grizzling

[ griz-ling ]

nounBritish.
  1. the act of complaining or whimpering.

Origin of grizzling

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How to use grizzling in a sentence

  • Brahms, for all his grumbling and grizzling, had never guessed what it felt like to be suspected of stealing an umbrella.

    Howards End | E. M. Forster
  • I'm that romantic I shall be really interested, instead of grizzling all the time till we get back.

    A Traitor's Wooing | Headon Hill
  • The light streaming through the shutters Hannah had just opened streamed in on his grizzling head and face working with emotion.

    The History of David Grieve | Mrs. Humphry Ward
  • That fearful afternoon passed slowly, with its grizzling heat and constant fighting, and the night came quickly.

  • Imagine if you had a child who was always grizzling, in spite of all your love and care!

    The Fortunes of the Farrells | Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey