YAMMERS Synonyms: 88 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

plural of yammer

as in whines

an expression of dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment a soccer coach having to endure the endless yammers from parents that their kids weren't getting enough time on the field

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yammers

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verb

present tense third-person singular of yammer

as in complains

to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely customers yammered on for what seemed like days about the billing mistake

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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