gripe

Definition of gripe

Verbs

complain
Synonyms:
beef, bellyache, bitch, crab, grouse, holler, squawk
Type of:
complain, kick, kvetch, plain, quetch, sound off
express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness

Nouns

informal terms for objecting
"I have a gripe about the service here"
Synonyms:
beef, bitch, kick, squawk
Type of:
objection
the speech act of objecting

Vocabulary Lists for gripe

Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter" Chapters 8-15 »(708 words)
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  • premeditate
  • symbolising
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  • discern
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Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter" Intro + Chapters 1-7 »(650 words)
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  • embroider
  • imbue
  • ignominy
  • decapitate
  • scaffold

Shakespeare's Macbeth »(507 words)
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J.D. Salinger's "Catcher in the Rye" Chapters 1-14 »(70 words)
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  • ostracize
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  • rile

Mandible and Maxillae Things That Start With G. »(24 words)
Jaws. (With corrected use of the term 'Maxillae' with...
  • grumble
  • gulp
  • gab
  • gossip
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Anne Frank's "Diary of a Young Girl" Part 1 »(173 words)
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  • immigrate
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T.H. White's "The Once and Future King" Chapters 1-10 »(279 words)
Vocabulary study list for T.H. White's "The Once and...
  • bedraggle
  • organon
  • undulate
  • scratchy
  • vacuous

Shakespeare's "Romeo & Juliet" »(220 words)
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  • addle
  • prolixity
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  • doff
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Joseph Conrad's "Lord Jim" Chapters 1-10 »(191 words)
Vocabulary study list for Joseph Conrad's "Lord Jim"...
  • knockabout
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