grumbler

English

Etymology

From grumble +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Noun

grumbler (plural grumblers)

1. A person who persistently grumbles; a complainer.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:complainer

   • 1890, American Street Railway Association, Verbatim Report of the Proceedings of the Convention (page 169)

     But the grumbler must be heard through the newspapers, and a great deal of unpleasantness comes to newspapers from the grumbler; and the newspapers, and not the grumbler, nearly always have to take the brunt of the trouble.

Translations

a person who persistently grumbles

• Catalan: rondinaire m or f, botzinaire m or f
• Chinese: Mandarin:发牢骚的人 (Fāláosāoderén)
• Finnish: valittaja (fi)
• Greek:

  Ancient: γογγυστής m (gongustḗs)

• Manx: accanagh m, talleyder m, trughanagh m
• Russian: ворчу́н (ru) m (vorčún), ворчу́нья (ru) f (vorčúnʹja), ворчу́шка f (vorčúška)
• Swedish: kverulant (sv) c, gnällspik (sv) c, knarr (sv), brumbjörn c, gnällpipa c, surpuppa (sv) c
• Welsh: grwgnachwr m, grwgnachwraig f