GRIPE Synonyms: 183 Similar and Opposite Words

gripe 1 of 2

noun

Definition of gripe

as in whine

an expression of dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment I would rather not listen to gripes about your latest disasters in the dating game

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gripe

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verb

ˈgrīp

as in to annoy

to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts constant complaints from the customers griped her to the point where she started snapping back

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as in to complain

to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely her tendency to gripe constantly drove everyone away

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Recent Examples of gripe

Noun

Up front, a dependence on 23-year-old Benjamin Sesko has been a long-running gripe among United supporters. — Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2026 One gripe that surfaced early on, for instance, is how public figures on the left in America have lost basic communication skills. — Amy Verner, Vogue, 12 Oct. 2026

Verb

That growth has been accompanied by disparagement from some sports fans, who gripe about the company’s scale and the quality of its products. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 30 Sep. 2026 People will gripe that the Series 12 doesn’t have multi-day battery and sticks to the Series 11’s 24-hour battery estimate. — Victoria Song, The Verge, 17 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for gripe

Recent Examples of Synonyms for gripe

Noun

Our Chesapeake Bay Retriever dog saw them too and enthusiastically let out a small whine.

— Kody Lostroh, Denver Post, 5 Oct. 2026
The mystic whine of Christine Ott and Mathieu Gabry’s score carries us into a hidden world of ancient Thai deities living inside the mountain’s caves and tunnels.

— Beatrice Loayza, Variety, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of whine

Verb

That March, a seventy-year-old patient from a wealthy Cypriot family, Evie Lanitis, arrived at BioMed, complaining of a host of minor maladies, including bursitis in her toes, dental pain, and digestive issues.

— D. T. Max, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026
In the days before the spill was announced, residents complained of fuel-like odors pervading areas of Dubai and north.

— Kelsey Warner, semafor.com, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of complain

Noun

The attorney’s complaint to Internal Affairs alleged Sguros used his position as a police officer to assume control of West’s property and said Sguros was pursuing a civil case related to the home.

— Angie DiMichele, Sun Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2026
In response, Argentine congresswoman Marcela Pagano filed a criminal complaint with the Federal Court of Puerto Iguazú regarding Bolsonaro’s entry and his subsequent departure on a private plane.

— Florencia Cabral, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of complaint

Verb

The mathematics and computer science graduate, who spent two years in the Peace Corps, launched Netflix by mailing DVDs in red envelopes to customers bothered by Blockbuster Video chain’s practices and late fees.

— Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2026
Some people, like me, are bothered by such images but can mostly ignore them.

— Gabriela Galvin, Scientific American, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of bother

Verb

A little girl pounding her fists and screaming; none of the visitors nor the staff were allowed to hold her to provide comfort.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026
Rays third baseman Junior Caminero screamed in the dugout after Milwaukee had rallied to tie the game.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of scream

Verb

The Department of Justice’s prosecution of a Saudi national for allegedly bugging an OpenAI conference room is causing anxiety among OpenAI employees, many of whom are foreign nationals.

— Benjamin Guggenheim, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2026
On Monday, a court granted the US government’s request to deny release of a former OpenAI engineer accused of bugging a top-secret conference room to steal the frontier lab’s secrets.

— Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 19 Oct. 2026

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