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Another word for gripe

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Verb

  1. To express negative feelings, especially of dissatisfaction or resentment

      1. A female canine animal, especially a dog.
      2. A woman considered to be mean, overbearing, or contemptible.
      3. A prostitute considered in relation to a pimp.
      1. Pain in the stomach or abdomen; colic.
      2. A whining complaint.
      3. To complain, especially in a whining manner.
      1. A full-grown steer, bull, ox, or cow, especially one intended for use as meat.
      2. The flesh of a slaughtered full-grown steer, bull, ox, or cow.
      3. Human muscle; brawn.
      1. To extend the leg away from the body; strike out with the foot or feet.
      2. To score or gain ground by kicking a ball.
      3. To punt in football.
      1. Any of various plump, chiefly ground-dwelling gallinaceous birds of the subfamily Tetraoninae of northern North America and Eurasia, characteristically having feathered legs and nostrils and mottled plumage.
      1. Any of various chiefly marine decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura, having a hard carapace that covers a broad flattened cephalothorax with a small abdomen tucked beneath it, and an anterior pair of legs that are large and pincerlike.
      2. Any of various similar decapod crustaceans, such as a hermit crab or a king crab.
      3. Crabmeat.
      1. To produce a sustained, high-pitched, plaintive sound, as in pain, fear, or complaint.
      2. To complain or protest in a childish or annoying fashion:
      3. To produce a sustained noise of high pitch:
      1. A cranky complaining person.
      2. A fit of ill temper. Used with the :
      3. To mutter complaints.
      1. A habitually complaining or irritable person.
      2. A grumbling or sulky mood:
      3. A complaint; a grudge:
      1. To express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment.
      2. To make a formal accusation or bring a formal charge; file a complaint.
    See also:

    happy

    feelings

Noun

  1. An expression of dissatisfaction or a circumstance regarded as a cause for such expression

      1. To extend the leg away from the body; strike out with the foot or feet.
      2. To score or gain ground by kicking a ball.
      3. To punt in football.
      1. A full-grown steer, bull, ox, or cow, especially one intended for use as meat.
      2. The flesh of a slaughtered full-grown steer, bull, ox, or cow.
      3. Human muscle; brawn.
      1. Any of various plump, chiefly ground-dwelling gallinaceous birds of the subfamily Tetraoninae of northern North America and Eurasia, characteristically having feathered legs and nostrils and mottled plumage.
      1. An actual or supposed circumstance regarded as just cause for complaint.
      2. A complaint or protestation based on such a circumstance:
      3. Indignation or resentment stemming from a feeling of having been wronged.
      1. An expression of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment.
      2. A cause or reason for complaining; a grievance:
      3. A bodily disorder or disease; a malady or ailment.
    Idioms:
    See also:

    happy

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Another word for gripe

Noun

  1. An objection

      1. A full-grown steer, bull, ox, or cow, especially one intended for use as meat.
      2. The flesh of a slaughtered full-grown steer, bull, ox, or cow.
      3. Human muscle; brawn.
      1. An actual or supposed circumstance regarded as just cause for complaint.
      2. A complaint or protestation based on such a circumstance:
      3. Indignation or resentment stemming from a feeling of having been wronged.
      1. An expression of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment.
      2. A cause or reason for complaining; a grievance:
      3. A bodily disorder or disease; a malady or ailment.
    See also:

    objection

  2. Illness

    See also:

    illness

Verb

  1. *To disturb

    See also:

    bother

  2. *To complain

      1. Needlessly nervous or useless activity; commotion:
      2. A state of excessive and unwarranted concern over an unimportant matter:
      3. An objection; a protest:
      1. To speak indistinctly in low tones.
      2. To complain or grumble morosely.
      3. To utter or say in low indistinct tones.
      1. To complain in a surly manner; mutter discontentedly:
      2. To rumble or growl.
      3. To express in a grumbling discontented manner:
    See also:

    complain

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Sentence Examples

  • 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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