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complaining(noun, verb, adjective, mean)
7
grumbling(noun, verb, adjective, critical)
6
querulous(adjective, mean, hard, cross)
5
whining(noun, verb, adjective, mean)
5
whiny(adjective, critical, sour, uptight)
2
carping(noun, adjective, mean, cross)
2
crying(verb, adjective, critical, sour)
2
discontented(adjective, critical, annoyed, irritated)
2
dissatisfied(adjective, critical, discontented, resentful)
2
irritable(adjective, mean, critical, annoyed)
2
plaintive(adjective, gloomy, critical, sour)
2
sour(adjective, critical, uptight, complaining)
2
testy(noun, adjective, mean, irritable)
1
bearish(adjective, critical, sour, discontented)
1
bemoaning(adjective, critical, sour, uptight)
1
cantankerous(adjective, mean, cross, irritable)
1
captious(adjective, mean, cross, irritable)
1
censorious(adjective, critical, discontented, disparaging)
1
critical(adjective, mean, irritable, cranky)
1
cross(verb, adjective, mean, dispute)
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