beef
noun [C] (COMPLAINT) /biːf/ informalDefinition
› a complaint: My main beef about the job is that I have to work on Saturdays.Complaining
(Definition of beef noun (COMPLAINT) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- beef verb
- bemoan verb
- besiege verb
- bewail verb
- grievance noun
- grizzle verb
- grouse noun (COMPLAINT)
- grouse verb
- harp on phrasal verb
- lodge verb (COMPLAIN)
- make representations/a representation to sb/sth idiom
- nagging adjective
- nagging noun
- pardon me for breathing/existing/living! idiom
- protest noun
- protest verb
- raise a rumpus idiom
- remonstrate verb
- whiner noun
- whinge verb
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