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English
1.1
Adjective
1.1.1
Sense: inclined to whine or complain
1.1.1.1
Synonyms
1.1.1.2
Antonyms
1.1.1.3
Hyponyms
1.1.1.4
Hypernyms
1.2
See also
1.3
Further reading
English
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Adjective
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Sense: inclined to whine or complain
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Synonyms
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bemoaning
carping
complaining
fretful
gripeful
gripey
grotchy
(
fandom slang
)
grouchy
grumbling
grumpy
knappish
(
obsolete
)
kvetchy
mardy
(
UK
)
moaning
noodgy
peevish
pettish
plaintful
querulous
sooky
(
Aus
,
NZ
,
Canada
)
spleeny
sulky
whingy
whining
whiny
Antonyms
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expressionless
happy
[
⇒ thesaurus
]
calm
[
⇒ thesaurus
]
impassive
patient
phlegmatic
stoic
stoical
tolerant
uncomplaining
unflappable
unpeevish
Hyponyms
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hypochondriacal
vapourish
—
captious
caviling
critical
fastidious
[
⇒ thesaurus
]
faultfinding
hypercritical
nitpicky
pettifoging
Hypernyms
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discontented
resentful
sad
[
⇒ thesaurus
]
unhappy
[
⇒ thesaurus
]
unsatisfied
See also
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Thesaurus:complain
Thesaurus:complainer
Thesaurus:cheerless
Thesaurus:irritable
Further reading
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“
901. irascibility
” in
Roget's Thesaurus
, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
“
peevish
” in
Moby Thesaurus II
, Grady Ward, 1996.
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Thesaurus:en:Emotions
Thesaurus:en:Human behaviour
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