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griping - 20 thesaurus results
Main Entry: gripe
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: complain
Synonyms: bellyache*, carp, fuss, groan, grouch, grouse, grumble, moan, murmur, mutter, nag, squawk, take on*, whine, yammer*, yawp*, blow off*, crab, kvetch
Antonyms: compliment, praise
Main Entry: gripe
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: pain, annoy
Synonyms: ache, bother, compress, cramp, disturb, hurt, irritate, pinch, press, squeeze, vex
Antonyms: please, soothe
Main Entry: carping
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: complaining
Synonyms: censorious, critical, disparaging, fault-finding, grouchy, grumbling, hypercritical, niggling, quibbling, scathing, bellyaching, caviling, criticizing, deprecatory, griping, grousing, kvetching, moaning, nagging, nit-picking, overcritical, whining
Antonyms: complimentary, forgiving
Main Entry: discontented/discontent
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: unhappy, dissatisfied
Synonyms: blue, complaining, crabby, disaffected, disgruntled, displeased, disturbed, fed up, fretful, malcontent, miserable, perturbed, picky, restless, upset, disquieted, exasperated, griping, kvetching, malcontented, ungratified, vexed
Antonyms: content, contented, happy, patient, pleased, satisfied, uncomplaining
Main Entry: disgruntled
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: unhappy; critical
Synonyms: annoyed, crabby, cranky, disappointed, discontent, discontented, displeased, dissatisfied, grouchy, grumpy, irritable, irritated, malcontent, peeved, peevish, petulant, put out, sulky, sullen, testy, bad tempered, bellyaching, crabbing, griping, grousing, kicking, kvetching, malcontented, uncontent, ungratified, vexed
Antonyms: contented, happy, pleased, satisfied, uncritical
Main Entry: dissatisfied
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: discontented, unhappy
Synonyms: annoyed, bothered, complaining, crabby*, critical, disaffected, disappointed, disgruntled, displeased, envious, faultfinding, fretful, frustrated, grumbling, grumpy*, insatiable, jaundiced, jealous, malcontent, offended, picky, plaintive, querulous, sulky, sullen, unsatisfied, begrudging, ennuied, fed-up, fretting, griping, grudging, irked, kvetching, malcontented, not satisfied, put-out, sniveling, unappeased, unassuaged, unfulfilled, ungratified, unsated, vexed
Notes: only a person can be dissatisfied while an abstract thing can be unsatisfied (hunger)
unsatisfied implies that a wish, need, or expectation that previously existed has not been satisfied; dissatisfied implies no such prior existence, but simply registers a failure to be satisfied
Antonyms: contented, fulfilled, happy, pleased, satisfied, gratified
Main Entry: grumpy
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: in a bad mood
Synonyms: bad-tempered, cantankerous*, crabby*, cross, crotchety, disgruntled, dissatisfied, grouchy*, grumbling, irritable, peevish, petulant, querulous, sulky, sullen, surly, testy, truculent, griping, pettish
Antonyms: happy, nice, pleasant
Main Entry: discontented
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: unhappy
Synonyms: blue, complaining, crabby, disaffected, discontented, disgruntled, displeased, dissatisfied, disturbed, fed up, fretful, malcontent, miserable, perturbed, picky, restless, upset, bitching, disquieted, exasperated, griping, kvetching, malcontented, ungratified, vexed
Antonyms: content, contented, happy, pleased, satisfied
Main Entry: quibbling
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: carping
Synonyms: complaining, fault-finding, hairsplitting, niggling, griping, nit-picking
Main Entry: complain
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: grumble about
Synonyms: accuse, ascribe, attack, beef*, bellyache*, bemoan, bewail, carp, cavil, charge, contravene, criticize, defy, demur, denounce, deplore, deprecate, differ, disagree, disapprove, dissent, expostulate, fret, fuss, gainsay, grieve, gripe, groan, grouse, growl, grumble, impute, indict, lament, lay, moan, nag, object, oppose, protest, refute, remonstrate, repine, reproach, snivel, wail, whimper, whine, yammer, bitch, find fault, kick up a fuss, look askance, make a fuss, sound off, take exception to
Antonyms: applaud, approve, commend, praise, recommend, sanction, be content, be happy
Main Entry: groan
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: moan, complain
Synonyms: bemoan, cry, gripe, grouse, grumble, keen, lament, mumble, murmur, object, sigh, whine
Main Entry: grouch
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: complain a lot
Synonyms: bellyache*, carp, gripe, grouse, grumble, moan, murmur, mutter, scold, whine, find fault
Antonyms: compliment, praise
Main Entry: grumble
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: complain
Synonyms: bellyache*, carp, fuss, gripe, groan, grouch*, grouse, kick, moan, protest, pule, repine, scold, snivel*, squawk*, whine, find fault, kvetch
Antonyms: compliment, praise
Main Entry: kick
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: complain
Synonyms: carp, combat, condemn, criticize, curse, damn, except, execrate, expostulate, fight, fuss, gripe, grumble, inveigh, mumble, object, oppose, protest, rebel, remonstrate, repine, resist, spurn, wail, whine, withstand, anathematize
Antonyms: compliment, praise
Main Entry: moan
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: groan, complain
Synonyms: bemoan, bewail, carp, deplore, grieve, gripe, grouse, grumble, keen, lament, mourn, sigh, sob, wail, whine
Main Entry: object
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: disagree, argue against
Synonyms: balk, challenge, complain, criticize, cross, demur, deprecate, disapprove, disavow, discountenance, dispute, dissent, except, expostulate, frown, gripe, grouse, inveigh, kick*, oppose, protest, rail, rant, rave, remonstrate, spurn, squawk*, storm, take on, tangle*, be displeased, crab, discommend, disesteem, go-one-on-one, make a stink, mix it up with, raise objection, sound off, take exception
Antonyms: accept, agree, concur, consent, go along
Main Entry: pain
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: bother, trouble
Synonyms: ache, afflict, aggrieve, agonize, ail, anguish, annoy, bite, chafe, chasten, constrain, convulse, discomfort, disquiet, distress, exasperate, gall, grieve, gripe, harass, harm, hurt, inflame, injure, irk, irritate, nick, prick, punish, rack, rile, sadden, smart, sting, strain, stress, suffer, throb, tingle, torment, torture, upset, vex, worry, wound, cut to the quick, excruciate, harrow, hit where one lives
Antonyms: aid, assist, assuage, help, please
Main Entry: sulk
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: pout
Synonyms: brood, frown, gloom, glower, gripe, grouse, grump*, lower, moon*, mope*, scowl, take on, be down in the mouth, be in a huff, be morose, be out of sorts, be silent, look sullen
Antonyms: grin, smile, be happy
Main Entry: whine
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: complain, cry
Synonyms: bellyache, carp, drone, fuss, gripe, grouse, grumble, howl, kick, moan, murmur, pule, repine, snivel, sob, wail, whimper, yowl, mewl
Main Entry: yammer
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: whine
Synonyms: bellyache, carp, complain, fuss, gripe, grumble, howl, moan, repine, wail, whimper, yowl
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