Home › Words › B › begrumblebegrumblebegrumble means damned; blasted.EtymologyFrom be- (“about”) + grumble.adjdamned; blastede.g.““All right, all right,” Gloria complained, “if you're so dead set on your begrumbled frog. […]”” — 2002, Oxford S. Stroud, To Yield a Dream:verbTo grumble.e.g.“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:To grumble at or to.e.g.“Scratcheting roof-possums haunt gamely chomp & claw - preening in midnight garrets above our bed begrumbling us our sleep sometimes” — 1983, Westerly - Volumes 28-29, page 50:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.grumly 75% match — Turbid, troubled vs begrumble →begrumpled 73% match — Sour, displeased or offended vs begrumble →begrouch 73% match — To grouch over; complain about vs begrumble →grumbling 73% match — complaining vs begrumble →grumbler 73% match — A person who persistently grumbles; a complainer. vs begrumble →frine 69% match — To grumble, whine, or whimper; fret; show discontent; murmur; complain. vs begrumble →grousing 67% match — Peevish complaining. vs begrumble →curmur 67% match — To murmur or rumble. vs begrumble →