Griping

Synonyms for "griping" (117 found)

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Closest matches (24)

acute agonizing atrocious beef beefing bellyache bitch bite bitingcharley horsecrabby cramp cranky

Noun(11 words)

bellyaching bemoaning bitching carp colic colicky complain complaining complaint crabbing cramping

Strong matches (35)

crick cruel disappointed discontented disgruntled displeased dissatisfied dissent distressing envious excruciating gnawing grave grievance groan grouchy grousing hard harrowing harsh

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hitch holler howl hurtful hurting kick

Noun(9 words)

fault findingfaultfinding gripe gripes grouching grouse grumble grumblingintestinal colic

Related words (58)

kink malcontent murmuring muttering nipout of humorpainful pang paroxysm peevepet peevepetulance petulant piercing pinch poignant prick protest pungent querulous

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Noun(4 words)

moan peevish spasmodic whine

Related word relations

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More general

11 entries

behaviordescriptive adjectivediscontentexpression of dissatisfactionhurtingmedical adjectivenegative descriptorpainpain descriptorspeech actverbal expression

More specific

14 entries

carp carping colicky cramping faultfinding grouse grumble grumbling kvetching moan nagging nitpicking spasmodic whine

Collocations

15 entries

constant gripinggriping aboutgriping about paygriping about policygriping attitudegriping commentsgriping complaintsgriping remarksgriping tonehabit of gripinghabitual gripingoccasional gripingpersistent gripingpetty gripingpublic griping

Inflections

3 entries

griped gripes gripings

Derivations

3 entries

grip gripe griper

Sample sentences

3 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Mary had a few friends over for lunch and they spent most of the time griping about their husbands.

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He never stops griping about something.

Source: tatoeba (11450402)

The gripings are always severe, and a sort of painful descent of the bowels accompanies every evacuation.

Source: wiktionary

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