as in complaining
to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely always seems to be grouching about the weather
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This is why all the whining and complaining from small market teams across the sport is manipulative nonsense.—
Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 17 Apr. 2026
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There was crying, complaining, dissociating and even laughing on those couches.— Wendy C. Ortiz, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2026
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On the Sonora stage Sunday, the 22-year-old Newark rapper-producer who arrived at the current screaming catharsis via a circuit of molting SoundCloud-era microgenres was at once dangerously commanding and euphoric while tearing through highlights from last year’s Revengeseekerz.— Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 21 Apr. 2026
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The pressures of fame and the pains of Michael’s brand of friendlessness are barely explored, beyond the requisite scenes of screaming fans crowding outside the family estate and a terrified Michael attempting to get away from them (while still politely waving).— Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 21 Apr. 2026
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On the other end, the Rockets were a complete mess, dissolving in two whining technical fouls in the third quarter that sealed their fate.— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2026
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This is why all the whining and complaining from small market teams across the sport is manipulative nonsense.— Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 17 Apr. 2026
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“Grouching.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/grouching. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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