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Synonyms for grousing

Grammar : Adj, verb
Spell : grous
Phonetic Transcription : graÊŠs

Top 10 synonyms for grousing
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Définition 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

Antonyms for grousing

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