as in to complain
to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely
hasn't stopped grousing since we started this vacation
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as in whine
an expression of dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment
a forum in which employees can air their grouses
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Recent Examples of grouse
Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
There’s plenty of grousing about the 58-year-old Tyson facing someone 31 years younger in a sanctioned professional match.
—Jason Clinkscales, Sportico.com, 1 Nov. 2024
Jenny Nguyen-Wheatley, Outside Online, 17 Sep. 2024
Our quarry now is the red grouse, a fowl slightly larger than a Cornish hen that is the most coveted gamebird in the British Isles.
—Chris Dorsey, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
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While some have groused that Disney theme park prices have gotten too expensive, the same hasn’t been said of the cruise line, according to a survey conducted this summer by Raymond James.
—Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
There’s plenty of grousing about the 58-year-old Tyson facing someone 31 years younger in a sanctioned professional match.
—Jason Clinkscales, Sportico.com, 1 Nov. 2024
Noun
While grouse hunting, the base layer’s ribbed elbows allowed Dahlberg unrestricted movement while providing amazing durability against abrasion in Colorado’s dense forests and brush.
—Jenny Nguyen-Wheatley, Outside Online, 17 Sep. 2024
Our quarry now is the red grouse, a fowl slightly larger than a Cornish hen that is the most coveted gamebird in the British Isles.
—Chris Dorsey, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
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The prevailing wisdom was: If you’re not seriously injured, no need to complain.Marina Khidekel, Contributor, CNBC, 28 Dec. 2024
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In many American cities, this perpetuates a cycle by pushing people into surrounding neighborhoods, which causes housed residents to complain more, which leads to more sweeps.Nicole Santa Cruz, ProPublica, 27 Dec. 2024
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Fittingly, its most art-averse detractors responded with an awful lot of whine.Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2024
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Moreover, as the ramp winched open, the pilots would have experienced a sudden drop in temperature and heard a deafening roar above the whine of the Skyvan’s engines.Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
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This mix of bright green, blue, pink, and pink in a chrome finish by celebrity nail artist Britney Tokyo just screams NYE party.Audrey Noble, Vogue, 19 Dec. 2024
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There’s also an experimental score by Daniel Blumberg made of bangs and piano plinks and noises that sound like a dozen balloons screaming.Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
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In September 2017, the complaint states, Rasekhi arrived unannounced at the patient’s home.Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
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The complaint, written by a special agent with the FBI, shed new light on the notebook Mangione was found with when he was arrested in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on Dec. 9.Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 19 Dec. 2024
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Many of the patients were critically ill and moaning in pain from broken bones, head gashes and other injuries blamed on Tropical Storm Helene.Beth Warren, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
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Rather than chuckling at the opposition's jibes or moaning at the batters, the pacemen should absorb the spirit of Glenn McGrath.Tim Ellis, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
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This nascent subgenre flows directly from Woody Guthrie’s suite of murder ballads, which gave the workingman’s lament an infusion of antihero glamour.Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2024
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Italian cinema is traveling less these days, Favino laments.Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 27 Nov. 2024
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The accompanying dispenser easily slices through tape to create clean lines without fuss, and a high volume of positive shopper ratings have earned this tape an impressive 4.3-star rating.Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 9 Dec. 2024
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One other final point is that a lot of fuss was made over the female protagonists in Witch from Mercury.Ollie Barder, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
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Despite that, some have cast Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old suspect charged with Thompson’s murder, as a heroic figure in the aftermath of his arrest, which gave rise to an outpouring of grievances about insurance companies.LINLEY SANDERS, TIME, 27 Dec. 2024
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However, Carter's grievance lies in their limited versatility.Lydia Patrick, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
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“Grouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grouse. Accessed 4 Jan. 2025.
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