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# grumbler

«grumbler» in Mova's school dictionary: **A person who often grumbles: someone who complains in a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a grumbler, grumblers)

### meaning for a pupil

A person who often grumbles: someone who complains in a low, unhappy voice about small things. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grumbler/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In stories a grumbler is a moaning character who is never happy, often shown in a funny way. Related: «moaner», «whinger» (UK, Australia), «complainer», «grouch».

### examples

- Uncle Bob is a real grumbler about the weather. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grumbler/#x1)
- Don't be a grumbler — we'll have fun even if it rains. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grumbler/#x2)
- The old grumbler in the story complained about every child in the street. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grumbler/#x3)
- Every team has a grumbler who hates early practice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grumbler/#x4)
- The grumbler moaned that the soup was too hot, then too cold. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grumbler/#x5)
- Mole was no grumbler; he got on with the spring cleaning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grumbler/#x6)

### note

Countable; plural «grumblers». From the verb «grumble (grumbles, grumbled)». Informal synonyms: «moaner», «whinger» (UK), «grouch» (US).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «grumbler» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grumbler/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.