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What is the adjective for grumbling?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb grumble which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

grumblesome
  1. Characterised or marked by grumbling
grumbly
  1. Given to grumbling
  2. Synonyms:
      3. curmudgeonly, irritable, testy, grumpy, grouchy, irascible, peevish, cantankerous, crabby, tetchy, cranky, moody, ill-tempered, bad-tempered, waspish, complaining, petulant, fretful, touchy, cross, prickly, pettish, discontented, grumbling, whining, dissatisfied, crotchety, carping, crabbed, fractious, critical, sour, peppery, edgy, crusty, murmuring, miserable, plaintive, disagreeable, morose, impatient, bitter, ratty, sullen, censorious, huffy, chippy, scratchy, whingeing, snappish … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “This will help you to determine where you can stop should anything unexpected arise like a prematurely grumbly tummy or a nasty storm.”
      “At the sound of that deep, rumbly, grumbly voice it looked for a few minutes as if school would be broken up for that day.”
      “Sweaty and desolate in turns, sullen and grumbly, despite the City of Culture wash 'n' brush-up.”
grumblier
  1. comparative form of grumbly: more grumbly
  2. Synonyms:
      3. curmudgeonlier, testier, grumpier, grouchier, crabbier, tetchier, crankier, moodier, worse-tempered, more irritable, more irascible, more peevish, more cantankerous, more ill-tempered, more petulant, more waspish, crosser, touchier, more fretful, more pettish, pricklier, more discontented, more critical, pepperier, more dissatisfied, edgier, more carping, crotchetier, more crabbed, crustier, more fractious, sourer, bitterer, more plaintive, moroser, more impatient, more disagreeable, miserabler, scratchier, chippier, rattier, more censorious, sullener, huffier, more liverish, more captious, more choleric, more splenetic, surlier, more dyspeptic … more
grumbliest
  1. superlative form of grumbly: most grumbly
  2. Synonyms:
      3. curmudgeonliest, testiest, grumpiest, grouchiest, crabbiest, tetchiest, crankiest, moodiest, worst-tempered, most irritable, most irascible, most peevish, most cantankerous, most ill-tempered, most waspish, most petulant, touchiest, crossest, most fretful, most pettish, prickliest, most discontented, crustiest, most fractious, crotchetiest, sourest, most crabbed, most critical, most dissatisfied, pepperiest, most carping, edgiest, bitterest, morosest, most impatient, most plaintive, miserablest, most disagreeable, huffiest, most censorious, sullenest, rattiest, scratchiest, chippiest, most snappish, most choleric, most splenetic, surliest, sulkiest, most captious … more
grumbled
  1. simple past tense and past participle of grumble
  2. Synonyms:
      3. created, complained, made a fuss, cried, moaned, whined, whinged, fretted, fussed, griped, groaned, grope, grumped, kicked up a fuss, kicked up a rumpus, nagged, protested, remonstrated, sniveled, snivelled, sounded off, wailed, whimpered, yammered, carped, groused, beefed, grouched, bellyached, bleated, muttered, grizzled, inveighed, murmured, kvetched, growled, screamed, repined, squawked, crabbed, hollered, squealed, caterwauled, maundered, keened, yawped, croaked, yowled, kicked, yauped … more
grumbling
  1. present participle of grumble
  2. Synonyms:
      3. complaining, moaning, whining, grousing, whingeing, carping, griping, beefing, grouching, bellyaching, bleating, fussing, grizzling, nagging, muttering, wailing, growling, screaming, inveighing, kvetching, grumping, keening, murmuring, caterwauling, repining, crabbing, whimpering, hollering, squealing, squawking, yowling, croaking, maundering, kicking, yammering, yawping, yauping, protesting, objecting, cavilling, caviling, chuntering, groaning, mithering, ranting, creating, chirping, fulminating, cribbing, nattering … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The grumbling customers left the restaurant, unsatisfied with their meals.”
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