## Meanings
1. To complain about something in a quiet, unhappy way.
2. To make a low, continuous, rumbling sound.
3. A quiet complaint said in an unhappy tone.

## Examples
- The workers grumble when they feel overworked.
- The distant thunder grumbled all afternoon.
- That whiner always has a grumble to share.

## Derived Forms
- begrumble
- grumbler
- grumblesome
- grumbly

## Related Forms
- rumble

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: grommeler
- Root: grumeler
- Root: *grommelen
- Root: grommen

## Etymology
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”).

## AI Etymology
Grumble is 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”). In present-day use, it can mean to complain about something in a quiet, unhappy way, or to make a low, continuous, rumbling sound. Related forms include rumble. Derived formations include begrumble, grumbler, grumblesome, grumbly.

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