2
gripe
2
groan
2
groaning
2
grouching(verb, protesting)
2
grouse
2
growling(mean, irritable, crabby, cranky, testy)
2
howling(noun, lament, crying, weeping)
2
ill-tempered(adjective, cross, irritable, crabby, cranky)
2
impeaching(verb, accusing, suing)
2
implicating(verb, accusing, suing)
2
indicting(verb, suing)
2
irascible(adjective, cross, irritable, emotional, vulnerable)
2
malcontented(adjective, upset, unhappy, angry, irritated)
2
mean(adjective, cross, nervous, irritable, unsettled)
2
miserable(adjective, upset, unhappy, dissatisfied, disgruntled)
2
mourning(noun, adjective, keen, grief, grumpy)
2
murmur
2
nagging(noun, adjective, critical, dissatisfied, disparaging)
2
out of humor(expression, adjective, idiom, cross, emotional)
2
perverse(adjective, mean, nervous, irritable, worried)
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