YAPPING (AT) Synonyms: 54 Similar and Opposite Words

yapping (at)

verb

present participle of yap (at)

as in carping (at)

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Kids in all three countries loved learning dances from TikTok and annoying their siblings.

— Ryan Lenora Brown, Christian Science Monitor, 12 Aug. 2026
Of course, this would depend on whether the managers choose to pick their strongest teams in what for some is a meaningless, even annoying extra fixture, for squads who just want to go home.

— Eduardo Tansley, New York Times, 18 July 2026

Definition of annoying

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With navies built around corvette-class-sized ships, Finland and Sweden have successfully stood up to Russian pressure, harassing Russian submarines that have violated their territorial seas.

— HOLMES LIAO, Foreign Affairs, 4 Sep. 2026
He was inspired by the true story of Freda and Greta Chaplin, who in the 1980s stirred up a media frenzy for harassing a truck driver, and for bizarrely mirroring each other.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 3 Sep. 2026

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But to Molland, many of their struggles aren’t that different from those plaguing modern couples.

— Marta Balaga, Variety, 11 Sep. 2026
In The Book of Magic, Franny Owens sacrifices her life to finally break the 300-year-old ancestral love curse plaguing their family.

— Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of plaguing

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Instead of riding the school bus or taking the family minivan, these kids and parents are using pedal power to get to class.

— Jonaki Mehta, NPR, 7 Sep. 2026
By the turn of the twentieth century, the area counted some forty maisons du cheval, including riding schools and makers of saddles, harnesses, and carriages.

— Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026

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