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Grizzle (Verb)

Meaning 1

Be in a huff; be silent or sullen.

Classification

Verbs of feeling.

Examples

  • The child began to grizzle when she didn't get her way with the ice cream flavor.
  • After being scolded, John grizzled for the rest of the evening, refusing to talk to anyone.
  • Sarah gave a sulky look and started to grizzle after her mom forbade her from watching TV late at night.
  • My little brother grizzles when he doesn't get the toy he wants at the store.
  • Emily started to grizzle when her parents wouldn't let her go to the sleepover at her friend's house on a school night.

Synonyms

  • Stew
  • Brood

Hypernyms

  • Brood
  • Pout

Meaning 2

Complain whiningly.

Classification

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.

Synonyms

  • Yammer
  • Yawp
  • Whine

Hypernyms

  • Plain
  • Kvetch
  • Quetch
  • Sound Off
  • Complain
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