grousing
present participle ofgrouse
| 单词 | grousing |
| 释义 | grousing present participle ofgrouse grouse verb[I] informaluk/ɡraʊs/us/ɡraʊs/tocomplainangrily: She's always grousingabouthow she's beentreatedby themanagement. Synonyms beefinformal bellyacheinformal complain moan(COMPLAIN)informaldisapproving Complaining
Examplesofgrousinggrousing In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. They lead to moregrousingand trouble than anything else. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They are stillgrousingabout it after 250 years. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We are not in the habit ofgrousing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 If people who are short will only make it known, instead of grumbling andgrousing, their requirements will be met. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They should go into their constituencies and give a lead to their people instead ofgrousinghere and looking for trouble when they get back to their constituencies. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It was just that the money had to be raised, and there was nogrousingon the part of the manufacturing interests as to what they would have to pay. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 If he can do something for them now, he will save those same people from going about the countrygrousingabout their postwar credits in this new era of peace. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Of course there is bound to begrousing, and there is bound to be complaint wherever the dividing line falls between a large and a small establishment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The city council in my area is delighted with its standard spending assessment, although, of course, the county council is not pleased and isgrousingfit to burst. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Everybody isgrousingabout high rates. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Too much has been left to this gallant little country which has fought the battles of civilisation for three or four centuries without anygrousingor complaining. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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