Synonyms for Complaining

Synonyms for "complaining" (138 found)

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Closest matches (28)

beef beefing bellyache bellyaching bitch bitching complaint complaintful crabbing crabby cranky croakingdestructive criticismdisappointed discontented disgruntled displeased disputatious disputing

Noun(7 words)

bemoaning bleating carp carping complain complaint criticism

Adjective(1 words)

complaintive

Verb(1 words)

discontenting

Strong matches (41)

dissatisfied dissent dissentient dissenting envious faultfinding fractious fretful grievance gripe griping groan groaning grouchy grouse grousing growling grumbling holler howl

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howling jeremianic kick kicking lamentive malcontent malcontented moanful

Noun(12 words)

faultfinding grievance gripe griping grouchiness grouching grumble grumbling issue kvetching moan moaning

Verb(1 words)

groused

Related words (69)

mournful murmur murmuring muttering noncooperative objecting obstructiveon the barricadesout of humorpeeve peevish peevishnesspet peevepetulance petulant plaintive plangentproof againstprotest protesting

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Noun(4 words)

objection peevish protest whining

Adjective(2 words)

whinier whiniest

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

7 relation types

More general

10 entries

action adjective behaviorbehavioral patterncommunication descriptor discourse expression modifierspeech act

More specific

15 entries

carping faultfindingformal complaintformal grievancegrievance griping grumbling kvetching nitpickingoral complaintpetitionredress requestwhiningwritten complaintwritten objection

Collocations

10 entries

chronic complainingcomplaining behaviorcomplaining customerscomplaining tonecomplaining voiceconstant complainingfrequent complaininghabit of complaininghabitual complainingpersistent complaining

Inflections

5 entries

complained complainings complainsmore complainingmost complaining

Derivations

5 entries

complain complainant complainer complainingly complaint

Antonyms

1 entries

uncomplaining

similar

5 entries

fretful protestant querulous whiney whiny

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

If you don't want to put on sunscreen, that's your problem. Just don't come complaining to me when you get a sunburn.

Source: tatoeba (1684)

I don't want to hear any more of your complaining.

Source: tatoeba (2122)

You have no business complaining about the matter.

Source: tatoeba (16588)

You are always complaining.

Source: tatoeba (16765)

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Complaining