Grousing

Synonyms for "grousing" (85 found)

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Closest matches (17)

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

Noun(4 words)

Strong matches (26)

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

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kick

Noun(5 words)

fault findinggripe grumble grumblinghabitual grumbling

Related words (42)

kicking malcontent malcontented murmur murmuring mutteringout of humorpeeve peevish peevishnesspet peevepetulance petulant protest querulant querulous querulousness rebellious resentful restive

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restless scolding sniping squawk squawking sulky unaccepting unaccommodating uneasy unfulfilled ungoverned ungratified unhappy unsatisfied whining whiny yapping

Noun(5 words)

naggingpersistent dissatisfactionsystematic discontentwhine whiny

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More general

7 entries

attitude behavior complaint dispositionsocial behaviorspeech actverbal expression

More specific

11 entries

backtalk carping gripe gripinggrousing commentsgrousing remarksgrousing tonegrumble grumbling kvetching whine

Collocations

17 entries

employee grousinggrousing about minor issuesgrousing about policygrousing commentsgrousing complaintsgrousing critiquegrousing culturegrousing feedbackgrousing remarksgrousing sessiongrousing tonegrousing voicehabitual grousingopen grousingpersistent grousingtone of grousing

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Inflections

3 entries

groused grouses grousings

Derivations

2 entries

grouse grouser

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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