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Pronunciation / Transliteration: bàoyuàn
"人群中传来一阵不满的抱怨声。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
1 sense- 1
A faint, low-pitched murmur or complaint.
"There was a low grumble from the audience as the show was delayed."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Late Middle English: frequentative of obsolete grum (imitative of a low guttural sound), or from German grummeln and Dutch grommelen.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Grumble" is said worldwide
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grommellement
Transliteration: grommellement
"J'ai entendu un léger grommellement de sa part."
Grummeln
Transliteration: Grummeln
"Man hörte ein leises Grummeln im Magen."
brontolio
Transliteration: brontolio
"C'era un continuo brontolio tra la folla."
reniego
Transliteration: reniego
"Se escuchó un pequeño reniego por el retraso."
resmungo
Transliteration: resmungo
"Ouvi um resmungo dele quando pediu para sair."
बड़ड़ाहट
Transliteration: badbadahat
"भीड़ के बीच से एक धीमी बड़ड़ाहट आ रही थी।"
抱怨
Transliteration: bàoyuàn
"人群中传来一阵不满的抱怨声。"
불평
Transliteration: bulpyeong
"그의 작은 불평이 방안에 울렸다."
不満
Transliteration: fuman
"観客席から小さな不満の声が聞こえた。"
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