Grousing

Synonyms for "grousing" (71 found)

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beef beefing bellyache bellyaching bitch bitching complaining complaint complaintful crabbing crabby cranky croaking destructive criticism disappointed

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discontented disgruntled displeased dissatisfied dissent envious faultfinding grievance gripe griping groan groaning grouchy grouse growling grumbling holler howl kick kicking

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malcontent

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grouse

Translations

1 translations across 1 languages.

German

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Quengelei noun (Peevish complaining)

Sample sentences

3 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

She was grousing about having to go back to work.

Source: tatoeba (11976014)

I'm sick of your grousings!

Source: wiktionary

Cue the grousing: This was computer science, not physics or chemistry! Indeed, of the five laureates on Tuesday and Wednesday, arguably only one, the University of Washington biochemist David Baker, works in the field he was awarded in.

Source: wiktionary

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