begrumble

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verb

To grumble.

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Meanings

verbbegrumble (third-person singular simple present begrumbles, present participle begrumbling, simple past and past participle begrumbled)

present singular third person begrumbles · participle present begrumbling · participle past begrumbled · past begrumbled

  1. intransitiveTo grumble.

    Then why should people begrumble to pay a decent price for the upkeep of the great picture gallery of the world, universal Nature, teeming with the masterpieces of the master artist Nature?

    1902, Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener and Home Farmer, page 402
  2. transitiveTo grumble at or to.

    The begrumbled human face looked at the kind old lady in the cottage with something akin to terror.

    2014, Laura May, Pickles and Ponies
    1 more example

    Scratcheting roof-possums haunt gamely chomp & claw - preening in midnight garrets above our bed begrumbling us our sleep sometimes

    1983, Westerly - Volumes 28-29, page 50
adjectivebegrumble (not comparable)
  1. not comparabledamned; blasted

    “All right, all right,” Gloria complained, “if you're so dead set on your begrumbled frog. […]”

    2002, Oxford S. Stroud, To Yield a Dream

Origin

From be- (“about”) + grumble.

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APA

begrumble. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/begrumble

MLA

“begrumble.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/begrumble. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “begrumble,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/begrumble.

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