Complain vs. Gripe

Complainverb

(intransitive) To express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment.

Complainverb

(intransitive) To make a formal accusation or bring a formal charge.

Complainverb

To creak or squeak, as a timber or wheel.

Complainverb

To give utterance to expression of grief, pain, censure, regret. etc.; to lament; to murmur; to find fault; - commonly used with of. Also, to creak or squeak, as a timber or wheel.

Complainverb

To make a formal accusation; to make a charge.

Complainverb

To lament; to bewail.

Complainverb

express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness;

Complainverb

make a formal accusation; bring a formal charge;

Gripeverb

To complain; to whine.

Gripeverb

To annoy or bother.

Gripeverb

(nautical) To tend to come up into the wind, as a ship which, when sailing close-hauled, requires constant labour at the helm.

Gripeverb

To pinch; to distress. Specifically, to cause pinching and spasmodic pain to the bowels of, as by the effects of certain purgative or indigestible substances.

Gripeverb

(intransitive) To suffer griping pains.

Gripeverb

To make a grab (to, towards, at or upon something).

Gripeverb

To seize or grasp.

Gripenoun

A complaint, often a petty or trivial one.

Gripenoun

(nautical) A wire rope, often used on davits and other life raft launching systems.

Gripenoun

(obsolete) grasp; clutch; grip

Gripenoun

(obsolete) That which is grasped; a handle; a grip.

Gripenoun

A device for grasping or holding anything; a brake to stop a wheel.

Gripenoun

(obsolete) Oppression; cruel exaction; affliction; pinching distress.

Gripenoun

Pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines.

Gripenoun

(nautical) The piece of timber that terminates the keel at the fore end; the forefoot.

Gripenoun

(nautical) The compass or sharpness of a ship's stern under the water, having a tendency to make her keep a good wind.

Gripenoun

(nautical) An assemblage of ropes, dead-eyes, and hocks, fastened to ringbolts in the deck, to secure the boats when hoisted.

Gripenoun

(obsolete) A vulture, Gyps fulvus; the griffin.

Gripenoun

A vulture; the griffin.

Gripenoun

Grasp; seizure; fast hold; clutch.

Gripenoun

That on which the grasp is put; a handle; a grip; as, the gripe of a sword.

Gripenoun

A device for grasping or holding anything; a brake to stop a wheel.

Gripenoun

Oppression; cruel exaction; affiction; pinching distress; as, the gripe of poverty.

Gripenoun

Pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines; - chiefly used in the plural.

Gripenoun

The piece of timber which terminates the keel at the fore end; the forefoot.

Gripeverb

To catch with the hand; to clasp closely with the fingers; to clutch.

Gripeverb

To seize and hold fast; to embrace closely.

Gripeverb

To pinch; to distress. Specifically, to cause pinching and spasmodic pain to the bowels of, as by the effects of certain purgative or indigestible substances.

Gripeverb

To clutch, hold, or pinch a thing, esp. money, with a gripe or as with a gripe.

Gripeverb

To suffer griping pains.

Gripeverb

to complain

Gripeverb

To tend to come up into the wind, as a ship which, when sailing closehauled, requires constant labor at the helm.

Gripenoun

informal terms for objecting;

Gripeverb

complain;