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grumbling

 noun
     
grum‧bling
1 [uncountable] also grumblings [plural] a complaint about something:
She paid up, with some grumbling.
Soon, the grumblings turned to open discontent.
2 [uncountable] a low continuous sound:
the grumbling of distant thunder
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