Antonyms for grousing

Grammar : Adj, verb

Spell : grous

Phonetic Transcription : graʊs

Definition of grousing

Origin : type of game bird, 1530s, grows (plural, used collectively), of unknown origin, possibly from Latin or Welsh.

As in peevish : adj irritable, testy
As in plaintive : adj pathetic, woebegone
As in querulous : adj grouchy, hard to please
As in carping : adj complaining
As in disgruntled : adj unhappy; critical
As in moan : verb groan, complain
As in mutter : verb grumble, mumble
As in niggle : verb nitpick
As in object : verb disagree, argue against
As in sulk : verb pout
As in whine : verb complain, cry
As in bitch : verb complain
As in complain : verb grumble about
As in gripe : verb complain
As in groan : verb moan, complain
As in grouch : verb complain a lot
As in grumble : verb complain
As in hunt : verb chase for killing

Example sentences :

"Grousing" is Tommy Atkins for grumbling, which is an Englishman's birthright.
Extract from : « Khartoum Campaign, 1898 » by Bennet Burleigh

No doubt you were often bored, and did your share of grousing.
Extract from : « John Brown » by Captain R. W. Campbell

Grousing because he can't sit in an easy-chair and swig toddies no end!
Extract from : « Pirates' Hope » by Francis Lynde

I suppose he was grousing and grumbling about that when you went out for a walk this afternoon.
Extract from : « The Graftons » by Archibald Marshall

After all, Richenda's "grousing" was a little spoiling her fun.
Extract from : « The Story of Louie » by Oliver Onions

A good many of the men had been out before, and they did the customary "grousing" over the added load.
Extract from : « A Yankee in the Trenches » by R. Derby Holmes

Later I heard this undertaking genius of a Tommy grousing and muttering to himself.
Extract from : « A Yankee in the Trenches » by R. Derby Holmes

We'll find him in there grousing because they called us in before we got all of those Messerschmitts.
Extract from : « A Yankee Flier with the R.A.F. » by Rutherford G. Montgomery

But at any rate he had no chance of it, and his framework here is little more than a tissue of transcendental "grousing."
Extract from : « A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 » by George Saintsbury

She's grousing rather about going to Chung-king and I want him to tell her it's a very decent place.
Extract from : « East of Suez » by William Somerset Maugham

Synonyms for grousing

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