bellyaching

See also: belly-aching

English

Alternative forms

• belly-aching

Noun

bellyaching (countable and uncountable, plural bellyachings)

1. Whining and complaining, often contrived to evoke pity or shirk responsibility.
   • 1934, George Orwell, chapter 15, in Burmese Days‎^[1]:

     Blessed are the poor, the sick, the crossed in love, for at least other people know what is the matter with them and will listen to their belly-achings with sympathy.

   Quit your bellyaching and get back to work!

Translations

Whining and complaining, often contrived to evoke pity or shirk responsibility

• Dutch: gejammer (nl), gezeur (nl)
• Russian: скулёж (ru) (skuljóž), нытьё (ru) (nytʹjó)

Verb

bellyaching

1. present participle and gerund of bellyache