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gripe

noun as in complaint

verb as in complain

verb as in pain, annoy

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Example Sentences

Another minor gripe is that the wheels don’t roll well on carpeted floors, but weighing in at 11 pounds means that it’s easy enough just to pick up and move around manually.

The caveats above apply, but other than a few minor gripes that I mention above, I cannot fault this laptop.

Fellow critics, like Vulture’s Kathryn VanArendonk and Decider’s Meghan O’Keefe, have posited that Ted Lasso’s weekly release could be to blame for the spike in these gripes.

My only small gripe with the rear controls is that they’re not visible to the user while the mic is in use, so unless you’ve memorized each switch’s location, you need to pivot the mic or physically move your body to gain access.

Attacked by sadistic rustics with a social media gripe, the owner of the Facebook-like ConFab tells Pickett that if he dies in the wilderness at least “it’ll go viral.”

It would be ludicrous to gripe about Louis-Dreyfus winning again for her work in Veep.

My big gripe with the old TV shows was their reliance on predictable formulas.

Later, another senior NCO chased me down the hall to gripe about how my pants met my boots.

Well, I have a gripe with the pope, was a bit disgusted, and was struck by his radical views.

The gripe is much older than the bloggers and tweeters who are its latest targets.

Peer Khan uttered the fatal words, and Ghuffoor Khan wrestled out his last agony under my never-failing gripe.

The pincers gripe, the pliers handle; the one is like the closed hand, the other like the fingers.

It was safe enough for a high-ranking labman to gripe about Security—in fact, it was more or less expected.

What has posterity done for us / That we, lest they their rights should lose, / Should trust our necks to gripe of noose?

It is weaker than Barbadoes or even hepatic aloes, and is more apt to gripe, &c., than the latter.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is another word for gripe?

Gripe is an informal word meaning to complain, especially naggingly or about petty things.

Similarly informal verbs include grumble, grouse, and carp. The slang verb bellyache is even more informal. Someone who’s griping might be said to be groaning and moaning.

Gripe can also be used as a noun meaning a complaint (especially a petty one). A gripe is a kind of grievance.

How do you use gripe in a sentence?

Gripe is pretty informal and is usually used in negative contexts.

Here are some examples of gripe in a sentence:

  • He always gripes about his old job—he should just move on.
  • Quit your griping and just get to work!
  • I have a few gripes about the way things were handled, but they’re pretty minor.

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On this page you'll find 128 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to gripe, such as: ache, grievance, objection, aching, affliction, and disorder.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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