grumbling :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

n. a loud low dull continuous noise; "they heard the rumbling of thunder"

grumble, murmur, murmuring, mutter, muttering

n. a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone

adj. tending to find and call attention to faults; "a captious pedant"; "an excessively demanding and faultfinding tutor"

rolling, rumbling

adj. continuous full and low-pitched throbbing sound; "the rumbling rolling sound of thunder"

force, strength, forcefulness

n. physical energy or intensity; "he hit with all the force he could muster"; "it was destroyed by the strength of the gale"; "a government has not the vitality and forcefulness of a living man"

bankruptcy

n. inability to discharge all your debts as they come due; "the company had to declare bankruptcy"; "fraudulent loans led to the failure of many banks"

crash, collapse

n. a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures)

brush, encounter, clash, skirmish

n. a minor short-term fight

roar

n. the sound made by a lion

roll, paradiddle, drum roll

n. the sound of a drum (especially a snare drum) beaten rapidly and continuously

fretful, querulous, whiney, whining, whiny

adj. habitually complaining; "a whining child"

protesting, protestant

adj. making a protest

big

adj. loud and firm; "a big voice"; "big bold piano sounds"

blaring

adj. unpleasantly loud and penetrating; "the blaring noise of trumpets"; "shut our ears against the blasting music from his car radio"

booming, orotund, stentorian

adj. used of the voice

thunderous, thundery, deafening, earsplitting, roaring

adj. loud enough to cause (temporary) hearing loss

full, sounding

adj. having volume or depth; "sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal"; "the sounding cataract haunted me like a passion"- Wordsworth

loud-mouthed

adj. given to loud offensive talk

loud-voiced

adj. having an unusually loud voice

ringing, plangent, resounding

adj. loud and resounding; "plangent bells"; "the plangent minority"

rotund, sonorous

adj. full and loud and deep; "heavy sounds"; "a herald chosen for his sonorous voice"

vocal

adj. full of the sound of voices; "a playground vocal with the shouts and laughter of children"

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