- Definitions|2
- Thesaurus|637
- Abbreviations|0
62 entries under complaining topic. ×
| plaintive(adjective, upset, difficult, cross, unhappy) | |
| sulky(adjective, upset, unhappy, irritable, angry) | |
| testy(adjective, difficult, cross, negative, irritable) | |
| bad-tempered(adjective, cross, irritable, emotional, vulnerable) | |
| bearish(adjective, difficult, cross, negative, emotional) | |
| bemoaning(difficult, critical) | |
| censorious(adjective, difficult, critical, dissatisfied, disparaging) | |
| criticizing(adjective, critical, dissatisfied, disparaging) | |
| crusty(adjective, grumpy, testy) | |
| crying(difficult, critical) | |
| deploring(difficult, critical, grumpy, testy, grouchy) | |
| edgy(difficult, critical) | |
| fault-finding(adjective, difficult, critical, sullen, sulky) | |
| fussy(adjective, difficult, critical) | |
| huffy irascible(expression, difficult, critical) | |
| hypercritical(adjective, cross, emotional, critical, vulnerable) | |
| irascible(adjective, cross, emotional, vulnerable, touchy) | |
| kvetching(adjective, upset, unhappy, critical, angry) | |
| lamenting(difficult, critical, grumpy, testy, grouchy) | |
| out of sorts peevish(expression, idiom, difficult, critical) |
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