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Adjective
▲
Complaining excessively
critical
complaining
grouchy
grousing
grumbling
hypercritical
moaning
overcritical
captious
cavillingUK
censorious
criticisingUK
criticizingUS
fault-finding
grouching
nagging
niggling
quibbling
whining
bleating
deprecatory
disparaging
picky
scathing
bellyaching
condemnatory
griping
nitpicking
nit-picking
pedantic
reproachful
slighting
cavilingUS
faultfinding
hair-splitting
judgmental
kvetching
pass-remarkable
rejective
whingeing
chuntering
hard to please
mithering
nit-picky
difficult to please
disapproving
discontented
dissatisfied
impossible to please
uncomplimentary
denigratory
abusive
depreciative
scornful
insulting
derogative
depreciatory
detractive
disdainful
accusing
offensive
derisory
degrading
denigrative
defamatory
hostile
contumelious
damaging
scurrilous
decrying
slanderous
libellousUK
opprobrious
libelousUS
unflattering
derisive
injurious
discouraging
antagonistic
vilifying
unfriendly
adverse
rude
deprecative
poor
maligning
bad
invective
vitriolic
spiteful
upbraiding
inimical
calumnious
catty
low
detracting
admonitory
sneering
scurril
vituperatory
truculent
scurrile
traducing
incriminatory
malicious
accusatorial
damnatory
denigrating
disrespectful
accusive
adversarial
sardonic
slating
knocking
adversary
personal
disavowing
opposing
minimizingUS
vicious
dismissive
detractory
discrediting
minimisingUK
antipathetic
jaundiced
inhospitable
prejudicial
dishonouringUK
scandalous
mud-slinging
naysaying
counter
defaming
dishonoringUS
despiteful
malevolent
humiliating
ill-disposed
malign
insolent
debasing
reviling
blameful
disappointed
proscriptive
admonishing
familiar
intrusive
impertinent
cheeky
frowning
accusative
scoffing
boot-faced
disapprobatory
reprehensive
unpleasant
displeased
maledictory
scandalmongering
muckraking
backbiting
contemptible
arrogant
mocking
condescending
imputative
recriminatory
diminishing
deflating
maledictive
slurring
virulent
discreditable
venomous
hateful
irreverent
disadvantageous
sniping
dyslogistic
downgrading
ironical
obloquious
castigating
calumniating
ranting
aspersive
blunt
aspersing
untoward
libelingUS
injuring
excoriating
despicable
hurting
offending
abasing
libellingUK
vile
shaming
malignant
disgracing
vulgar
unhelpful
honest
candid
attacking
undermining
disobliging
invalidating
obstructive
stark
straightforward
realistic
outspoken
vexatious
unappealing
corrosive
caustic
abrasive
destructive
straight from the shoulder
uncharitable
warts and all
snide
epithetical
more ❯
“I want to avoid too carping a tone here.”
Adjective
▲
Contemptuously ridiculing or mocking someone or something
scoffing
mocking
sardonic
scornful
cynical
sneering
satirical
derisive
caustic
contemptuous
jeering
disparaging
taunting
sharp
ironical
biting
cutting
mordant
acerbic
satiric
disrespectful
trenchant
offensive
mean
contumelious
scorching
corrosive
arrogant
bitter
salty
acid
acerb
irascible
backhanded
acrimonious
brusque
needling
saucy
scurrilous
chaffing
twitting
austere
captious
ornery
disillusioned
cussed
evil
severe
weisenheiming
hostile
snarling
smart-alecky
incisive
critical
venomous
astringent
virulent
keen
spiteful
piercing
hurtful
cruel
vicious
pointed
searing
withering
wounding
devastating
unkind
penetrating
catty
waspish
razor-edged
savage
poisonous
rude
abrasive
insulting
polemic
fierce
rancorous
belittling
rapier-like
double-edged
tongue-in-cheek
irreverent
laconic
hard
derogatory
abusive
unfriendly
hateful
blistering
droll
pessimistic
scepticalUK
acute
suspicious
stern
witty
poignant
malign
sour
misanthropic
slighting
misanthropical
vindictive
unsparing
skepticalUS
clear-cut
uncomplimentary
opprobrious
sly
insolent
denigratory
slashing
subtle
heartless
callous
polemical
ferocious
condescending
twisted
unbelieving
brutal
truculent
distrustful
grim
teasing
jibing
humorous
squint-eyed
stringent
doubtful
burlesque
rough
jaundiced
ill-natured
malignant
ridiculous
evil-intentioned
detracting
defiant
burning
splenetic
pernicious
telling
churlish
dismissive
lampooning
farcical
crisp
snappy
pithy
malevolent
forceful
maleficent
malefic
supercilious
peppery
snippy
disapproving
demeaning
degrading
derogative
abhorrent
depreciative
detractive
haughty
decrying
pejorative
depreciatory
deprecatory
denigrative
snotty
sniffy
cheeky
snooty
full of contempt
sharp-tongued
terse
drilling
contemptible
yelling
controversial
wicked
quizzical
raucous
impertinent
contentious
corroding
cynic
probing
cold
ingoing
strict
exacting
ill-tempered
bad-tempered
uncivil
argumentative
disputatious
rigid
rigorous
curt
contorted
overwhelming
overpowering
aggressive
snappish
testy
acetose
unpleasant
short
crabbed
vengeful
bilious
baleful
sharp-worded
angry
thoughtless
inconsiderate
ungracious
distorted
crooked
warped
uneven
deformed
acetic
tonic
provocative
salt
exciting
stimulating
racy
destructive
awry
aslant
askew
skewwhiff
pawky
parodying
paradoxical
spoof
bantering
spoofing
envenomed
contradictory
backbiting
alert
atypical
spicy
clever
implausible
exaggerated
curious
quick-witted
highly effective
strong
vigorous
vitriolous
antagonistic
cavalier
emphatic
unblunted
Hudibrastic
Rabelaisian
merciless
dripping with malice
driving
forthright
clear
pillorying
powerful
effective
blunt
explicit
distinct
vain
imperious
proud
violent
edgy
potent
unequivocal
deadpan
absurd
ludicrous
cockamamie
pathetic
silly
cockamamy
laughable
risible
comical
preposterous
unrelenting
edged
ambiguous
oblique
indirect
pitiless
high hat
hard-nosed
on your high horse
audacious
high and mighty
temperamental
uppity
on high horse
cold-shoulder
dog it
bold
snobbish
cool
upstage
razor-sharp
crushing
sadistic
equivocal
out-of-line
flip
cocky
fresh
snidey
crusty
gally
smart
sassy
nervy
waggish
deprecating
ruthless
wanton
vituperatory
scurrile
scurril
invective
censorious
defamatory
cold-blooded
extremely critical
apathetic
two-edged
scolding
obloquious
castigating
upbraiding
slanderous
reproachful
calumniating
reviling
maligning
libellousUK
vilifying
traducing
ranting
denunciatory
calumniatory
libelousUS
antisocial
disbelieving
unsociable
for the birds
straight-faced
vituperative
doubting
negative
incredulous
poker-faced
superior
matter-of-fact
low-key
quietly humorous
sneaky
underhanded
disenchanted
hardened
world-weary
hard-bitten
overbearing
hypercritical
egotistic
unneighbourly
inhumane
inhospitable
uncongenial
reclusive
hard-boiled
black
bleak
mistrustful
despicable
reserved
selfish
hating
egoistic
solitary
standoffish
grouchy
egotistical
narrow-minded
eremitic
nonbelieving
with tongue in cheek
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Disposed to complaining, especially in a petulant or whining manner
querulous
complaining
petulant
testy
waspish
cantankerous
cross
fretful
irritable
tetchy
touchy
crabby
discontented
grouchy
grumbling
pettish
prickly
crabbed
critical
crotchety
crusty
dissatisfied
edgy
fractious
grumpy
peevish
peppery
sour
whining
bitter
curmudgeonly
disagreeable
impatient
miserable
moody
morose
murmuring
plaintive
censorious
chippy
cranky
huffy
irascible
ratty
scratchy
sullen
bilious
captious
choleric
churlish
dyspeptic
liverish
snappish
snappy
splenetic
sulky
surly
whingeing
eggy
fussy
narky
whingy
miffy
peckish
snaky
sorehead
soreheaded
bearish
bemoaning
crying
deploring
difficult
grousing
grumbly
lamenting
moaning
negative
scrappy
uptight
wailing
apprehensive
jittery
jumpy
nervy
troubled
perturbed
antsy
disturbed
wired
insecure
disquieted
stressy
bothered
keyed up
concerned
discomposed
strung out
toey
queazy
spooky
on tenterhooks
on pins and needles
shaky
dithery
queasy
fearful
in a state
in a tizzy
afraid
squirrelly
alarmed
windy
shaken
strung up
in a stew
aflutter
goosey
atwitter
in a tizz
hinky
vexed
frightened
scared
hung up
unrestful
spooked
in a flap
in a state of agitation
like a cat on a hot tin roof
strained
all of a dither
all of a lather
worried sick
in a sweat
in a state of nerves
in a twitter
like a cat on hot bricks
in a twit
flustered
disconcerted
flurried
unnerved
ruffled
in a dither
dismayed
having kittens
all of a doodah
hyper
in suspense
high-strung
a bundle of nerves
unsteady
shook up
angsty
unglued
fazed
timorous
piqued
peeved
fed up
irritated
unrelaxed
trembling
bricking oneself
excited
under stress
irked
tormented
turbulent
unruly
trepidatious
unpeaceful
beside oneself
waiting with bated breath
like a fish out of water
timid
taut
bundle of nerves
careful
hostile
shy
arsey
unfriendly
shivery
frustrated
fluttery
confused
thrown
malcontent
snarly
disaffected
highly strung
spasmodic
creepy
hysterical
shaking
discombobulated
aggrieved
put out
fraught
discontent
envious
white-knuckled
panicky
ungratified
quivering
angstful
solicitous
grudging
bugged
self-conscious
jaundiced
malcontented
picky
kvetching
cheesed off
riled
stressed out
aghast
clutched
waiting for the axe to fall
a wreck
brassed off
recalcitrant
tooshie
hot and bothered
anguished
browned off
embarrassed
refractory
hacked off
ticked off
teed off
discomfited
fidgeting
fitful
shot to pieces
wild
out of joint
irresolute
itchy
nervous wreck
in a cold sweat
in turmoil
perplexed
up the wall
not best pleased
in a funk
embittered
excitable
skittish
discountenanced
neurotic
flighty
skittery
brittle
belligerent
ticklish
under pressure
violent
bellicose
antagonistic
destructive
vicious
distracted
mousy
bad
wicked
uncongenial
atrabilious
zowerswopped
exercised
disorderly
inhospitable
inimical
fierce
loudmouthed
confrontational
pugnacious
adversarial
under a strain
ungenerous
quaking
perversely irritable
easily frightened
easily agitated
wavering
frisky
unbalanced
hassled
abusive
malevolent
warlike
threatening
defiant
combative
militant
jerky
froward
pressured
adrenalized
stubborn
unyielding
mopey
irate
indomitable
uncompliant
indocile
squirmy
wiggly
wriggly
beset
disappointed
offensive
moving
moved
wound up
shot
overanxious
choked
galled
bloody-minded
tortured
plagued
champing at the bit
suspicious
harassed
palpitant
all nerves
wrung
on the qui vive
unsatisfied
unfulfilled
livid
apoplectic
muddled
anxiously waiting
nervously awaiting
fearfully anticipating
apprehensively expecting
unkind
mighty
assaultive
antipathetic
agonistic
discordant
disorientated
out of place
hesitant
white knuckled
mad
glowering
mopish
scowling
steamed
worried stiff
steamed up
crook
vex
ropeable
tied up in knots
butterflies in stomach
biting one's nails
angered
restlessly moving
moping
dark
aloof
hoha
wroth
aerated
disoriented
bewildered
disapproving
regretful
in a paddy
up in arms
on the warpath
foaming at the mouth
in a bate
hopping mad
in a lather
bent out of shape
fit to be tied
frowning
withdrawn
sourpussed
sulking
dismal
depressed
cheerless
strange
lost
unsure
ennuied
offended
snivelingUS
put-out
unassuaged
begrudging
insatiable
fed-up
unappeased
not satisfied
unsated
jealous
active
hurried
transient
tossing and turning
unstable
wandering
intermittent
changeable
inconstant
footloose
roving
sleepless
nomadic
bustling
snivellingUK
in a huff
down in the mouth
having a fit of the sulks
in the sulks
in a strop
nerve-racking
unsettling
unnerving
disturbing
hairy
disquieting
nail-biting
distressful
agitating
distressing
nerve-wracking
terrified
intimidated
petrified
chagrined
cowardly
daunted
frantic
horrified
blue
startled
cowering
terrorizedUS
affrighted
pusillanimous
cowed
chicken
shocked
afeared
hysteric
yellow
feart
frozen
stunned
frit
terrorisedUK
sick and tired
sick to death
peed off
worrisome
in awe
horror-struck
in a blue funk
alarmed at
terror-stricken
running scared
apprehensive about
scared to death
intimidated by
shaking like a leaf
panic-stricken
in a fluster
scared stiff
horror-stricken
having cold feet
faint-hearted
scared witless
terror-struck
fed up to the teeth
with a chip on your shoulder
fed up to the back teeth
watchful
dreading
in a spin
a basket case
sweating bullets
in a flat spin
having butterflies in the stomach
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Dissatisfied and complaining or rebellious
malcontent
discontented
disgruntled
dissatisfied
unhappy
disaffected
displeased
rebellious
resentful
restive
annoyed
factious
grumbling
irritated
vexed
complaining
dissentious
malcontented
peeved
piqued
troublemaking
aggrieved
bellyaching
discontent
disgusted
fault-finding
fed up
nitpicking
ill-disposed
put out
unsatisfied
belly-aching
brassed off
browned off
cheesed off
hacked off
not best pleased
peed off
teed off
ticked off
enraged
furious
galled
provoked
infuriated
choleric
outraged
ruffled
shirty
ireful
wrathful
in a temper
ratty
foaming at the mouth
bent out of shape
ill-humoredUS
ill-humouredUK
agitated
in a bad mood
livid
fuming
irascible
stung
maddened
steamed up
snaky
apoplectic
crook
harassed
tetchy
touchy
hot-tempered
inflamed
rankled
ticked
ballistic
roiled
rabid
steaming
soreheaded
scunnered
short-tempered
hopping mad
flustered
wrath
fit to be tied
narky
prickly
ropeable
boiling
enflamed
worried
in a lather
on the warpath
out of humour
as cross as two sticks
quick-tempered
waspish
harried
moody
crabbed
fiery
seething
splenetic
chippy
uptight
crotchety
foaming
stroppy
hot
infuriate
shocked
hopping
riley
aerated
waxy
horn-mad
worked up
beside oneself
in a frenzy
slighted
grieved
out of sorts
fractious
sickened
revolted
antagonizedUS
repulsed
nauseated
chafed
captious
tormented
repelled
wild
pettish
heated
perverse
tense
snarky
crusty
snippy
snippety
stuffy
choked
needled
appalled
raspy
nauseous
antagonisedUK
mardy
cavilingUS
cavillingUK
sick
wound up
out of humor
seeing red
rattled
mortified
going crook
in a pet
in a fume
grossed out
turned off
blue in the face
reproachful
disagreeable
dark
fretted
malignant
whingy
curt
malicious
vindictive
dyspeptic
hassled
raging
incandescent
raving
pouty
confused
frenzied
perplexed
peckish
whiny
crybaby
ungracious
dirty
unglued
filthy
liverish
brusque
short
ranting
jumpy
bugged
pouting
mean
gnashing one's teeth
hotheaded
storming
spare
scandalizedUS
edgy
mumpish
sorehead
passionate
at daggers drawn
aghast
scandalisedUK
queasy
hung up
in a paddy
off the air
overwrought
with all guns blazing
burned up
in a bate
beside yourself with rage
unimpressed
goaded
unconvinced
defiant
snubbed
disheartened
wry
discouraged
unmet
failed
dishonoredUS
humiliated
snitty
undermined
abrupt
defeated
weighty
annoying
distressing
umbrageous
dishonouredUK
p.o.'d
unsatisfiable
disrespected
vehement
terse
hacked
very angry
up the wall
rousted
roused
impetuous
unindulgent
carrying a chip on your shoulder
cut to the quick
dogged
buffaloed
having short fuse
hot under collar
frantic
boiling mad
in a rage
all steamed up
overcome with anger
bummed out
at end of one's rope
hot and bothered
pushed too far
beside yourself
at boiling point
raging mad
rubbed the wrong way
blown a gasket
in a filthy temper
menacing
threatening
temperamental
sensitive
feisty
bristly
glum
unsociable
argumentative
gruff
volatile
belligerent
aggressive
shrewish
misanthropic
oversensitive
ornery
obstinate
quarrelsome
difficult
bilious
contentious
truculent
harsh
pertinacious
malevolent
evil
wicked
uncooperative
snarling
contrary
peppery
hypercritical
curmudgeonly
maleficent
baleful
gloomy
iracund
tough
brooding
iracundulous
morose
bearish
fussy
disputatious
scratchy
waspy
trying
dour
acid
growling
tart
sharp
nasty
saturnine
blunt
cussed
on edge
awkward
venomous
vinegary
whingeing
childish
hasty
obstreperous
chuffy
malign
glowering
louring
poisonous
malefic
squeamish
had it
full up
sick and tired of
had bellyful
weary
satiated
up to here
tired
fastidious
had enough
sick of
abhorred
anxious
ugly
fierce
black
thin-skinned
having got out of bed on the wrong side
nasty-tempered
ill-natured
in a mood
cross-grained
like a bear with a sore head
on a short fuse
foul-tempered
out-of-sorts
hot-blooded
having got out of bed the wrong side
short-fused
easily offended
concerned
uneasy
evil-intentioned
hate-filled
disconcerted
unsettled
dismayed
discomposed
apprehensive
jittery
hinky
unquiet
goosey
insecure
dithery
nervous
antsy
atwitter
queazy
aflutter
nervy
asea
shaken
exacerbated
beset
puzzled
inconvenienced
discombobulated
tortured
distraught
pestered
in a tizzy
afraid
ill at ease
harrowed
frightened
worried stiff
scared
terrified
het up
alarmed
fearful
plagued
out of countenance
more ❯
Noun
▲
Excessive complaining
complaining
criticism
dissatisfaction
faultfinding
griping
grousing
moaning
nitpicking
whining
quibbling
cavillingUK
hairsplitting
cavilingUS
objection
exception
grumbling
pedantry
niggling
protestation
fault-finding
fuss
demurral
remonstrance
grouching
bellyaching
protest
expostulation
demurrer
stink
complaint
more ❯
Noun
▲
A feeble or petulant complaint
whine
moan
complaint
grouse
grumble
gripe
grouch
whinge
beef
murmur
complaining
grouching
grousing
moaning
wail
whimper
bleat
carp
cry
fuss
grievance
griping
holler
kvetch
lament
miserere
murmuring
muttering
plaint
squawk
whingeing
whining
whispering
yammer
beefing
bellyache
mithering
sob
moans and groans
plaintive cry
niggle
argument
exception
stink
demur
charge
distress
remonstration
difficulty
kick
accusation
demurral
word
expostulation
dislike
resentment
outcry
challenge
pain
demurrer
hassle
umbrage
howl
affliction
jeremiad
rumble
question
trial
pettifogging
trouble
minor criticism
trivial complaint
trivial objection
adverse comment
howling
whisper
kvetcher
whiner
grumbler
fussbudget
bellyacher
sniveler
complainer
fusser
baby
griper
fusspot
crybaby
squeal
lamentation
snivel
mither
squealer
sound
sniffle
sigh
keen
grunt
mewl
grizzle
yike
peeve
keening
peep
aversion
frustration
aggravation
bugbear
fault-finding
pinching
ache
aching
pang
cramps
clamourUK
reproach
guff
CC
statement of dissatisfaction
representation
clamorUS
baa
blather
maa
bluster
blat
bane
exasperation
inconvenience
colic
twinge
stomachache
dread
bother
irk
irritation
nuisance
headache
infirmity
illness
disorder
indisposition
tantrum
outburst
vexation
irritant
misunderstanding
hysterics
fear
altercation
sheep sound
opposition
dissent
strife
controversy
disapproval
disagreement
hate
prevarication
query
nicety
equivocation
scruple
fight
declination
disapprobation
demurring
sideswipe
quiddity
sophism
concern
disinclination
odium
doubt
disesteem
discontent
censure
revilement
hesitation
reluctance
repugnancy
displeasure
rejection
hostility
falling-out
shift
duplicity
subtlety
subterfuge
artifice
hair-splitter
pretenceUK
pretenseUS
quirk
nit-picker
unwillingness
worry
dissuasion
shrinking
grudge
formal complaint
score
pique
down
rancourUK
bitterness
counter-argument
hard feeling
ill feeling
bad feeling
taking exception
sorrow
grief
rap
blast
rigorUS
unhappiness
rigourUK
knock
rancorUS
ill-treatment
roar
case
hardship
hoo-ha
violence
tribulation
yell
flack
cross
infringement
bone to pick
axe to grind
big stink
crow to pluck
cause of distress
ax to grind
chip on your shoulder
pain in the backside
pain in the rear
pain in the neck
pain in the bum
more ❯
Noun
▲
Excessive concern with minor details and rules
pedantry
dogmatism
exactness
literalism
precision
punctiliousness
quibbling
sophistry
fastidiousness
finicality
finickiness
formalism
meticulousness
overscrupulousness
perfectionism
purism
scrupulousness
captiousness
cavilingUS
cavillingUK
fault-finding
hairsplitting
hair-splitting
pettifoggery
pomposity
casuistry
nitpicking
overnicety
pettifogging
laboriousness
pedagogery
pretension
thoroughness
unimaginativeness
more ❯
Noun
▲
A censure of someone or something on the basis of perceived faults or mistakes
criticism
censure
disapproval
disparagement
condemnation
denunciation
panning
reproval
castigation
critique
opprobrium
slamming
admonishment
broadside
chastisement
slating
stick
upbraiding
abuse
chiding
flak
recrimination
remonstrance
slur
smear
vituperation
animadversion
knocking
nitpicking
objection
slam
stricture
berating
cavil
cavillingUK
contumely
denigration
examen
quibble
slagging
swipe
verbal
vitriol
arraignment
aspersion
blast
brickbat
captiousness
cavilingUS
excoriation
faultfinding
hit
knock
notice
objurgation
pan
rap
reproach
reprobation
reproof
roast
scolding
sideswipe
slap
sledge
takedown
blame
cut
nit-picking
put down
fault-finding
verbal disapproval
critical remark
slagging off
bad press
call down
bad notice
character assassination
reprimand
rebuke
obloquy
admonition
attack
tirade
invective
tongue-lashing
diatribe
lambasting
lecture
dressing-down
telling-off
remonstration
wigging
harangue
revilement
disapprobation
libel
defamation
carpeting
reprehension
roasting
fulmination
scurrility
philippic
ticking off
rollicking
reviling
bollocking
accusation
insult
rating
earful
rap over the knuckles
rant
bad-mouthing
billingsgate
insults
bawling-out
ticking-off
caning
rocket
talking-to
polemic
calumniation
row
disfavorUS
commination
railing
denouncement
brickbats
bashing
disfavourUK
aspersions
riot act
serve
dig
slap on the wrist
verbal onslaught
execration
dressing down
complaint
imputation
incrimination
charge
verbal abuse
mud-slinging
inculpation
indictment
jeremiad
slight
assault
jibe
implication
opposition
offenseUS
telling off
slap in the face
offenceUK
expostulation
sarcasm
traducement
odium
repudiation
indignity
scandal
comeuppance
scurrilousness
barb
hostility
impeachment
stream of abuse
affront
attribution
decrying
battering
epithet
displeasure
exprobation
disagreement
punishment
outrage
dissatisfaction
discipline
correction
boycott
discourse
disesteem
screed
sermon
verbal attack
sneer
rebuff
smearing
warning
dis
diss
a bad press
gird
dart
argument
gibe
onslaught
chewing out
speech
dislike
persecution
rubbishing
declamation
damning
impugnment
exhortation
putdown
dispute
penalty
wrath
exception
demurral
distaste
dissent
nemesis
spiel
mauling
deserts
shame
outburst
hassle
malediction
discountenance
curses
caution
libelingUS
defaming
libellingUK
maligning
vilifying
traducing
aspersing
blackening
discontentment
venom
jeer
spite
proscription
catcall
snub
blowing-up
thumbs down
scoff
talking to
personality
name
poke
jab
goading
cutting remark
dump
ridiculing
mockery
rap on the knuckles
slap on wrist
taunt
black eye
hard time
backhanded compliment
dirty dig
kick in the teeth
censoriousness
barrage
complaints
exchange
screen
disquisition
monologueUK
debate
controversy
protest
admonishments
antagonism
animosity
blowing up
sideswipes
aggravation
counsel
advice
mudslinging
raps
knocks
enmity
stigmatizationUS
signifying
anger
ranting
chastening
disputation
disrepute
mocking comment
damnation
abasement
lying
malicious
maliciousness
dishonorUS
disgrace
slandering
malice
evil-speaking
fire
ill will
vociferation
monologUS
stain
spitefulness
slurs
fulminations
address
blemish
cattiness
slap on the wrists
stigmatisationUK
upbraidment
cursing
discharge
curse
intimidation
conviction
sentence
shaft
upbraid
scold
retribution
oration
homily
prohibition
rejection
scoffing
judgmentUS
doom
flea in the ear
piece of your mind
savaging
minimization
slanderousness
obscenity
indecency
expletives
swearing
grooming
ragging
perception
observation
talk
peroration
judgementUK
blaming
humiliation
reflection
dishonourUK
coarseness
offensiveness
pointed comment
sting
ban
dooming
embargo
going over
oral punishment
bawling out
what for
calling down
infamousness
abusiveness
grossness
bad language
philippics
swear words
provocation
teasing
flea in your ear
piece of one's mind
malevolence
haul over the coals
being put in one's place
tick off
tell off
foul language
blasphemy
counterblast
confrontation
chewing-out
spouting
source of discredit
pugnacity
defilement
interdict
going-over
brush-off
blackball
zing
boo
nix
ostracism
hiss
discontent
pep talk
combativeness
taunting
burn
suppression
disparaging remark
insolence
belligerence
reading out
tittle-tattle
scandalmongering
one in the eye
black list
a bawling-out
a wigging
a caning
a bashing
a rollicking
a roasting
a rocket
an earful
muckraking
crack
parting shot
comeback
snappy comeback
rumourUK
malicious gossip
lie
slagging-off
verbal assault
a row
critical remarks
a bollocking
beating
dynamite
aftertale
slime
tale
defamation of character
scorcher
dirt
mud
false report
smear campaign
rumorUS
jumping
low-down dirty
dirty laundry
false light
cheap shot
slap in face
strike
harassment
torment
hounding
bias crime
offensive
hate crime
beating up
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to complain or express discontent in a wearisome manner
complaining
nagging
beefing
cavillingUK
cavilingUS
quibbling
grousing
grumbling
moaning
whining
bleating
censuring
criticisingUK
criticizingUS
griping
grouching
niggling
bellyaching
kvetching
nitpicking
whingeing
whinging
condemning
decrying
denouncing
disparaging
fussing
knocking
caterwauling
chuntering
crabbing
croaking
grizzling
growling
grumping
hollering
inveighing
keening
kicking
maundering
murmuring
muttering
repining
reproaching
screaming
squawking
squealing
wailing
whimpering
yammering
yauping
yawping
yowling
creating
hypercriticizing
mithering
nit-picking
picking on
bothering
finding fault with
objecting
objurgating
panning
pecking
sounding off
splitting hairs
finding fault
picking holes
going on
kicking up a fuss
picking at
more ❯
“He has many detractors who carp at his old-fashioned style.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to nag persistently
henpecking
nagging
bullying
intimidating
tormenting
criticisingUK
criticizingUS
domineering
harassing
hectoring
pestering
scolding
chiding
dogging
hounding
needling
niggling
badgering
berating
bothering
browbeating
bugging
cavillingUK
cavilingUS
fussing
irritating
picking at
riding
pecking at
finding fault
picking on
giving a hard time
gnawing at
annoying
troubling
bedevilingUS
bedevillingUK
pursuing
deviling
devilling
scratching
scouting
curdling
chivying
ragging
giving chase
scratching around
beating the bushes
searching high heaven
tracking down
turning inside out
turning upside down
yapping at
leaving no stone unturned
ragging on
taking out after
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to find fault (with something)
criticisingUK
criticizingUS
censuring
condemning
knocking
panning
denouncing
blasting
disparaging
slamming
lambasting
arraigning
attacking
pillorying
roasting
besmirching
denigrating
deprecating
maligning
slating
vilifying
castigating
dissing
excoriating
faulting
hammering
slurring
chastising
flaming
fustigating
mauling
reprehending
savaging
skewering
trashing
bashing
chiding
crucifying
lashing
monstering
pummellingUK
pummeling
reprobating
rubbishing
bagging
blaming
decrying
dispraising
objurgating
rating
reprimanding
reproving
ripping
scathing
slagging
slashing
sledging
aspersing
clobbering
denunciating
derogating
scorching
blistering
fluffing
hitting
rapping
skinning
slogging
slugging
trimming
zapping
finding fault with
cutting down
disapproving of
dressing down
nit-picking
slagging off
bad-mouthing
complaining about
putting down
discrediting
minimizingUS
defaming
vilipending
upbraiding
minimisingUK
doing a hatchet job on
diminishing
taking apart
scolding
discounting
playing down
undervaluing
underrating
traducing
dismissing
crying down
underestimating
writing off
scorning
trivializingUS
trash-talking
detracting
slandering
calumniating
insulting
pooh-poohing
misprizing
minifying
dragging through the mud
doing down
trivialisingUK
holding cheap
kissing off
talking down
smearing
making light of
downgrading
treating lightly
dumping on
tearing to pieces
sneering at
contemning
stigmatizingUS
slighting
deploring
disapproving
libelingUS
libellingUK
execrating
deflating
lowering
speaking ill of
stigmatisingUK
finding lacking
criticizing severely
mocking
calling down
pitching into
objecting to
taking exception to
anathematizing
laughing at
lecturing
lessening
tongue-lashing
selling short
arguing with
cheapening
ranting at
reading the riot act
griping about
grousing about
moaning about
quibbling about
carping about
grouching about
whining about
speaking evil of
laughing off
beefing about
whingeing about
nitpicking over
bellyaching about
degrading
despising
tearing apart
reducing
sounding off about
disdaining
throwing mud at
cursing
downplaying
devaluating
keelhauling
ragging
animadverting
devaluing
tearing to shreds
arguing against
telling off
tearing down
backbiting
cutting rate
going for the jugular
cutting down to size
giving something a bad press
contradicting
disputing
rebutting
quarreling with
branding
spreading lies about
bringing into disrepute
detesting
sullying the reputation of
blackening the reputation of
blackening the name of
speaking badly of
controverting
gainsaying
opposing
conducting a smear campaign against
finding unacceptable
debasing
giving a bad name
taking issue with
frowning on
scoring
basting
jawing
proscribing
giving someone bondi
looking askance at
understating
ostracisingUK
ostracizingUS
soft-pedalling
soft-pedaling
attenuating
slanging
railing
demeaning
judging
remonstrating
decreasing
making little of
disgracing
discountenancing
marking down
discommending
objecting
expostulating
taking a dim view of
giving a rocket
railing at
zinging
disesteeming
giving someone a dressing-down
jumping down one's throat
giving a black eye
taking down a peg
cutting to the quick
brushing aside
casting a slur on
glossing over
taking dim view of
giving a talking-to
looking down on
lashing out at
grumbling about
criticizing harshly
getting angry with
bringing under fire
animadverting upon
abhorring
taking
badmouthing
scourging
refuting
harshing
giving a rough time
reviewing unfavorably
criticizing strongly
coming down hard on
reaming
lashing into
heaping
spurning
humbling
compromising
humiliating
sneering
rejecting
assaulting verbally
destroying
disagreeing with
complaining
sniping at
accusing
growling
riling
questioning
piling in
clamoring against
putting hooks in
sinking
breaking
depressing
holding forth against
making fun of
starting on
starting in
tying into
lighting to
taking away from
declaiming
prosecuting
exprobating
incriminating
disciplining
rebuffing
showing someone up
laying down the law
raking over the coals
taking away
taking on
frowning
taunting
giving a tongue-lashing
revaluing
devalorizing
indicting
impeaching
weighing into
throwing stones at
taking swipe at
barking at
yelling at
beating up on
ripping into
thinking little of
offending
nagging
picking apart
looking askance
getting after
reading out
disliking
jumping on one's case
snapping someone's head off
biting someone's head off
protesting against
undermining
withdrawing
weakening
subtracting from
holding someone responsible
holding someone to blame
holding accountable
complaining to
calling to account
writing down
wigging
underplaying
charging
framing
naming
adjudging
punishing
pronouncing
rowing
exposing to ridicule
holding up to shame
oppressing
persecuting
not going for
declaiming against
de-emphasizing
taxing
nosing dive
bringing down
knocking off
miscalling
blowing off
cussing out
swearing at
calling names
shouting at
injuring
calling someone names
riding
hosing
putting away
blowing whistle on
hanging something on
pointing finger at
laying at one's door
sending up the river
pinning it on
letting have it
sending up
blackening
giving someone a wigging
ticking off
giving someone a mouthful
giving someone what for
giving someone a row
blowing up
giving someone an earful
letting someone have it
pulling up
giving someone a telling-off
giving someone a rating
giving someone a caning
slapping down
running something down
charging with
showing up
sticking it to
expressing disapprobation
thinking badly of
jumping all over
expressing disapprobation of
climbing all over
mistreating
demonizingUS
voodooing
jinxing
cussing
digging
loathing
abbreviating
miniaturisingUK
brushing off
minimalizing
dwarfing
miniaturizingUS
shrugging off
knocking down
abating
making light
demonisingUK
thinking wrong
not supporting
squashing
squelching
ripping up
ragging on
negating
expressing a poor opinion of
disfavouring
disfavoring
remonstrating against
pooh poohing
having a down on
raising an
not holding with
having a problem with
having a poor opinion of
passing on
looking down your nose at
putting a whammy on
taking a swipe at
shooting full of holes
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to quibble over trivial matters
pettifogging
altercating
argufying
avoiding
bickering
cavillingUK
cavilingUS
chicaning
criticisingUK
criticizingUS
disputing
equivocating
evading
fencing
flip-flopping
hassling
niggling
nitpicking
pretending
prevaricating
shifting
sparring
squabbling
waffling
wrangling
arguing over
blowing hot and cold
catching at straws
having at it
hemming and hawing
hypercriticizing
making a big thing about
nit-picking
paralogizing
picking to pieces
putting up an argument
setting to
splitting hairs
talking back
Verb
▲
Present participle for show unnecessary or excessive concern about something
fussing
worrying
fretting
flapping
bothering
niggling
bustling
agitating
ailing
alarming
alaruming
cavillingUK
cavilingUS
chafing
concerning
derailing
discomforting
discomposing
dismaying
disquieting
distempering
distracting
distressing
disturbing
exercising
fearing
fidgeting
fidgetting
flurrying
frazzling
hagriding
nitpicking
perturbing
quibbling
stewing
stressing
sweating
troubling
undoing
unhinging
unsettling
upsetting
freaking out
taking pains
weirding out
labouring over
getting in a stew
getting worked up
making a big thing of
making a big thing out of
making a meal of
making a mountain out of a molehill
making a thing of
Verb
▲
Present participle for be constantly or visibly anxious
fretting
worrying
agonisingUK
agonizingUS
anguishing
brooding
fussing
stewing
moping
bothering
complaining
fearing
pining
sighing
sorrowing
stressing
sweating
troubling
upsetting oneself
concerning oneself
feeling uneasy
feeling unhappy
grumbling
obsessing
whining
affronting
bleeding
chagrining
fuming
grieving
hassling
distressing yourself
feeling peeved
losing sleep
making a fuss
upsetting yourself
distressing oneself
taking on
losing sleep over
sweating it out
carrying a heavy load
eating one's heart out
getting into a dither
Verb
▲
Present participle for have a heated argument or disagreement
quarrellingUK
quarrelingUS
arguing
fighting
disputing
rowing
brawling
disagreeing
bickering
differing
scrapping
squabbling
wrangling
altercating
falling out
sparring
spatting
argufying
clashing
brabbling
controverting
hassling
jarring
quibbling
tiffing
having a fight
having a row
locking horns
bandying words
battling
bumping
caterwauling
cavillingUK
cavilingUS
charging
chopping logic
colliding
complaining
contending
contesting
crossing swords
disapproving
dissenting
dividing
embroiling
failing to agree
feuding
having a misunderstanding
striving
struggling
tangling
varying
warring
breaking with
finding fault
having words
objecting to
setting to
taking exception
taking on
getting tough with
having a tiff
having it out
mixing it up
fighting like cat and dog
going at it hammer and tongs
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