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noun

plural of bleat
as in whines
an expression of dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment a very patient, understanding person who accepts life's inconveniences without a bleat

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bleats

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verb

present tense third-person singular of bleat
1
as in complains
to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely as far as the slumlord was concerned, the unhappy tenants were just bleating about nothing

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2
as in whimpers
to utter feeble plaintive cries the baby bleated softly as he woke up, then smiled

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Recent Examples of bleats
Noun
Late that afternoon, Flint was sitting quietly against his tree and using a Primos can call to make bleats. — Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 3 Dec. 2025 Busting out a box of instruments that turned the room into a riot of noise, Sheeran then encourage each student to share their unique sound into the mic, from saxophone bleats to fart sounds. — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 22 Oct. 2025 Not all Republicans agreed, but their bleats of complaint hardly suggested a Congress that had finally found the moment to reassert its institutional prerogatives. — Susan B. Glasser, New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bleats
  1. moans
  2. complains
  3. whimpers
  4. complaints
  5. screams
  6. cries
  7. laments
  8. whines
Noun
  • The moans announced the doubt throughout Riviera’s 18th green amphitheater, a bowl full of thousands of fans unsure if the new guy could do it.
    — Brody Miller, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2026
  • At the moment that B’Tselem says Hathaleen collapsed, the visuals are jostled but moans of pain can be heard.
    — Sam Metz, Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2026
Definition of moans
Verb
  • If he had been forced to stick with readily available materials, Rashid complains, the deck behind the house would have been green or brown.
    — Dean Kaufman, Curbed, 30 June 2026
  • The document complains about trade, customs officers, juryless courts, and judges’ salaries.
    — Joseph Thorndike, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
Definition of complains
Verb
  • In the video, my dog Leo whimpers at the sound of whistles.
    — Meg Anderson, NPR, 27 Jan. 2026
Definition of whimpers
Noun
  • Despite high-profile billionaire departures and complaints about costs, California is pulling in more than $335 billion in venture capital — about ten times New York — fueled by an AI boom.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
  • City officials didn’t respond Wednesday to any of the complaints and concerns raised by the hoteliers.
    — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 July 2026
Definition of complaints
Verb
  • Even if that number dips, the addition of Jaylen Waddle screams that Nix will throw at least 25 touchdowns.
    — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 6 July 2026
  • The hybrid system smooths some of the drivetrain’s low-speed behavior, but the single-clutch transmission still delivers a hearty shunt on full-throttle upshifts as the V8 screams toward 11,000 rpm.
    — Bradley Iger, ArsTechnica, 6 July 2026
Definition of screams
Verb
  • Since 2018, Microsoft has answered those curmudgeons’ cries with the Surface Laptop line, now in its eighth generation.
    — Joe Osborne, PC Magazine, 9 July 2026
  • Kelli cries over how solid the Mwangi unit is, praising Gerald as a father and husband and affirming that Shamea’s ass is real, while everyone else looks on, bewildered.
    — Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 8 June 2026
Definition of cries
Noun
  • Warnings, laments, and odes to renewal were expressed pictorially as dying days under bleeding heavens, belching volcanoes, proud icebergs, lavish rainbows amid spangling, mist-suffusing sunlight and dawns of peace and hope.
    — Sebastian Smee, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
  • The sinew between Thundercat and Tame Impala is thick and obvious—one reason that Bruner doesn’t need ubiquitous Kevin Parker’s lethargic laments.
    — Daniel Felsenthal, Pitchfork, 7 Apr. 2026
Definition of laments
Verb
  • Jessie whines about the good old days all the time — how fun is that?
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026
  • Aronimink put the world’s best golfers in a vice this week and squeezed the whines right out of them.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 18 May 2026
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