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dissatisfied(discontented, displeased, churlish, disgruntled, unappreciative)
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envious(adjective, upset, unhappy, angry, irritated)
2
flak(noun, cut, hit, censure, blame)
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fussy(severe, harsh, critical, unfavorable, disapproving)
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griping(noun, adjective, upset, unhappy, angry)
2
groan
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grouchy(short, caviling)
2
grousing(complaining, nit-picking, pharisaical, pharisaic, carping)
2
grumbling(noun, adjective, upset, unhappy, angry)
2
hair-splitting(nit-picking, pharisaical, pharisaic, overcritical, censorious)
2
hit(noun, cut, censure, reproach, disapproval)
2
judgmental
2
knock(noun, cut, hit, censure, blame)
2
malcontent(adjective, upset, unhappy, angry, irritated)
2
malcontented(adjective, upset, unhappy, angry, irritated)
2
nit-picking(noun, adjective, cut, hit, severe)
2
out of humor(expression, idiom, short, nit-picking, caviling)
2
petulant(mean, nervous, short, irritable, worried)
2
plaintive(adjective, upset, unhappy, angry, irritated)
2
quibbling(nit-picking, pharisaical, pharisaic)
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