begrumble

English

Etymology

From be- (“about”) +‎ grumble.

Verb

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

1. (intransitive) To grumble.
   • 1902, Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener and Home Farmer, page 402:

     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?

2. (transitive) To grumble at or to.
   • 1983, Westerly - Volumes 28-29, page 50:

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

   • 2014, Laura May, Pickles and Ponies:

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

Adjective

begrumble (not comparable)

1. damned; blasted
   • 2002, Oxford S. Stroud, To Yield a Dream:

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