begrumble

begrumble verb: to grumble.

Verb

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

(intransitive) To 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
(transitive) To grumble at or to.
- Scratcheting roof-possums haunt gamely chomp & claw - preening in midnight garrets above our bed begrumbling us our sleep sometimes1983, Westerly - Volumes 28-29, page 50
- The begrumbled human face looked at the kind old lady in the cottage with something akin to terror.2014, Laura May, Pickles and Ponies

begrumble (not comparable)

damned; 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

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

From be- (“about”) + grumble.

What does begrumble mean?: Begrumble means to grumble.
What part of speech is begrumble?: Begrumble can be a verb or an adjective.
What is the past tense of begrumble?: The past tense of begrumble is begrumbled.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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