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Adjective
Complaining excessively
Contemptuously ridiculing or mocking someone or something
Disposed to complaining, especially in a petulant or whining manner
Dissatisfied and complaining or rebellious
Noun
Excessive complaining
A feeble or petulant complaint
Excessive concern with minor details and rules
A censure of someone or something on the basis of perceived faults or mistakes
Verb
Present participle for to complain or express discontent in a wearisome manner
Present participle for to show, feel, or cause to feel, concern or worry
Present participle for to nag persistently
Present participle for to find fault (with something)
Present participle for to quibble over trivial matters
Present participle for be constantly or visibly anxious
Present participle for have a heated argument or disagreement
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Adjective
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Complaining excessively
critical
complaining
grouchy
grousing
grumbling
hypercritical
moaning
overcritical
captious
cavilling
UK
censorious
criticising
UK
criticizing
US
fault-finding
grouching
nagging
niggling
quibbling
whining
bleating
deprecatory
disparaging
picky
scathing
bellyaching
condemnatory
griping
nitpicking
nit-picking
pedantic
reproachful
slighting
caviling
US
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
finicky
pernickety
fussy
pettifogging
hairsplitting
overnice
punctilious
overscrupulous
over-exacting
censuring
demanding
cavillous
condemning
fastidious
perfectionist
negative
over-particular
cynical
nice
judgemental
meticulous
exacting
unfavourable
UK
severe
persnickety
finical
particular
over-censorious
sarcastic
belittling
cutting
sophistical
unfavorable
US
derogatory
over-rigorous
over-strict
harsh
demeaning
castigatory
denunciatory
unsympathetic
reproving
precise
precisionist
exact
scrupulous
fine
contemptuous
stern
nitpicky
exceptive
querulous
biting
satirical
scolding
literalist
dogmatic
literalistic
calumniatory
formalist
judgy
purist
overprecise
scholastic
casuistical
tricky
casuistic
sophistic
overexacting
difficult
sharp-tongued
on someone's back
subtle
overrefined
overexact
shrewish
ambiguous
equivocal
evasive
pharisaic
self-righteous
brusque
cruel
hurtful
unforgiving
jesuitical
culpatory
reprehending
vituperative
accusatory
denouncing
reproaching
chiding
severely critical
overparticular
pejorative
berating
damning
humbling
diagnostic
discerning
discriminating
analytical
lowering
critic
trenchant
sharp
penetrating
choleric
withering
nasty
cursing
mean
deprecating
dainty
choosy
over-fastidious
faddish
painstaking
careful
full of reproof
old-maidish
faddy
fussbudgety
delicate
finicking
choosey
irritable
crabby
trivial
testy
perverse
thorny
unfair
contrary
unjust
touchy
cantankerous
peevish
petty
acrimonious
petulant
cross
reprobatory
detailed
fiddly
reprobative
ultra-critical
very critical
trying
uncompromising
importunate
strict
intractable
clamorous
tiresome
tough
obstinate
rigorous
dictatorial
overbearing
unaccommodating
inflexible
insistent
unmanageable
hard
imperious
troublesome
stringent
unbending
exigent
unamenable
fractious
hardheaded
firm
sticklerish
stiff
obdurate
needy
possessive
unsparing
stubborn
unflinching
unreasonable
hard-line
serious
hard to satisfy
high-maintenance
tyrannical
uncomplimentary
denigratory
abusive
depreciative
scornful
insulting
derogative
depreciatory
detractive
disdainful
accusing
offensive
derisory
degrading
denigrative
defamatory
hostile
contumelious
damaging
scurrilous
decrying
slanderous
libellous
UK
opprobrious
libelous
US
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
minimizing
US
vicious
dismissive
detractory
discrediting
minimising
UK
antipathetic
jaundiced
inhospitable
prejudicial
dishonouring
UK
scandalous
mud-slinging
naysaying
counter
defaming
dishonoring
US
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
libeling
US
injuring
excoriating
despicable
hurting
offending
abasing
libelling
UK
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
sarcastic
snarky
scathing
barbed
scalding
acidulous
acrid
smart-mouthed
smart-aleck
stinging
tart
pungent
acidic
ironic
sarky
mordacious
nasty
wry
wise
dry
vitriolic
derisory
malicious
disdainful
harsh
snide
ridiculing
incisive
critical
venomous
virulent
astringent
keen
spiteful
piercing
hurtful
vicious
cruel
pointed
searing
withering
devastating
unkind
wounding
catty
penetrating
waspish
razor-edged
savage
poisonous
rude
abrasive
insulting
polemic
fierce
rancorous
belittling
double-edged
rapier-like
tongue-in-cheek
hateful
irreverent
laconic
hard
derogatory
abusive
unfriendly
blistering
droll
pessimistic
sceptical
UK
acute
suspicious
stern
witty
poignant
vindictive
sour
misanthropic
slighting
misanthropical
malign
unsparing
skeptical
US
uncomplimentary
opprobrious
sly
insolent
denigratory
slashing
subtle
heartless
callous
polemical
ferocious
condescending
twisted
unbelieving
brutal
truculent
distrustful
grim
teasing
jibing
humorous
malignant
stringent
pernicious
doubtful
burlesque
rough
maleficent
jaundiced
burning
ridiculous
detracting
defiant
malefic
telling
churlish
squint-eyed
dismissive
lampooning
farcical
snappy
splenetic
crisp
pithy
malevolent
forceful
ill-natured
supercilious
evil-intentioned
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
clear-cut
contemptible
yelling
controversial
wicked
quizzical
raucous
impertinent
contentious
corroding
cynic
strict
exacting
ill-tempered
bad-tempered
uncivil
argumentative
disputatious
rigid
rigorous
curt
contorted
antagonistic
overwhelming
overpowering
aggressive
snappish
testy
acetose
unpleasant
short
unblunted
vengeful
bilious
baleful
merciless
sharp-worded
angry
thoughtless
inconsiderate
ungracious
distorted
crooked
warped
uneven
deformed
acetic
tonic
provocative
salt
exciting
stimulating
racy
violent
vitriolous
unrelenting
edged
awry
aslant
askew
skewwhiff
pawky
parodying
paradoxical
spoof
bantering
spoofing
pitiless
envenomed
contradictory
backbiting
alert
atypical
spicy
clever
implausible
exaggerated
curious
quick-witted
sadistic
highly effective
strong
vigorous
crabbed
ruthless
wanton
cold
cold-blooded
extremely critical
cavalier
emphatic
Hudibrastic
Rabelaisian
dripping with malice
driving
forthright
clear
pillorying
powerful
effective
blunt
explicit
distinct
vain
imperious
proud
edgy
potent
unequivocal
deadpan
absurd
ludicrous
cockamamie
pathetic
silly
cockamamy
laughable
risible
comical
preposterous
ambiguous
oblique
indirect
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
equivocal
out-of-line
flip
cocky
fresh
snidey
crusty
gally
smart
sassy
nervy
waggish
deprecating
vituperatory
scurrile
scurril
invective
censorious
defamatory
apathetic
two-edged
scolding
obloquious
castigating
upbraiding
slanderous
reproachful
calumniating
reviling
maligning
libellous
UK
vilifying
traducing
ranting
denunciatory
calumniatory
libelous
US
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
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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
salty
scrappy
uptight
wailing
waspy
whimpering
whiny
bad-tempered
ill-humored
US
ill-humoured
UK
ill-natured
ill-tempered
fault-finding
on edge
thin-skinned
hard to please
in a bad mood
out of sorts
out of temper
huffy irascible
like a bear with a sore head
mean
caviling
US
cavilling
UK
perverse
ornery
short-tempered
shrewish
spiteful
tense
angry
fiery
contrary
obstinate
pertinacious
snarky
acrimonious
quarrelsome
snippy
snippety
stuffy
mardy
out of humor
growling
fretting
childish
raspy
cussed
ugly
venomous
vindictive
nasty
quick-tempered
out-of-sorts
uneasy
worried
overwrought
uncomfortable
distraught
anxious
stressed
restive
fidgety
unhappy
catty
nagging
worked up
ill at ease
upset
wrought up
distressed
unsettled
agitated
temperamental
scolding
rancorous
litigious
snide
criticizing
US
glum
curt
huffish
disgruntled
unsociable
argumentative
gruff
volatile
sensitive
shirty
feisty
bristly
wreck
rattled
faultfinding
overstrung
unquiet
twitchy
restless
nervous
ireful
brusque
misanthropic
cynical
contentious
hotheaded
truculent
pouty
oversensitive
harsh
aggressive
backbiting
cattish
hypercritical
stroppy
uncooperative
exasperated
displeased
snarling
resentful
crybaby
ungracious
gloomy
annoyed
iracund
pouting
tough
brooding
iracundulous
waxy
disputatious
het up
sharp-tongued
criticising
UK
vixenish
acrid
trying
dour
griping
acid
awkward
mumpish
malicious
vinegary
short
tart
sharp
hasty
malignant
saturnine
sore
passionate
filthy
obstreperous
blunt
chuffy
out of humour
hot-tempered
hot-blooded
having got out of bed the wrong side
cross-grained
having got out of bed on the wrong side
nasty-tempered
hot under the collar
on a short fuse
foul-tempered
as cross as two sticks
in a mood
short-fused
easily offended
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
in a tizz
goosey
atwitter
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
unnerved
flurried
ruffled
in a dither
dismayed
having kittens
all of a doodah
in suspense
hyper
high-strung
a bundle of nerves
unsteady
shook up
angsty
unglued
fazed
piqued
peeved
fed up
timorous
irritated
unrelaxed
bricking oneself
trembling
excited
under stress
irked
turbulent
tormented
unruly
trepidatious
unpeaceful
waiting with bated breath
beside oneself
like a fish out of water
bundle of nerves
taut
with one's heart in one's mouth
timid
hostile
careful
shy
arsey
unfriendly
frustrated
shivery
fluttery
confused
thrown
malcontent
disaffected
snarly
highly strung
spasmodic
creepy
hysterical
aggrieved
shaking
discombobulated
put out
fraught
discontent
envious
white-knuckled
ungratified
quivering
grudging
panicky
angstful
self-conscious
solicitous
jaundiced
bugged
malcontented
picky
kvetching
cheesed off
stressed out
riled
clutched
waiting for the axe to fall
brassed off
recalcitrant
aghast
a wreck
tooshie
browned off
hot and bothered
embarrassed
anguished
refractory
hacked off
ticked off
teed off
discomfited
fidgeting
fitful
wild
shot to pieces
out of joint
irresolute
itchy
nervous wreck
in a cold sweat
in turmoil
perplexed
up the wall
with one's stomach in knots
shaking in one's shoes
not best pleased
in a funk
with butterflies in one's stomach
embittered
excitable
skittish
discountenanced
neurotic
flighty
skittery
brittle
belligerent
ticklish
under pressure
violent
bellicose
antagonistic
destructive
vicious
mousy
bad
wicked
uncongenial
atrabilious
zowerswopped
exercised
disorderly
inhospitable
inimical
fierce
loudmouthed
confrontational
pugnacious
adversarial
under a strain
ungenerous
distracted
perversely irritable
easily frightened
easily agitated
wavering
frisky
unbalanced
abusive
malevolent
warlike
threatening
defiant
combative
militant
jerky
froward
quaking
pressured
adrenalized
stubborn
unyielding
hassled
mopey
irate
indomitable
uncompliant
indocile
squirmy
wiggly
wriggly
disappointed
offensive
moving
moved
wound up
shot
overanxious
choked
galled
bloody-minded
beset
champing at the bit
suspicious
harassed
palpitant
all nerves
wrung
on the qui vive
unsatisfied
unfulfilled
tortured
plagued
livid
apoplectic
anxiously waiting
nervously awaiting
fearfully anticipating
apprehensively expecting
unkind
mighty
assaultive
antipathetic
agonistic
discordant
disorientated
out of place
hesitant
white knuckled
mad
muddled
glowering
mopish
scowling
steamed
steamed up
crook
vex
ropeable
tied up in knots
butterflies in stomach
biting one's nails
worried stiff
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
sniveling
US
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
snivelling
UK
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
chagrined
intimidated
petrified
cowardly
blue
daunted
frantic
horrified
startled
cowering
terrorized
US
affrighted
pusillanimous
cowed
chicken
shocked
afeared
hysteric
sick and tired
sick to death
peed off
yellow
feart
frozen
stunned
frit
terrorised
UK
worrisome
scared out of one's wits
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
frightened out of one's wits
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
angry
indignant
irked
disappointed
grumpy
exasperated
miffed
sullen
crabby
upset
sore
out of joint
frustrated
sulky
offended
restless
ungratified
critical
griping
kvetching
querulous
in a huff
testy
petulant
cranky
irritable
grouchy
hurt
irate
aggravated
peevish
bitter
riled
bothered
grudging
disapproving
narked
fretting
disquieted
fretful
disturbed
unpleased
huffy
snuffy
rancorous
envious
wounded
embittered
spiteful
chagrined
picky
unforgiving
in high dudgeon
troubled
miserable
impatient
disapproving of
blue
perturbed
distressed
sick and tired
sick to death
fed up to the teeth
acrimonious
unfulfilled
affronted
pained
objecting
with a chip on your shoulder
fed up to the back teeth
scornful
hard
contemptuous
disdainful
anguished
wronged
nettled
angered
incensed
sour
revengeful
afflicted
injured
harmed
regretful
whining
snappish
bad-tempered
protesting
ill-tempered
snappy
cantankerous
acrid
miffy
mad
surly
ill-used
woeful
saddened
steamed
fed-up
faultfinding
ennuied
unappeased
jaundiced
not satisfied
sniveling
US
plaintive
put-out
unassuaged
unsated
begrudging
insatiable
jealous
huffish
wroth
tooshie
insulted
oppressed
victimised
UK
grieving
depressed
persecuted
victimized
US
vitriolic
hateful
snivelling
UK
dissenting
repining
murmuring
mourning
accusing
weeping
moaning
deploring
bewailing
regretting
lamenting
charging
cross
hard done by
churlish
eggy
vex
alienated
grousing
out of temper
hoha
crabbing
kicking
uncontent
estranged
disloyal
antagonistic
hostile
bad tempered
hot under the collar
seditious
mutinous
unfriendly
dissident
insurgent
insurrectionary
uncompliant
insubordinate
renegade
unsubmissive
apathetic
cynical
disillusioned
indifferent
up in arms
enraged
furious
galled
provoked
infuriated
choleric
outraged
ruffled
shirty
ireful
wrathful
in a temper
ratty
foaming at the mouth
bent out of shape
ill-humored
US
ill-humoured
UK
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
antagonized
US
repulsed
nauseated
chafed
captious
tormented
repelled
wild
pettish
heated
perverse
tense
snarky
crusty
snippy
snippety
stuffy
choked
needled
appalled
filthy
raspy
nauseous
antagonised
UK
mardy
caviling
US
cavilling
UK
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
salty
confused
frenzied
perplexed
peckish
whiny
crybaby
ungracious
dirty
unglued
liverish
venomous
brusque
short
ranting
jumpy
bugged
pouting
mean
gnashing one's teeth
hotheaded
storming
spare
scandalized
US
edgy
mumpish
sorehead
passionate
at daggers drawn
aghast
scandalised
UK
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
dishonored
US
humiliated
snitty
undermined
abrupt
defeated
weighty
annoying
distressing
umbrageous
dishonoured
UK
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
temperamental
sensitive
feisty
bristly
glum
unsociable
argumentative
gruff
volatile
threatening
shrewish
misanthropic
oversensitive
ornery
obstinate
quarrelsome
difficult
bilious
contentious
truculent
harsh
pertinacious
belligerent
aggressive
uncooperative
snarling
contrary
peppery
hypercritical
curmudgeonly
malevolent
evil
wicked
gloomy
iracund
tough
brooding
iracundulous
morose
bearish
fussy
disputatious
scratchy
maleficent
baleful
waspy
trying
dour
acid
growling
tart
sharp
nasty
saturnine
blunt
cussed
on edge
awkward
vinegary
whingeing
childish
hasty
obstreperous
chuffy
squeamish
had it
full up
sick and tired of
had bellyful
weary
satiated
up to here
tired
fastidious
had enough
sick of
abhorred
ugly
anxious
malign
glowering
louring
poisonous
malefic
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
fierce
black
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
cavilling
UK
caviling
US
objection
exception
quibbling
protestation
demurral
protest
fuss
complaint
expostulation
hairsplitting
fault-finding
remonstrance
stink
demurrer
challenge
demur
difficulty
question
kick
grumbling
pedantry
niggling
grouching
bellyaching
captiousness
disapproval
condemnation
dispute
remonstration
dissent
opposition
scruple
pettifoggery
pettiness
perfectionism
equivocation
sophistry
bickering
reproach
rebuke
recalcitrance
compunction
misgiving
qualm
pickiness
fussiness
reproof
denunciation
disparagement
opprobrium
reproval
petition
civil disobedience
censure
misgivings
doubt
boggling
unwillingness
hair-splitting
bleating
protesting
overnice
nagging
nit-picking
murmuring
grievance
muttering
beefing
whingeing
outcry
fulmination
mithering
twining
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
grumbling
objection
protestation
protest
mutter
criticism
bellyaching
problem
dispute
groan
annoyance
quibble
cavil
dissatisfaction
remonstrance
nitpicking
chunter
rhubarb
squabble
bickering
quarrel
niggle
exception
stink
charge
demur
remonstration
outcry
argument
umbrage
kick
accusation
distress
demurral
expostulation
dislike
word
squeal
howl
challenge
dissent
disapproval
demurrer
twine
bone
pettifogging
big stink
question
bone to pick
axe to grind
ax to grind
minor criticism
trivial complaint
trivial objection
adverse comment
howling
whisper
lamentation
pain
snivel
mither
sound
sniffle
sigh
keen
affliction
grunt
yike
mewl
grizzle
keening
fault-finding
peep
clamour
UK
reproach
guff
jeremiad
statement of dissatisfaction
representation
rumble
clamor
US
peeve
pique
rancour
UK
uproar
blast
case
tantrum
indignation
outburst
aversion
frustration
aggravation
bugbear
rancor
US
hysterics
howls of protest
crow to pluck
bane
exasperation
inconvenience
opposition
dread
bother
irk
irritation
hassle
nuisance
headache
disagreement
vexation
irritant
resentment
scruple
prevarication
query
nicety
equivocation
fear
declination
disapprobation
demurring
trial
concern
disinclination
odium
doubt
difficulty
disesteem
discontent
censure
sideswipe
quiddity
sophism
revilement
hesitation
reluctance
repugnancy
displeasure
rejection
hostility
hate
unwillingness
worry
dissuasion
shrinking
shift
duplicity
subtlety
subterfuge
artifice
hair-splitter
pretence
UK
pretense
US
quirk
nit-picker
thorn in one's side
pet aversion
thorn in one's flesh
bane of one's life
formal complaint
counter-argument
taking exception
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
caviling
US
cavilling
UK
fault-finding
hairsplitting
hair-splitting
pettifoggery
pomposity
casuistry
nitpicking
overnicety
pettifogging
laboriousness
pedagogery
pretension
thoroughness
unimaginativeness
conscientiousness
fussiness
rigorousness
criticism
faultfinding
pettiness
equivocation
bickering
niggling
realism
representationalism
verismo
naturalism
verisimilitude
moaning
complaining
whining
grumbling
bleating
griping
grouching
grousing
nagging
overnice
nit-picking
bellyaching
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
cavilling
UK
contumely
denigration
examen
quibble
slagging
swipe
verbal
vitriol
arraignment
aspersion
blast
brickbat
captiousness
caviling
US
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
character assassination
bad notice
depreciation
ridicule
discredit
derogation
lessening
degradation
scorn
belittlement
belittling
disdain
deprecation
debasement
slander
detraction
contempt
derision
mocking
diminishment
calumny
underestimation
vilification
backbiting
backstabbing
prejudice
obloquy
attack
rebuke
invective
accusation
reprimand
disapprobation
tirade
imputation
incrimination
disfavor
US
disfavour
UK
charge
revilement
complaint
indictment
inculpation
defamation
tongue-lashing
libel
calumniation
diatribe
impeachment
lambasting
insults
reprehension
bad-mouthing
execration
admonition
scurrility
denouncement
implication
opposition
attribution
mud-slinging
repudiation
aspersions
fulmination
hostility
brickbats
reviling
expostulation
exprobation
odium
billingsgate
boycott
disesteem
scandal
traducement
smearing
displeasure
harangue
rejection
dislike
dissatisfaction
allegation
damning
philippic
rubbishing
polemic
exception
dissent
demurral
disagreement
distaste
mauling
commination
citation
remonstration
discountenance
curses
dressing down
discontentment
proscription
riot act
beef
insult
a bad press
plaint
thumbs down
libeling
US
aspersing
libelling
UK
maligning
vilifying
traducing
defaming
blackening
black eye
telling off
censoriousness
barrage
complaints
onslaught
assault
rebuff
sideswipes
aggravation
hassle
rant
admonishments
antagonism
animosity
stigmatization
US
raps
knocks
enmity
jab
mocking comment
battering
prohibition
slight
signifying
slandering
venom
malice
evil-speaking
fire
ill will
damnation
stigmatisation
UK
upbraidment
cursing
dishonor
US
disgrace
bashing
spitefulness
slurs
spite
fulminations
ban
dooming
embargo
cattiness
mudslinging
maliciousness
minimization
conviction
sentence
observation
perception
savaging
shame
doom
judgment
US
dig
interdict
swearing
expletives
punishment
reflection
dishonour
UK
summons
verbal abuse
judgement
UK
blaming
dirty dig
backhanded compliment
prosecution
bad language
philippics
swear words
count
jeremiad
foul language
blasphemy
sarcasm
counterblast
epithet
source of discredit
warrant
bill
detention
statement
comment
writ
findings
presentment
verbal attack
cutting remark
a bawling-out
a wigging
a rocket
an earful
a caning
a bashing
a rollicking
a roasting
assertion
claim
a bollocking
a row
critical remarks
asseveration
catcall
nix
ostracism
blackball
hiss
zing
discontent
boo
scandalmongering
suit
muckraking
malediction
dirt
black list
crimination
gripe
lawsuit
squawk
roar
exposé
insinuation
stink
rumble
fault
dido
aftertale
slime
lie
rumour
UK
slap on wrist
rumourmongering
UK
rumor
US
rumormongering
US
mud
dump
malicious gossip
dirty laundry
false light
tittle-tattle
fake news
false report
smear campaign
defamation of character
low-down dirty
slagging-off
slap in face
cheap shot
bum rap
bill of indictment
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to complain or express discontent in a wearisome manner
complaining
nagging
beefing
cavilling
UK
caviling
US
quibbling
grousing
grumbling
moaning
whining
bleating
censuring
criticising
UK
criticizing
US
griping
grouching
niggling
bellyaching
kvetching
nitpicking
whingeing
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
groaning
protesting
lamenting
sniveling
US
snivelling
UK
bemoaning
crying
grieving
bewailing
chirping
sobbing
deploring
making a fuss
nattering
cribbing
bawling
howling
yelping
screeching
kicking up a stink
puling
objecting to
picking holes in
whispering
squalling
remonstrating
weeping
mourning
ululating
pettifogging
blubbering
yelling
shrieking
twining
scolding
speaking out against
taking exception
plaining over
mumbling
expostulating
carrying on
running down
sighing
greeting
wauling
roaring
arguing
mewling
equivocating
raising objections
expressing disapproval
opposing
raging
taking a stand
making a stand
demurring
wittering
chopping logic
trashing
putting up a fight
putting the boot in
railing at
yapping
lodging a complaint
making a complaint
taking apart
raising Cain
inveighing against
gurning
flyspecking
pleading
quibbling about
niggling about
sulking
kvetching about
excepting
anathematizing
execrating
cursing
sniffling
blubbing
baying
sorrowing
miaowing
taking on
blowing off
sorrowing for
sorrowing about
sighing over
grieving over
rumbling
jowling
bickering
quarrelling
UK
quarreling
US
crying softly
crying loudly
gabbling
sputtering
muddling
swallowing
slurring
snarling
droning
burbling
crying out
grunting
rubbishing
slandering
sniping
maligning
charging
making screeching
kicking up a storm
raising a ruckus
crying the blues
dissenting
fretting
badmouthing
contravening
indicting
defying
accusing
laying
differing
deprecating
disagreeing
ascribing
imputing
gainsaying
disapproving
refuting
attacking
cutting up
bad-mouthing
slagging off
pulling to pieces
speaking ill of
querying
talking under your breath
declaiming
impugning
lashing
admonishing
castigating
upbraiding
railing
reviling
lambasting
ranting
vituperating
faulting
prevaricating
picking
taking exception to
looking askance
going on about
moaning and groaning
casting aspersions on
doing a hatchet job on
subtilizing
fulminating
recriminating
roasting
berating
blasting
vilifying
cavilling at
carping about
complaining about
storming
abusing
denigrating
blaming
scorching
picking nits
mincing matters
raising trivial objections
tongue-lashing
grouching about
laying into
ripping into
laying out
jumping down one's throat
sounding off about
working over
beefing about
kicking up a fuss about
kicking up a stink about
cracking down on
letting have it
bellyaching about
complaining vehemently about
going after
having at
raising trivial objections to
sharping a distinction
arguing over nothing
making a fine distinction
refining a distinction
beating about the bush
challenging
taking issue
disputing
protesting against
arguing against
expressing disagreement
expressing disagreement with
lodging a protest against
expressing disapproval of
raising objections to
taking issue with
taking a stand against
making a fuss about
resisting
fighting
making a stink
combatting
combating
making an objection
kicking up a rumpus
revolting
expressing objections
making a protest
rebelling
back-talking
expressing opposition
saying no
speaking out
voicing disapproval
kicking against
saying no to
taking up the cudgels
expressing objections to
minding
lodging a protest
remonstrating against
spurning
having a problem
quarreling with
disapproving of
grousing about
grumbling about
drawing the line
moaning about
having a problem with
disavowing
baulking
UK
discountenancing
balking
US
disesteeming
ranting about
discommending
drawing the line at
crossing
griping about
begging to differ
frowning on
raising objection
railing against
tangling with
mixing it up with
going-one-on-one
opposing strongly
objecting strongly to
frowning upon
squabbling
complaining vociferously about
animadverting
withstanding
raining
more ❯
“He has many detractors who
carp
at his old-fashioned style.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to show, feel, or cause to feel, concern or worry
fussing
worrying
disturbing
upsetting
bothering
distressing
perturbing
unsettling
agitating
discomposing
alarming
disquieting
concerning
dismaying
troubling
flurrying
discomforting
ailing
distracting
distempering
frazzling
unhinging
alaruming
exercising
hagriding
undoing
derailing
fretting
stressing
cavilling
UK
caviling
US
niggling
fearing
chafing
stewing
sweating
quibbling
nitpicking
bustling
flapping
fidgeting
fidgetting
freaking out
weirding out
taking pains
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 to nag persistently
henpecking
nagging
bullying
intimidating
tormenting
criticising
UK
criticizing
US
domineering
harassing
hectoring
pestering
scolding
chiding
dogging
hounding
needling
niggling
badgering
berating
bothering
browbeating
bugging
cavilling
UK
caviling
US
fussing
irritating
picking at
riding
pecking at
finding fault
picking on
giving a hard time
harrying
upbraiding
chivvying
hassling
persecuting
worrying
grouching
beefing
whingeing
hollering
grousing
kvetching
whining
croaking
repining
squealing
murmuring
yammering
inveighing
yauping
crabbing
keening
whimpering
bellyaching
screaming
vexing
growling
grizzling
squawking
moaning
complaining
grumping
kicking
wailing
plaguing
keeping on at
caterwauling
grumbling
yowling
maundering
bleating
griping
yawping
muttering
going on at
carping at
keeping after
egging
provoking
urging
teasing
heckling
disturbing
moaning at
baiting
harping on at
nudging
goading
importuning
distressing
eating
prodding
grumbling at
moaning on at
keeping complaining to
finding fault with
giving someone a hard time
working on
bending someone's ear
breathing down someone's neck
taking it out on
troubling
annoying
bedeviling
US
bedevilling
UK
driving up the wall
afflicting
torturing
racking
harrowing
deviling
devilling
agonizing
US
cursing
besieging
anguishing
excruciating
beleaguering
besetting
irking
attacking
perplexing
agonising
UK
trying
giving a bad time
giving someone grief
oppressing
haunting
assailing
affecting
embarrassing
overwhelming
hampering
entangling
aggressing
jumping on one's case
giving the needle
giving one the business
starting in on
falling on
weighing down
putting the squeeze on
falling upon
taunting
scorning
ribbing
chaffing
victimizing
US
exasperating
aggravating
nettling
stressing
ragging
agitating
boning
putting through wringer
breaking
driving bananas
rubbing salt in wound
leading someone a merry dance
victimising
UK
punishing
playing cat and mouse
wringing
smiting
hurting
molesting
mithering
stressing out
driving round the bend
bullyragging
despoiling
macerating
foraying
jerking around
paining
gnawing
straining
pursuing
getting to
noodging
driving round the twist
rattling one's cage
burning
gnawing at
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to find fault (with something)
criticising
UK
criticizing
US
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
pummelling
UK
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
taking down
tearing into
casting aspersions on
coming down on
finding fault
fulminating against
lacing to
laying into
nitpicking about
picking at
pulling apart
pulling to pieces
animadverting on
cutting to bits
inveighing against
picking holes in
pouring scorn on
railing against
running down
carping at
cavilling at
cutting up
doing a number on
giving bad press
hitting out at
picking to pieces
skinning alive
throwing brickbats at
vituperating against
bagging on
giving flak to
having a go at
jumping on
nagging at
giving some stick to
passing strictures upon
giving a bad press to
throwing shade
abusing
reviling
vituperating
assailing
potshotting
belaboring
US
belittling
belabouring
UK
deriding
depreciating
jeering
flaying
cavilling
UK
caviling
US
rebuking
impugning
admonishing
haranguing
reproaching
berating
sniping
caning
remonstrating with
carpeting
rollicking
taking to task
shooting down
scoffing at
bawling out
taking to pieces
sailing into
bollocking
detracting from
hauling over the coals
giving someone a roasting
lampooning
rapping over the knuckles
giving someone a bad press
giving someone hell
chewing out
ridiculing
reaming out
jeering at
giving something a battering
giving someone a rocket
giving someone a rollicking
talking something down
tearing off a strip
giving someone a bollocking
tearing a strip off
defaming
slandering
traducing
discrediting
calumniating
libeling
US
libelling
UK
smearing
doing a hatchet job on
vilipending
stigmatizing
US
dragging through the mud
speaking ill of
insulting
dismissing
stigmatising
UK
scorning
blackening
minimizing
US
detracting
diminishing
discounting
upbraiding
disgracing
trash-talking
minimising
UK
crying down
scandalizing
US
scolding
degrading
taking apart
playing down
talking down
scandalising
UK
mocking
dishonouring
UK
dumping on
contemning
sullying
pooh-poohing
kissing off
giving a bad name
lowering
sneering at
debasing
tarnishing
bringing into disrepute
dishonoring
US
doing down
slighting
injuring
undervaluing
underestimating
blotting
staining
underrating
giving a black eye
casting a slur on
tearing to pieces
dragging through the mire
soiling
defiling
besmearing
smirching
spoiling
damaging
slinging mud at
spotting
trivializing
US
blotching
tainting
shaming
breathing on
bringing discredit to
befouling
laughing at
misprizing
flinging mud at
finding lacking
ripping up and down
treating lightly
muckraking
deploring
trivialising
UK
disrespecting
reducing
making light of
reflecting badly on
tearing down
disapproving
holding cheap
disdaining
execrating
bringing shame upon
bringing shame on
speaking evil of
ragging
tarring and feathering
downgrading
running smear campaign
spreading scandal about
deflating
blackening the name of
throwing mud at
minifying
taunting
criticizing severely
nitpicking over
backbiting
tearing to shreds
calling down
pitching into
marginalizing
US
sneering
lecturing
speaking badly of
anathematizing
objecting to
judging
marginalising
UK
taking exception to
tongue-lashing
reading the riot act
ranting at
badmouthing
spreading lies about
cutting down to size
look down one's nose at
despising
gibing
sullying the reputation of
scouting
flouting
scoffing
tearing apart
jibing at
cursing
keelhauling
embarrassing
making fun of
animadverting
laughing off
undermining
poisoning
selling short
misrepresenting
telling off
going for the jugular
taking down a peg
giving something a bad press
accusing
branding
jibing
griping about
blackening the reputation of
arguing with
opposing
teasing
conducting a smear campaign against
grousing about
moaning about
quibbling about
carping about
grouching about
whining about
basting
arguing against
twitting
frowning on
demeaning
nitpicking
bantering
scoring
jawing
rejecting
beefing about
whingeing about
bellyaching about
railing
rallying
proscribing
downplaying
giving someone bondi
booing
looking askance at
poking fun at
digging
ragging on
prejudicing
ostracising
UK
ostracizing
US
sounding off about
blackening the character of
blemishing
poking mullock at
perverting
flouting at
slanging
ripping up
remonstrating
devaluing
discountenancing
offending
discommending
objecting
expostulating
making sport of
getting at
shouting at
riding
taking the piss out of
taking issue with
railing at
taking the mickey out of
taking a swipe at
giving someone a dressing-down
giving a rocket
calling names
zinging
jumping down one's throat
cutting to the quick
giving a talking-to
lashing out at
blaspheming
criticizing harshly
gossipping
backstabbing
lying
spiting
gossiping
getting angry with
abhorring
detesting
bringing under fire
taking
animadverting upon
refuting
giving a rough time
squashing
understating
squelching
harshing
finding unacceptable
gossiping about
reviewing unfavorably
criticizing strongly
coming down hard on
reaming
assaulting verbally
heaping
mistreating
demonizing
US
voodooing
jinxing
cussing
disagreeing with
spurning
humbling
criticizing unfairly
destroying
piling in
ruining
blackguarding
exprobating
incriminating
disciplining
rebuffing
demonising
UK
starting on
starting in
giving a tongue-lashing
contradicting
disputing
rebutting
lessening
compromising
devaluating
cheapening
humiliating
complaining
sniping at
frowning
making little of
clamoring against
questioning
taking on
protesting against
putting hooks in
nagging
passing judgment
picking apart
looking askance
getting after
reading out
jumping down someone's throat
holding forth against
showing someone up
treating contemptuously
thinking little of
declaiming
prosecuting
shooting full of holes
jumping on one's case
snapping someone's head off
biting someone's head off
looking down on
laying down the law
raking over the coals
marking down
taking away
indicting
impeaching
weighing into
disbelieving
dragging someone's name through the mud
dragging through mud
slinging mud
oppressing
persecuting
taking a dim view of
throwing stones at
taking swipe at
controverting
gainsaying
fleering at
scouting at
not going for
putting a whammy on
miscalling
blowing off
cussing out
swearing at
calling someone names
hosing
holding someone responsible
holding someone to blame
holding accountable
complaining to
calling to account
exposing to ridicule
holding up to shame
wigging
taking dim view of
thinking wrong
not supporting
charging
showing contempt
making a fool of
digging at
framing
naming
adjudging
punishing
pronouncing
rowing
declaiming against
giving black eye
taxing
lying about
villainizing
belying
taking a dig at
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
quarreling with
telling lies about
running something down
charging with
showing up
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
negating
expressing a poor opinion of
disfavouring
disesteeming
disfavoring
remonstrating against
running a smear campaign against
sticking it to
expressing disapprobation
thinking badly of
jumping all over
expressing disapprobation of
climbing all over
casting slur on
putting zingers on
raising an
passing on
chaffing
hectoring
heckling
satirizing
US
tormenting
growling
riling
scourging
bringing down
knocking off
writing down
louting
ribbing
razzing
quizzing
kidding
jollying
holding up to ridicule
heaping scorn on
satirising
UK
catcalling
hissing
interrupting
treating with contempt
lighting to
barracking
tying into
yelling at
beating up on
ripping into
barking at
shouting disapproval
shouting down
lashing into
fleering
hooting
jabbing
hooting at
blowing raspberries
quipping
catcalling at
booing at
hissing at
whistling at
shouting disapproval at
jesting
blowing raspberries at
poking fun
putting on
making a crack
giving someone a hard time
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to quibble over trivial matters
pettifogging
altercating
argufying
avoiding
bickering
cavilling
UK
caviling
US
chicaning
criticising
UK
criticizing
US
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 be constantly or visibly anxious
fretting
worrying
agonising
UK
agonizing
US
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
quarrelling
UK
quarreling
US
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
cavilling
UK
caviling
US
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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