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complaint
A cause or reason for complaining; a grievance:
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  1. A cause or reason for complaining; a grievance:
  2. The initial pleading of a plaintiff in a civil action that identifies the court’s jurisdiction, the alleged facts that entitle the plaintiff to relief, and the relief sought. See also ad damnum clause, bill, petition, and prayer. The initial pleading of a plaintiff in a civil action that identifies the court’s jurisdiction, the alleged facts that entitle the plaintiff to relief, and the relief sought. See also ad damnum clause, bill, petition, and prayer.
  3. (Law) A pleading setting forth the plaintiff's case or cause of action; formal charge or accusation
grievance
A circumstance thought to be unjust or injurious and ground for complaint or resentment
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  1. A circumstance thought to be unjust or injurious and ground for complaint or resentment
  2. In labor law, a complaint filed with or by a union to challenge an employer’s treatment of one or more union members. In labor law, a complaint filed with or by a union to challenge an employer’s treatment of one or more union members.
  3. A complaint or annoyance.
beef
Meat from such an animal; specif., a whole dressed carcass
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  1. Meat from such an animal; specif., a whole dressed carcass
  2. A full-grown steer, bull, ox, or cow, especially one intended for use as meat.
  3. (Slang) A complaint or grievance
infirmity
A bodily ailment or weakness:
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  1. A bodily ailment or weakness:
  2. Debility caused by ill health or advanced age. Debility caused by ill health or advanced age.
  3. The condition of being infirm, often as associated with old age; weakness or frailty:
indisposition
A bad mood or disposition
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  1. A bad mood or disposition
  2. A mild illness, the state of being indisposed
  3. A slight illness
disorder
An upset of normal function; ailment
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  1. An upset of normal function; ailment
  2. An ailment that affects the function of mind or body:
  3. A condition characterized by lack of normal functioning of physical or mental processes:
annoy
To cause irritation to (another); make somewhat angry.
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  1. To cause irritation to (another); make somewhat angry.
  2. (Archaic) To harass or disturb by repeated attacks.
  3. To harm by repeated attacks; harry; molest
vex
To irritate, bother, or frustrate:
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  1. To irritate, bother, or frustrate:
  2. To keep bringing up, going over, or returning to (a matter difficult to solve)
  3. To cause perplexity in; baffle:
irritate
To cause (someone) to feel impatient or angry; annoy:
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  1. To cause (someone) to feel impatient or angry; annoy:
  2. (Physiology) To cause a physiological response to a stimulus in (a cell, body tissue, or organism).
  3. To be a cause of impatience or anger.
grumble
To mutter or mumble in discontent; complain in a surly or peevish manner
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  1. To mutter or mumble in discontent; complain in a surly or peevish manner
  2. To express in a grumbling discontented manner:
  3. (Intransitive) To complain; to murmur or mutter with discontent; to make ill-natured complaints in a low voice and a surly manner.
mutter
To complain or grumble morosely.
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  1. To complain or grumble morosely.
  2. To say in low, indistinct, often angry or discontented, tones
  3. To speak in low, indistinct tones without much movement of the lips, as in complaining or in speaking to oneself
fuss
To object; complain.
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  1. To object; complain.
  2. To get into or be in a state of nervous or useless activity:
  3. To trouble or worry over trifles.
complain
To make a formal accusation or bring a formal charge; file a complaint.
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  1. To make a formal accusation or bring a formal charge; file a complaint.
  2. To find fault; declare annoyance
  3. To claim or express pain, displeasure, etc.
grouch
To grumble or sulk.
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  1. To grumble or sulk.
  2. To grumble or complain in a sulky way
  3. (Intransitive) To be grumpy or irritable; to complain.
grump
To mutter complaints.
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  1. To mutter complaints.
  2. To behave in a grumpy manner.
  3. To complain and grumble
whine
To make a prolonged, high-pitched sound like this
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  1. To make a prolonged, high-pitched sound like this
  2. To complain or protest in a childish or annoying fashion:
  3. To produce a sustained, high-pitched, plaintive sound, as in pain, fear, or complaint.
crab
(Aeron.) To head (an aircraft) into a crosswind in order to counteract drift, thus causing apparent sideways motion with respect to the ground
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  1. (Aeron.) To head (an aircraft) into a crosswind in order to counteract drift, thus causing apparent sideways motion with respect to the ground
  2. To find fault; criticize someone or something.
  3. To fish for crabs; catch crabs
kick
(Football) To kick the ball
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  1. (Football) To kick the ball
  2. To drive or move (a ball, etc.) by striking with the foot
  3. To get rid of (a habit)
beef
(Slang) To complain or protest
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  1. (Slang) To complain or protest
  2. To complain.
bellyache
To complain, especially in a whining manner.
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  1. To complain, especially in a whining manner.
  2. (Slang) To complain or grumble
  3. To complain or whine, especially needlessly.
bitch
To behave spitefully or angrily toward
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  1. To behave spitefully or angrily toward
  2. To complain; grumble.
  3. To botch; bungle. Often used with up.
complaint
(Law) A formal statement initiating a lawsuit by specifying the facts and legal grounds for the relief sought.
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  1. (Law) A formal statement initiating a lawsuit by specifying the facts and legal grounds for the relief sought.
  2. (Law) A pleading setting forth the plaintiff's case or cause of action; formal charge or accusation
  3. The initial pleading of a plaintiff in a civil action that identifies the court’s jurisdiction, the alleged facts that entitle the plaintiff to relief, and the relief sought. See also ad damnum clause, bill, petition, and prayer. The initial pleading of a plaintiff in a civil action that identifies the court’s jurisdiction, the alleged facts that entitle the plaintiff to relief, and the relief sought. See also ad damnum clause, bill, petition, and prayer.
grievance
In labor law, a complaint filed with or by a union to challenge an employer’s treatment of one or more union members. In labor law, a complaint filed with or by a union to challenge an employer’s treatment of one or more union members.
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  1. In labor law, a complaint filed with or by a union to challenge an employer’s treatment of one or more union members. In labor law, a complaint filed with or by a union to challenge an employer’s treatment of one or more union members.
  2. A circumstance thought to be unjust or injurious and ground for complaint or resentment
  3. A complaint or annoyance.
grouse
A cause for complaint.
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  1. A cause for complaint.
  2. Any of a family (Tetraonidae) of gallinaceous game birds with a round, plump body, feathered legs, feather-covered nostrils, and mottled feathers, as the ruffed grouse or sage grouse
  3. A complaint
beef
Meat from such an animal; specif., a whole dressed carcass
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  1. Meat from such an animal; specif., a whole dressed carcass
  2. A full-grown steer, bull, ox, or cow, especially one intended for use as meat.
  3. (Slang) A complaint or grievance
kick
(Slang) A complaint; a protest.
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  1. (Slang) A complaint; a protest.
  2. One's turn at kicking
  3. (Informal) An objection; complaint
Find another word for gripe. In this page you can discover 35 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for gripe, like: complaint, grievance, beef, infirmity, indisposition, disorder, annoy, vex, irritate, grumble and mutter.

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  • My only gripe with the space battles is that there is no training at all to prepare you for it.

  • The only gripe is that there is little control of the view.

  • The only gripe I have about the graphics is that sometimes the camera view can be a little temperamental during some crucial situations.

  • The only gripe is that the regular characters you will encounter on the streets look very flat and have little expression.

  • The only gripe I have about the video is that there is no control over the view.

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