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or yaups
present tense third-person singular of yawp
Synonyms & Antonyms of yawps
to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely
- stop yawping about your problems and try doing something to fix them
Synonyms for yawps
- beefs,
- bellyaches,
- bitches,
- bleats,
- carps,
- caterwauls,
- complains,
- crabs,
- croaks,
- fusses,
- gripes,
- grizzles,
- grouches,
- grouses,
- growls,
- grumbles,
- grumps,
- hollers,
- inveighs,
- keens,
- kicks,
- kvetches,
- maunders
- [chiefly British],
- moans,
- murmurs,
- mutters,
- nags,
- repines,
- screams,
- squawks,
- squeals,
- wails,
- whimpers,
- whines,
- whinges
- [British],
- yammers,
- yowls
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