What is another word for griping ?

Present participle for to complain or express discontent in a wearisome manner

expressing disagreement with

criticizing^US

sniveling^US

snivelling^UK

criticising^UK

expressing disapproval

kicking up a fuss about

kicking up a stink about

expressing disagreement

quibbling about

arguing against

lodging a protest against

expressing disapproval of

raising objections to

taking a stand against

crying out

making a fuss about

expressing opposition

quarrelling^UK

quarreling^US

talking under your breath

ranting

roaring

yelling

making a big thing out of

making a mountain out of a molehill

making a big thing of

making a song and dance

screaming bloody murder

complaining vehemently about

objecting strongly to

opposing strongly

frowning upon

complaining vociferously about

casting aspersions on

doing a hatchet job on

taking up the cudgels

expressing objections

expressing objections to

minding

lodging a protest

remonstrating against

having a problem with

baulking^UK

balking^US

expressing regret about

singing the blues

eating your heart out

crying over spilt milk

crying over spilled milk

agonizing^US

agonising^UK

clamouring^UK

clamoring^US

expressing sorrow about

wailing for

being sorry

sorrowing over

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“After leaving official public life, Grant continued to gripe about his military career.”

Verb

putting someone's nose out of joint

Present participle for to bother or cause to feel annoyed

rubbing up the wrong way

giving someone the hump

maddening

goading

exacerbating

getting on your nerves

rubbing the wrong way

making someone see red

getting on one's nerves

getting under your skin

driving to distraction

bedeviling^US

bedevilling^UK

driving round the bend

driving round the twist

getting in your hair

giving someone the pip

making somebody's hackles rise

setting one's teeth on edge

trying your patience

rubbing you up the wrong way

ruffling one's feathers

raising your hackles

sticking in one's craw

trying the patience of

upsetting the applecart

making your blood boil

getting someone

getting up someone's nose

chiding

singling out

driving you up the wall

getting your dander up

getting your hackles up

jarring upon

grating upon

wearing upon

making things hot for someone

eating up

making it hot for someone

getting on the wrong side of

making an enemy of somebody

getting a rise out of

egging on

unsettling

unnerving

getting across someone

putting someone off their stroke

putting into a flap

throwing into a tizz

rattling one's cage

causing someone to lose their composure

tantalizing^US

tantalising^UK

bending someone's ear

breathing down someone's neck

running up the wrong way

working on

hitting where one lives

rattling someone's cage

firing up

asking for it

heating up

setting someone's teeth on edge

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“Kev's rhetoric is starting to gripe me.”

Verb

Present participle for to cause or suffer pinching or spasmodic pain, especially in one's bowels

“My hernia is starting to gripe me now, and losing the weight will help me have it repaired more quickly.”

Verb

Present participle for to be silent, morose, and bad-tempered out of annoyance or disappointment

Verb

Present participle for to take a tight hold of

Adjective

with a chip on your shoulder

Characterized by dissatisfaction or disgruntlement

fed up to the back teeth

sniveling^US

snivelling^UK

ill-humored^US

carrying a chip on your shoulder

having a fit of the sulks

antagonized^US

scandalized^US

with all guns blazing

scandalised^UK

burned up

as cross as two sticks

beside yourself with rage

antagonised^UK

humourless^UK

humorless^US

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Adjective

Inclined to find fault too readily

criticising^UK

criticizing^US

unfavorable^US

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Adjective

Having or showing a tendency to be easily annoyed or angered

having got out of bed the wrong side

ill-humored^US

having got out of bed on the wrong side

as cross as two sticks

like a bear with a sore head

humourless^UK

humorless^US

sombre^UK

somber^US

apt to fly off the handle

got up on wrong side of bed

gray^US

grey^UK

having a fit of the sulks

in a funk

in the sulks

in a strop

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Noun

An act of stating or expressing one's grievances or dissatisfaction

rancour^UK

rancor^US

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Noun

The action of objecting to something