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kicking up a fuss
phrasevariants:
or kicking up a stink
present participle of kick up a fuss
Synonyms & Antonyms of kicking up a fuss
to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely
- The kids were kicking up a fuss by the end of the day, so the family left the fair.
Synonyms for kicking up a fuss
- beefing,
- bellyaching,
- bitching,
- bleating,
- carping,
- caterwauling,
- complaining,
- crabbing,
- croaking,
- fussing,
- griping,
- grizzling,
- grouching,
- grousing,
- growling,
- grumbling,
- grumping,
- hollering,
- inveighing,
- keening,
- kicking,
- kvetching,
- maundering
- [chiefly British],
- moaning,
- murmuring,
- muttering,
- nagging,
- repining,
- screaming,
- squawking,
- squealing,
- wailing,
- whimpering,
- whinging
- (or whingeing)
- [British],
- whining,
- yammering,
- yawping
- (or yauping),
- yowling
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