Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

begrumble

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: be-grum-ble
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Intransitive verb

verb

To grumble at or to.

Transitive verb

adj

damned; blasted

Example Sentences

"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?"
"Scratcheting roof-possums haunt gamely chomp & claw - preening in midnight garrets above our bed begrumbling us our sleep sometimes"
"The begrumbled human face looked at the kind old lady in the cottage with something akin to terror."
"“All right, all right,” Gloria complained, “if you're so dead set on your begrumbled frog. […]”"

Etymology

From be- (“about”) + grumble.

Usage

Inflected Forms

begrumbles (present, singular) begrumbling (participle, present) begrumbled (participle, past) begrumbled (past)

Questions

What does begrumble mean?: To grumble.
Where does begrumble come from?: From be- (“about”) + grumble.

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