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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective complaining has 1 sense
- complaining(a = adj.all) complaintive - expressing pain or dissatisfaction of resentment; "a complaining boss" Antonym: uncomplaining
CIDE DICTIONARY
complaining, adj.
uttering complaints. Opposite of uncomplaining .
"[Narrower terms: faultfinding, grumbling(prenominal) : fretful, querulous, whiney, whining(prenominal), whiny ; protesting(prenominal), protestant ]"
[WordNet 1.5]
THESAURUS
complaining
Jeremianic, beef, beefing, bellyache, bellyaching, bitch, bitching, complaint, complaintful, crabbing, crabby, cranky, croaking, destructive criticism, disappointed, discontented, disgruntled, displeased, disputatious, disputing, dissatisfied, dissent, dissentient, dissenting, envious, faultfinding, fractious, fretful, grievance, gripe, griping, groan, groaning, grouchy, grouse, grousing, growling, grumbling, holler, howl, howling, kick, kicking, lamentive, malcontent, malcontented, moanful, mournful, murmuring, muttering, noncooperative, objecting, obstructive, on the barricades, out of humor, peeve, peevish, peevishness, pet peeve, petulance, petulant, plaintive, plangent, proof against, protest, protesting, puling, querulant, querulous, querulousness, rebellious, recalcitrant, refractory, reluctant, renitent, repellent, resentful, resistant, resisting, resistive, restive, restless, retardant, retardative, scolding, sniping, sorrowful, squawk, squawking, sulky, ululant, unaccepting, unaccommodating, uncooperative, uneasy, unfulfilled, ungratified, unhappy, unsatisfied, unsubmissive, unyielding, up in arms, wailful, whimpering, whining, whiny, withstanding, yapping
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