Thesaurus / gripe
EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB
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.”
FIVE THRILLERS TO READ NOW — AND SOONRICHARD LIPEZMARCH 5, 2021WASHINGTON POST
Peer Khan uttered the fatal words, and Ghuffoor Khan wrestled out his last agony under my never-failing gripe.
CONFESSIONS OF A THUGPHILIP MEADOWS TAYLOR
The pincers gripe, the pliers handle; the one is like the closed hand, the other like the fingers.
TOILERS OF THE SEAVICTOR HUGO
It was safe enough for a high-ranking labman to gripe about Security—in fact, it was more or less expected.
SECURITYPOUL WILLIAM ANDERSON
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.
We gape, we grasp, we gripe, add store to 10 store; / Enough requires too much; too much craves more.
With a trembling, but eager gripe, he seized the paper, as a miser would seize the deeds of an estate on which he has a mortgage.
NIGHT AND MORNING, COMPLETEEDWARD BULWER-LYTTON
When the gripe was slightly relaxed he said: "I am a poor adventurer, and fancied I could get money by robbing you."
JACK HARKAWAY IN NEW YORKBRACEBRIDGE HEMYNG
The swords were made of wood, small in the gripe, and apparently less formidable than a good stick.
THE VOYAGE OF GOVERNOR PHILLIP TO BOTANY BAYARTHUR PHILLIP
WORDS RELATED TO GRIPE
- ache
- afflict
- aggrieve
- agonize
- ail
- anguish
- annoy
- bite
- chafe
- chasten
- constrain
- convulse
- cut to the quick
- discomfort
- disquiet
- distress
- exasperate
- excruciate
- gall
- grieve
- gripe
- harass
- harm
- harrow
- hit where one lives
- hurt
- inflame
- injure
- irk
- irritate
- nick
- prick
- punish
- rack
- rile
- sadden
- smart
- sting
- strain
- stress
- suffer
- throb
- tingle
- torment
- torture
- upset
- vex
- worry
- wound
- bellyache
- big stink
- blackball
- challenge
- clamor
- declaration
- demonstration
- demur
- demurral
- difficulty
- dissent
- flak
- formal complaint
- grievance
- gripe
- grouse
- holler
- howl
- kick
- knock
- march
- moratorium
- nix
- objection
- outcry
- protestation
- question
- rally
- remonstrance
- remonstration
- revolt
- riot
- stink
- tumult
- turmoil
- cavil
- censure
- challenge
- counter-argument
- criticism
- declination
- demur
- demurral
- demurring
- difficulty
- disapprobation
- disapproval
- discontent
- disesteem
- disinclination
- dislike
- displeasure
- dissatisfaction
- doubt
- exception
- expostulation
- grievance
- gripe
- hesitation
- kick
- niggle
- odium
- opposition
- protest
- question
- rejection
- reluctance
- remonstrance
- remonstration
- repugnancy
- revilement
- scruple
- shrinking
- squawk
- stink
- unwillingness
- cavil
- censure
- challenge
- counter-argument
- criticism
- declination
- demur
- demurral
- demurring
- difficulty
- disapprobation
- disapproval
- discontent
- disesteem
- disinclination
- dislike
- displeasure
- dissatisfaction
- doubt
- exception
- expostulation
- grievance
- gripe
- hesitation
- kick
- niggle
- odium
- opposition
- protest
- protestation
- question
- rejection
- reluctance
- remonstrance
- repugnancy
- revilement
- scruple
- shrinking
- squawk
- stink
- unwillingness
- abhorrence
- abomination
- anathema
- animosity
- animus
- antagonism
- antipathy
- aversion
- black beast
- bother
- bugbear
- bête noire
- detestation
- disgust
- enmity
- execration
- frost
- grievance
- gripe
- hatred
- horror
- hostility
- ill will
- irritant
- loathing
- malevolence
- malignity
- mislike
- nasty look
- no love lost
- nuisance
- objection
- odium
- pain
- rancor
- rankling
- repellency
- repugnance
- repugnancy
- repulsion
- resentment
- revenge
- revulsion
- scorn
- spite
- trouble
- venom
- abhorrence
- abomination
- anathema
- animosity
- animus
- antagonism
- antipathy
- aversion
- black beast
- bother
- bugbear
- bête noire
- detestation
- disgust
- enmity
- execration
- frost
- grievance
- gripe
- hatred
- horror
- hostility
- ill will
- irritant
- loathing
- malevolence
- malignity
- mislike
- nasty look
- no love lost
- nuisance
- objection
- odium
- pain
- rancor
- rankling
- repellence
- repugnance
- repugnancy
- repulsion
- resentment
- revenge
- revulsion
- scorn
- spite
- trouble
- venom
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.