4
mutterer(noun, happy, bear, bug, police)
4
spoilsport(noun, killjoy)
4
squawk(verb, protest, complain, moan, nag)
4
whinge(noun, verb, protest, complain, complaint)
3
air a grievance(expression, idiom)
3
boor(noun, police, lout, copper, dork)
3
cockblock
3
croaker
3
curmudgeon(noun, person, bear, pain, misery)
3
fret and fume(expression, idiom)
3
fuss(protest, complain, moan, nag)
3
gnarl
3
hothead
3
kvetch(protest, complain, squawk, moan, nag)
3
lodge a complaint(expression, idiom)
3
misery(pain, killjoy, spoilsport, moaner)
3
party pooper(noun, expression, killjoy, spoilsport)
3
protest(noun, verb, protest, complain, complaint)
3
raise a howl(expression, idiom)
3
register a complaint(expression, idiom)
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