yammer
6 synonyms for yammer, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Verb — To grumble in an irritable or whining way.
Synonyms
Rare, literary or technical
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Etymology
From Middle English ȝameren, ȝaumeren, yemeren, ȝomeren, from Old English ġeōmrian (“to lament”), from Proto-West Germanic *jāmarōn, from Proto-Germanic *jēmarōną (“to show misery or sadness”), from Proto-Germanic *jēmaraz (“miserable, sorrowful, sad”), from Proto-Indo-European *yem- (“to hold, match, defeat”). Reinfor...
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