whinge
verb [I] /wɪndʒ/ (past tense and past participle whingeing or whinging) UK informal disapprovingDefinition
› to complain, especially about something that does not seem important: Oh stop whinging, for heaven's sake! She's always whingeing (on) about something.Complaining whinge noun [C usually singular] › We were just having a whinge about our boss - nothing new.Complaining
(Definition of whinge verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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- bewail verb
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- grievance noun
- grizzle verb
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- nagging adjective
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