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What is another word for raising a ruckus?

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Verb
Present participle for to complain or grumble about something
wailing
complaining
grumbling
griping
grousing
whingeing
carping
beefing
grouching
bleating
bellyaching
grizzling
fussing
muttering
nagging
kvetching
inveighing
grumping
murmuring
repining
crabbing
hollering
squawking
maundering
kicking
yammering
yawping
yauping
grieving
bemoaning
deploring
bewailing
mourning
greeting
screeching
sorrowing
carrying on
crying the blues
kicking up a storm
moaning
whining
growling
screaming
caterwauling
keening
squealing
whimpering
croaking
yowling
chuntering
protesting
mithering
kicking up a fuss
objecting
groaning
creating
sounding off
cavillingUK
cavilingUS
finding fault
criticizingUS
chirping
going on
snivelingUS
snivellingUK
criticisingUK
making a fuss
kicking up a stink
lamenting
remonstrating
nattering
cribbing
knocking
finding fault with
nitpicking
crying
taking exception
objecting to
speaking out against
plaining over
condemning
quibbling
niggling
scolding
mumbling
reproaching
denouncing
raising objections
expressing disapproval
opposing
making a stand
taking a stand
demurring
putting up a fight
expostulating
putting the boot in
nit-picking
picking holes in
railing at
making a complaint
lodging a complaint
going on about
fretting
running down
whispering
sighing
sulking
blowing off steam
pleading
wittering
snarling
talking under your breath
making a mountain out of a molehill
making a big thing out of
making a big thing of
making a meal of
excepting
execrating
anathematizing
cursing
ranting
making a thing of
fulminating
screaming bloody murder
making a scene
puling
blustering
spouting
making a song and dance
raising Cain
beefing about
sorrowing for
grieving over
sorrowing about
sighing over
grouching about
sounding off about
kicking up a fuss about
kicking up a stink about
bellyaching about
complaining vehemently about
kicking up a rumpus
rubbishing
slandering
maligning
sniping
hypercriticizing
censuring
decrying
bothering
disparaging
trashing
badmouthing
charging
dissenting
splitting hairs
contravening
disagreeing
ascribing
indicting
defying
accusing
laying
differing
deprecating
twining
imputing
gainsaying
disapproving
refuting
attacking
picking at
picking holes
slagging off
pulling to pieces
taking apart
speaking ill of
bad-mouthing
taking exception to
speaking up
expressing concern
looking askance
showing concern
inveighing against
moaning and groaning
casting aspersions on
doing a hatchet job on
“One of these nights when someone was raising a ruckus in the village, the Colonel ordered a number of Sergeants to be armed with tommy guns and see what was going on.”
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