to grumble”)), German grummeln (“to grumble”), Norwegian dialectal grymja (“to growl, grunt”). See: Middle Dutch '
grommen', Low Saxon 'grummeln', German, old spelling '
grummeln'.
Verbs referencing "grumble"
German, old spelling
grummeln, Esperanto
grumbli.
Sample Sentences
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[...] heads up above him, and that I 've got proud notions from you; and he says he won't let me come here any more, and that I shall take a wife and settle down on his place. At first he only scolded and grumbled these things; but yesterday he told me that I should take Mina for a wife, and settle down in a cabin with her, or he would sell me down river. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] all the Pioneers into it likewise, so that we were five-and-forty at least, and the accession of passengers was not at all of that kind which improved the prospect of sleeping at night. Our people grumbled at this, as people do in such cases; but suffered the boat to be towed off with the whole freight aboard nevertheless; and away we went down the canal. At home, I should have protested lustily, but [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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Legree was just mixing himself a tumbler of punch, pouring his hot water from a cracked and broken-nosed pitcher, grumbling, as he did so,
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)