grizzling

verb

present participle of grizzle
as in complaining
to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely the kind of person who wouldn't be happy if she didn't have something to grizzle about

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  1. complaining
  2. screaming
  3. whining
  4. moaning
Verb
  • Gal and Amora barely know each other, and Jaiden and Caleb have been complaining about one another for the past three days.
    — Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 6 July 2026
  • Also, the ocean offers genuine advantages, such as stable temperatures, an abundance of undisputed land, and no neighbors complaining about noise.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 5 July 2026
Definition of complaining
Verb
  • From the outset of the selloff earlier this year, Jim Cramer was screaming from the rooftops that cyber should never have been lumped into run-of-the-mill enterprise software.
    — Zev Fima, CNBC, 7 July 2026
  • There were no vendors hawking bootleg royal-wedding merch, no screaming lines of fans, not even that many impromptu sing-alongs (some were solicited by journalists looking for content).
    — Zach Schiffman, Curbed, 6 July 2026
Definition of screaming
Verb
  • Stop whining and complaining, people.
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 12 June 2026
  • Well, certainly a lot of whining about technology.
    — Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 June 2026
Definition of whining
Verb
  • The process left Carruthers bleeding and moaning on May 21, according to the witness, Maria DeLiberato, senior counsel at the American Civil Liberties Union's Capital Punishment Project.
    — Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 28 May 2026
  • The stuff with a load of people wearing wigs moaning about taxes just isn’t seen as very glamorous.
    — Sean Woods, Rolling Stone, 25 May 2026
Definition of moaning
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“Grizzling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grizzling. Accessed 8 Jul. 2026.

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