beef

beef

noun

Definition of BEEF

1

an expression of dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment <had to deal with an angry customer with a beef about our service>

Synonyms beef, bitch, bleat, carp, fuss, grievance, gripe, grouch, grouse, grumble, holler, kvetch, lament, miserere, moan, murmur, plaint, squawk, wail, whimper, whine, whinge [British], yammer

Related Words challenge, demur, expostulation, kick, niggle [chiefly British], objection, protest, quibble, remonstrance, stink

Near Antonyms commendation, compliment, plaudit; acclaim, applause, praise; approval, endorsement (also indorsement), sanction

2

muscular strength <a heavyweight wrestler with a good deal of beef>

Synonyms beef, brawn, main, thew

Related Words force, might, potency, power, puissance, sinew; energy, vigor

Near Antonyms impotence, impotency, weakness; debilitation, debility, enfeeblement, faintness, feebleness, frailness, frailty, infirmity