grumbling discontent
41dissent — Synonyms and related words: Evangelicalism, Protestantism, Reform, Zwinglianism, abnegation, aggressiveness, agree to differ, agree to disagree, antagonism, antipathy, apostasy, argumentation, averseness, aversion, backlash, backwardness, balk,… …
42malcontent — Synonyms and related words: agitator, alienated, anarch, anarchist, beefing, bellyacher, bellyaching, bitching, brawler, complainant, complainer, complaining, complaintful, contumacious, crab, crabbing, crabby, crank, cranky, croaker, croaking,… …
43protest — Synonyms and related words: affirm, affirmance, affirmation, allegation, allege, announce, announcement, annunciate, annunciation, argue, assert, assertion, assever, asseverate, asseveration, aver, averment, avouch, avouchment, avow, avowal, bad… …
44fretful — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. restless; peevish, pettish. See agitation, discontent. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. peevish, petulant, cross, captious; see irritable . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. discontented, irritable,… …
45grouchy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj., informal, cross, sharp, sulky, testy, grumpy, gruff, sullen, ill tempered, sour, out of sorts. See irascibility, discontent.Ant., good humored. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. surly, ill tempered,… …
46objection — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. remonstrance, protest; drawback, criticism; barrier, obstacle; exception, protestation. See disapprobation, hindrance, dissent.Ant., acceptance, agreement. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The reason for… …
47querulous — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. whining, complaining, fretful, petulant, peevish. See lamentation, discontent. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. fretful, irascible, peevish, complaining; see irritable . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a …
48ungrateful — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. unthankful, ingrate, unappreciative, thankless, forgetful; unwanted, unpleasing, unwelcome. See ingratitude, discontent. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. thankless, unthankful, selfish, lacking in… …
49murmur — {{11}}murmur (n.) late 14c., expression of discontent by grumbling, from O.Fr. murmure murmur, sound of human voices; trouble, argument (12c.), noun of action from murmurer to murmur, from L. murmurare to murmur, mutter, from murmur (n.) a hum,… …
50fretful — adj 1. worrisome, anxious, uneasy, apprehensive; querulous, complaining, grumbling, captious, whiny, fussy, dissatisfied, discontent. 2. irritable, petulant, irascible, choleric, peppery, splenetic, splenetical, surly, ill natured; peevish,… …
