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belly-aching
adjective as in malcontent
Example Sentences
Meanwhile, online reactions were mixed, from belly-aching laughter to intense criticism.
To be fair, she has been subject to plenty of sexist belly-aching—what might read as ambitious or confident in her male counterparts is derided, in Swift, as shrewd, conniving, callous.
The real crux of "Full Frontal," the multi-Emmy-nominated weekly late-night show that launched in February 2016 on TBS and stars "The Daily Show" alumnus, is daring commentary and belly-aching, unrestrained comedy.
A Welsh Tory MP left a university seminar because he "wasn't going to be lectured on freedom of speech", having raised concerns about universities "belly-aching over Brexit."
In Paley you hear America singing, yes, but also: belly-aching, kvetching, teasing, advocating, disowning, politicizing, explaining the states of their bodies, assessing friends, lovers, and their children with both clinical distance and aching love, sometimes in the same sentence.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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