KICKING Synonyms: 119 Similar and Opposite Words

kicking

verb

present participle of kick

as in screaming

to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely he's been kicking all week about not getting the promotion

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as in objecting

to present an opposing opinion or argument fiscal conservatives have already started to kick about the proposed program, claiming it will increase the state's deficit substantially

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Recent Examples of kicking And even the kicking game started to slip a little bit on Sunday. — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 8 Oct. 2026 During the struggle which continues for several minutes, each of the police officers is seen repeatedly punching and kicking Gibson, kneeling on his head, and pulling his hair. — Senior Editor, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026 Back in 2012, for instance, David Nalbandian lost $51,000 when he was disqualified from the Queens final for kicking a line judge. — Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 5 Oct. 2026 The open-source smart home platform Home Assistant is kicking the cloud to the curb — in name at least. — Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, The Verge, 2 Oct. 2026 The Anaheim Ducks are kicking their season off with a major test. — Outkick, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026 On one difficult night, the foster mother put both of the girl's legs into the single leg of her pajamas to stop her from kicking and tied her in an adult sweatshirt with both of her arms restrained inside. — Joseph Shapiro, NPR, 30 Sep. 2026 Women primarily look for feel-good underwear, the no-bra movement is still kicking and shapewear has entered the lingerie space solidly, while undergarments as ready-to-wear and boudoir dressing were all the rage this season. — Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026 The Chiefs accepted the infraction on Robinson that extended the drive and led to Harrison Butker kicking a 34-yard field goal. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 27 Sep. 2026

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Research on hitting objects does not support it as a way to reduce anger, and there are too few studies of screaming to conclude its effects.

— Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2026
Onstage, Slayyyter, whose real name is Catherine Grace Garner, is a force, constantly moving around the stage, thrashing her head along to the music and screaming the lyrics to her songs.

— Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of screaming

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Her crime was objecting, out loud, when another performer railed against Israel from a stage.

— Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2026
Since hitting the internet, the ad has triggered a negative reaction among those objecting to its sexualization of women in sports.

— Todd Spangler, Variety, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of objecting

Verb

But Chee Meng kept complaining about his shirts being misplaced, and Shawn knew that the man was still slipping out, either to look for work or for other purposes.

— Rachel Heng, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026
Staff were complaining about the connection in February, Wired reported, and Transformer reported that employees confronted Lehane in a meeting in May, pushing the company to explain its relationship with LTF.

— Garrison Lovely, semafor.com, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of complaining

Verb

Four Republican senators and two Democratic senators signed onto the statement released Sunday protesting the deal.

— Kevin Freking, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026
Four Republican senators and two Democratic senators signed onto the statement released Sunday in protesting the deal.

— Kevin Freking, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of protesting

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For a cold moment the silence locked a grip on our table, though it was broken, at the edges, by the golf commentators moaning and harrumphing, Rory McIlroy having had a canary on a seventeenth fairway somewhere this championship Sunday.

— Kevin Barry, New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2026
By the time Fowler gave up trying to put one in Carruthers, DiLiberato could hear her client moaning and see blood oozing out of his puncture wounds.

— Keri Blakinger, ProPublica, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of moaning

Verb

Max Muncy, whose home run expanded the Dodgers’ lead, was still muttering about the heat nearly 15 minutes after escaping into air conditioning.

— Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026
When John finally reunites with Hal (who charges the ring against the lantern while quickly muttering his oath), the frustrated protégé immediately confronts his teacher with all the suspicions he was meant to keep secret.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 24 Aug. 2026