as in to complain
to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely
hasn't stopped grousing since we started this vacation
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as in whine
an expression of dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment
a forum in which employees can air their grouses
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Recent Examples of grouse
Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2025
The rescission request follows grousing from conservative Republicans that the budget plan the House recently approved only after Trump visited Capitol Hill would significantly raise the federal debt in coming years.
—David Folkenflik, NPR, 3 June 2025
Jennifer Leigh Parker, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
In a grove of Norway spruce not far from the cabin, a ruffed grouse exploded from a branch directly overhead and gave everyone a start.
—Erwin A. Bauer, Outdoor Life, 25 Dec. 2024
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Verb
Fans and critics have picked apart the trailers, grousing about the heavy screen time for Krypto the Superdog (inspired by Gunn’s own dog, who is also a foot biter), or how actor David Corenswet, who plays the iconic superhero, is a relative unknown.
—Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2025
The rescission request follows grousing from conservative Republicans that the budget plan the House recently approved only after Trump visited Capitol Hill would significantly raise the federal debt in coming years.
—David Folkenflik, NPR, 3 June 2025
Noun
And their kitchens, to borrow a phrase from Amor Towles’ great novel, A Gentlemen in Moscow, wouldn’t know a goose from a grouse!
—Jennifer Leigh Parker, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
In a grove of Norway spruce not far from the cabin, a ruffed grouse exploded from a branch directly overhead and gave everyone a start.
—Erwin A. Bauer, Outdoor Life, 25 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grouse
Verb
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Some residents and candidates have complained that Area Towing often overcharged customers, unaware of the costs when getting their vehicles towed.—
Niraj Warikoo,
Freep.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Republicans complain about the district’s heavy Democratic lean.—
Naomi Lim,
The Washington Examiner,
6 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Moscow’s escalating air war and the distinctive whine of Shaheds is now forcing Ukrainians out of their beds and into shelters and metro stations on an almost-nightly basis.—
Clare Sebastian,
CNN Money,
25 July 2025
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That is, until you are subjected to the relentless whine of mosquitoes.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
16 July 2025
Verb
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There's just a million things available and everything's screaming at you.—
Omaid Homayun,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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Noem screams, before spotting a service dog in the crowd and shooting it.—
Jack Dunn,
Variety,
7 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Gables went to the hospital and filed a police report, per the complaint.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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But the Tribune reported last month that Johnson’s administration delayed signing an agreement to resolve the federal complaint.—
Lizzie Kane,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The sound of a heavy machine motor moaned from a tractor evening out the soil covering an oval enclosure, about the size of a football field.—
Jon-Michael Banks,
Kansas City Star,
31 July 2025
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Liam was basically telling the people who were moaning about a younger band to get stuffed.—
Devon Ivie,
Vulture,
30 July 2025
Noun
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Perfectionism often gets misunderstood as an unstoppable striving for excellence, a quality that many of us would love to (half-heartedly) lament.—
Caroline Mimbs Nyce,
New Yorker,
5 Aug. 2025
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Not least, Mailman is a lament for the decline of service as an American ideal—for the cultural twilight of the Halloween job: those occupations, such as police officer, firefighter, Marine, and, yes, postal worker, whose worth is not measured first and foremost in dollars but in public esteem.—
Tyler Austin Harper,
The Atlantic,
1 Aug. 2025
Noun
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With the Apple Watch SE, stay connected, track workouts, and get helpful safety features without overspending, all without fuss.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
4 Aug. 2025
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Generous panes of glass disappears, allowing the interior to spill outdoors without fuss.—
Spencer Elliott,
Forbes.com,
4 Aug. 2025
Noun
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That illusion shattered in the fall of 2023, exposing the fragility of a region held together by diplomatic pragmatism but roiled by unresolved grievances.—
Ami Ayalon,
Foreign Affairs,
5 Aug. 2025
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But all of that doesn’t seem to extend to Prince William, and now the brothers will have a chance to see each other and finally air out their grievances.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
5 Aug. 2025
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“Grouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grouse. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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