murmurers

noun

plural of murmurer
as in complainers
an irritable and complaining person the murmurers among the patients usually got fed last

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  1. complainers
  2. crabs
  3. bears
  4. cranks
Noun
  • Are they deluded into thinking that the complainers are just a squeaky wheel minority and the majority of fans are happy with it?
    — Jeremy Rutherford, New York Times, 13 July 2026
  • However, the Lakers are complainers to begin with and have always gotten a favorable whistle.
    — David Troy OutKick, FOXNews.com, 11 May 2026
Definition of complainers
Noun
  • More specifically, insects are invertebrates (animals without backbones) and are part of the arthropod phylum, which also includes spiders, crabs, and centipedes.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Aug. 2026
  • For example, individuals that only eat small fish rather than shrimp and crabs get less astaxanthin, which can affect their coloration.
    — Sara Hashemi, Popular Science, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of crabs
Noun
  • The strongest exhibit the bears ever had is now spending like the bulls.
    — Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • In 2022, 15 years after Macy's had stopped making the bears, Santa Bear came back.
    — Derek James, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of bears
Noun
  • Indeed, cranks and conspiracists on the American and British hard right now exist in happy symbiosis.
    — Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 26 July 2026
  • The newer Schnierle hardware with which Wellhouse is working in the iCamper cranks this adjustability up considerably.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 July 2026
Definition of cranks
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