as in whine
an expression of dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment
a very patient, understanding person who accepts life's inconveniences without a bleat
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1
as in to complain
to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely
as far as the slumlord was concerned, the unhappy tenants were just bleating about nothing
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as in to whimper
to utter feeble plaintive cries
the baby bleated softly as he woke up, then smiled
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Recent Examples of bleat
Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 6 Sep. 2023
Tesla for a time included in its vehicles the ability to replace the humming noises that electric cars must emit—since their engines make little sound—with goat bleats, farting, or a sound of the owner’s choice.
—Ronan Farrow, The New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2023
Tim Ecott, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 May 2023
Danielle Brooks asks, speaking for all of us after a pink sheep bleats a greeting.
—Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2024
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Noun
This phase is the perfect time to get your hands on a grunt tube, a bleat can, and rattling antlers—and be ready to use them.
—Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 6 Sep. 2023
Tesla for a time included in its vehicles the ability to replace the humming noises that electric cars must emit—since their engines make little sound—with goat bleats, farting, or a sound of the owner’s choice.
—Ronan Farrow, The New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2023
Verb
Their bleating cry is as much the music of these green mountains as the shrill call of the oystercatchers, the Faroes' noisy national bird.
—Tim Ecott, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 May 2023
Danielle Brooks asks, speaking for all of us after a pink sheep bleats a greeting.
—Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bleat
Noun
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The ragged metallic roaring scream of a Boeing 727 ascending eastward, a high-pitched whine building to a thundering roar, fading to a drone.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
8 Jan. 2025
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When in use, the motor produced a slightly audible whistle/whine.—
John Timmer,
Ars Technica,
4 Apr. 2024
Verb
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Many residents at the town hall complained about feeling unsafe at their local Giant or Weis supermarkets, seeing panhandlers, loitering and graffiti in and around these areas.—
Racquel Bazos,
Baltimore Sun,
16 Jan. 2025
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Some of the agency’s top Middle East diplomats complained in private that they were sidelined by Biden’s National Security Council.—
Brett Murphy,
ProPublica,
15 Jan. 2025
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This makes Solo an interesting foil for Nichols, a whimpering man-child to her hypercompetent and quiet loner.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
17 Jan. 2025
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That said, the whimpering Chamberlain still gives me the heebie-jeebies.—
Ollie Barder,
Forbes,
29 Dec. 2024
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The ultimate effect is paradoxical: the more that Valéry eliminates the ghost of pain and passion from the logical machinery of his work, the starker and more affecting the moans and cries of the ghost become.—
Benjamin Kunkel,
The New Yorker,
9 Dec. 2024
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Against Notre Dame, the collective moan in the Coliseum with yet another last-minute loss because of Riley’s poor play calling was the breaking point for this lifelong Trojan.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Dec. 2024
Verb
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Are we meant to sympathize with this creature as people scream in terror and call it a monster and attack it and scream for it to be shot?—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
18 Jan. 2025
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Ahmad would scream in terror, afraid of something beyond his family’s perception.—
Alia Malek,
New York Times,
17 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Critics cried nepotism and lamented Robert F. Kennedy’s lack of qualifications and prior experience.—
Gary Franks,
Hartford Courant,
17 Jan. 2025
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All this recalls the fable of the boy who cried wolf once too often.—
Steve Forbes,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Attorneys for the owner said in a statement that the owner and the DOJ reached the agreement, which was reached immediately after the complaint was filed, to avoid prolonged litigation.—
Landon Mion,
Fox News,
18 Jan. 2025
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For its part, Walgreens has not filed a legal answer to the complaint yet, but did issue a short response denying any wrongdoing.—
Steve Weisman,
Forbes,
18 Jan. 2025
Verb
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The soldiers muttered encouragement; their horses nickered.—
Tom Vanden Brook,
USA TODAY,
6 Jan. 2025
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Philippe Myers knelt on the side of Canada’s busiest highway and muttered a few curse words about his luck.—
Joshua Kloke,
The Athletic,
4 Jan. 2025
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“Bleat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bleat. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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