Emily Dickinson Lexicon

GRUDG'ING, ppr.

Envying; being uneasy at another's possession of something which we have a desire to possess.

GRUDG'ING-LY, adv.

Unwillingly; with reluctance or discontent; as, to give grudgingly.

GRU'EL, n. [Fr. gruau; W. grual.]

A kind of light food made by boiling meal in water. It is usually made of the meal of oats or maiz.

GRUFF, a. [D. grof; G. grοb; Dan. grov; Sw. grof; W. gruf, a griffon, one fierce and bold.]

Of a rough or stern countenance; sour; surly; severe; rugged; harsh. Addison.

GRUFF'LY, adv.

Roughly; sternly; ruggedly; harshly. And gruffly looked the god. Dryden.

GRUFF'NESS, n.

Roughness of countenance; sternness.

GRUM, a. [Dan. grum, cruel, fierce, peevish; Sw. grym, id.; Dan. gremmer, to mourn; W. grwm, growling, surly; grymian, to grumble.]

1. Morose; severe of countenance; sour; surly. Arbuthnot.
2. Low; deep in the throat; guttural; rumbling; as, a grum voice.

GRUM'BLE, v.i. [D. grommelen, grommen; Sax. grymetan; Dan. gremmer; Fr. grommeler; W. grymial, to grumble; Russ. grom, a loud noise, thunder; gremlyu, to make a loud noise, to thunder; Arm. grommellat; Ir. cruim, thunder; probably from the root of rumble; Heb. Ch. Syr. רעם, to roar, murmur, thunder; Sax. reomian, hremman, to scream. Class Rm, No. 11, 13.]

1. To murmur with discontent; to utter a low voice by way of complaint. L'Avare, not using half his store, / Still grumbles that he has no more. Prior.
2. To growl; to snarl; as, a lion grumbling over his prey.
3. To rumble; to roar; to make a harsh and heavy sound; as, grumbling thunder; a grumbling storm. [In this sense, rumble is generally used.]

GRUM'BLER, n.

One who grumbles or murmurs; one who complains; a discontented man. Swift.

GRUM'BLING, n.

A murmuring through discontent; a rumbling.

GRUM'BLING, ppr.

Murmuring through discontent; rumbling; growling.

GRUM'BLING-LY, adv.

With grumbling or complaint.

GRUME, n. [Fr. grumeau; L. grumus; It. and Sp. grumo.]

A thick viscid consistence of a fluid; a clot, as of blood, &c.

GRUM'LY, adv.

Morosely; with a sullen countenance.

GRU'MOUS, a.

Thick; concreted; clotted; as, grumous blood.

GRU'MOUS-NESS, n.

A state of being clotted or concreted. Wiseman.

GRUND'SEL, n. [See GROUNDSEL.]

Milton.

GRUNT, n.

A deep guttural sound, as of a hog. Dryden.

GRUNT, v.i. [Dan. grynter; G. grunzen; Sax. grunan; Fr. grogner; Arm. grondal; L. grunnio; Sp. gruñir; It. grugnire. See Heb. Ch. Sam. רנן, Ar. رَنَّ ranna, to cry out, to murmur. Class Rn, No. 4.]

To murmur like a hog; to utter a short groan or a deep guttural sound. Swift. Shak.

GRUNT'ER, n.

1. One that grunts.
2. A fish of the gurnard kind. Dict. Nat. Hist.

GRUNT'ING, n.

The guttural sound of swine and other animals.

GRUNT'ING, ppr.

Uttering the murmuring or guttural sound of swine or other animals.

GRUNT'ING-LY, adv.

With grunting or murmurs. Sherwood.

GRUNT'LE, v.i.

To grunt. [Not much used.]

GRUNT'LING, n.

A young hog.