yammer

Meaning

Verb

1. (intransitive) To complain peevishly.
2. (intransitive) To talk loudly and persistently.
3. (transitive) To repeat on and on, usually loudly or in complaint.
4. (intransitive, rare) To make an outcry; to clamor.
5. (intransitive) to repeatedly call someone's name.

Noun

1. (uncountable) The act or noise of yammering.
2. (uncountable) A loud noise.
3. (uncountable) One who yammers.

Synonyms

babble

chatter

jabber

whine

grizzle

yawp

gab

howl

prattle

complain

yowl

wrawl

grumble

mewl

natter

objection

oink

palaver

prate

pule

quibble

screak

screech

snivel

tattle

tittle tattle

twaddle

waffle

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appeal

skreak

rattle away

yap

blabber

bray

carp

complaint

croak

gabble

gibber

gossip

grouch

grouse

growl

Translations

lloriquear

pleurnicher

rugir

sızlanmak

frignare

ulular

gemecar

gemegar

esgargamellar-se

bagolar

heulen

jammern

klagen

quäken

xisclar

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈjæm.ə/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: ȝameren

Inherited from Old English: ġeōmrian

Cognate with Dutch: jammeren

Cognate with Scots: yammer

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: jammerje

Cognate with Western Frisian: jammerje

Cognate with German: jammern

Cognate with Danish: jamre

Cognate with Norwegian: jamre

Cognate with Old Norse: amra

In summary

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”). Reinforced by cognate Middle Dutch jammeren (modern Dutch jammeren), from the same ultimate origin. Cognate also with Scots yammer, Saterland Frisian jammerje, West Frisian jammerje, German Low German jammern, German jammern, Danish jamre, Norwegian jamre. Compare also Old Norse amra (“to howl, wail, yammer”).