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 Many of them only began kicking American footballs within the last couple of years, inspired by Charlie Smyth, who made 12 field goals for the New Orleans Saints in 2025. — Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 7 Nov. 2026 The Giants were the only ones that didn’t lose after kicking two extra points after touchdowns to force overtime in a 27-27 tie against Washington in Week 5. — ABC News, 3 Nov. 2026 Adeyemi writes Roux dancing on a table, kicking glasses, alive and wild. — Wisdom Iheanyichukwu, Vanity Fair, 2 Nov. 2026 Not only that, but the brand is kicking things off with a $500,000 donation to the organization while offering to donate $10 per comment on any qualifying Turkey Rot social media post — Facebook, Instagram or TikTok — up to $1 million in total. — Stacy Lambe, PEOPLE, 2 Nov. 2026 Florida State could no longer keep kicking the Mike Norvell can down the road following Saturday night’s loss to Clemson in front of thousands of empty seats. — Trey Wallace Outkick, FOXNews.com, 1 Nov. 2026 Let’s talk about the kicking game The Kansas City kicking game was already under the microscope given Harrison Butker’s struggles over the last season-and-a-half. — Scott Chasen, Kansas City Star, 1 Nov. 2026 On May 14, 2022, Kirkman drove to the home of Ortega and Amaya before kicking down their door and shooting the couple, Payette County Prosecutor Mike Duke said in court, the Statesman previously reported. — Harllie Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 24 Oct. 2026 Chun-Li has this crazy fight sequence with three of her Interpol bosses, and then kicking [Kyle Mooney’s] Marvin in the balls was the end of that day. — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2026

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Wide receiver Jeremiah Smith, who had seven catches for 133 yards and a touchdown, was screaming at coaches and teammates on the sideline at the start of the fourth quarter.

— Joe Reedy, Chicago Tribune, 8 Nov. 2026
Wide receiver Jeremiah Smith, who was held to seven catches for 133 yards and a touchdown, was screaming at coaches and teammates on the sideline at the start of the fourth quarter.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of screaming

Verb

By July, morale among immigration officers had dipped below its nadir during the Biden Administration, with agents now complaining of being overextended, inundated with novice recruits, and undermined by inflammatory rhetoric from on high.

— Francisco Cantú, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026
Some 35,000 plaintiffs were compensated after complaining of personal injury and property damage to their homes.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of complaining

Verb

The Yellow Vests emerged in 2018 in opposition to fuel-tax increases, before broadening into a movement protesting high living costs and the policies of President Emmanuel Macron.

— Jack Sommers, CNBC, 8 Nov. 2026
The students were protesting the latest move by the right-wing government of President Kast, whose system-wide budget cuts include education.

— John Hopewell, Variety, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of protesting

Verb

Just thank God you were born female and stop whining over your bad choices.

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 2 Nov. 2026
While the left spent all week whining about Sophie Cunningham's hat and firing squad best practices, us PATRIOTS were biding our time, keeping our heads down, and grinding towards another weekend.

— Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of whining

Verb

It's been a big few months for Austin Abrams moaning and groaning his way through some of the worst situations imaginable.

— Megan McCluskey, Time, 16 Oct. 2026
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

Definition of moaning

Verb

The only thing left in the field was a distraught college kid, pacing back and forth, muttering to himself, and suffering over what might have been.

— Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 28 Oct. 2026
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