to grizzle

Examples

• All

• Just sit around, grizzle about it?

  Celia (1989)

• Nagging you, grizzling about what I want.

  Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1960)

• She's grizzling all the night, bless her.

  Wicked Little Letters (2024)

• But where I met a very nice black dog, an aging Lab, slightly grizzled around the jaw, with large, kind, gentle, and hopeful dark brown eyes.

  Fiction book (1997)

• The chair is the color of Joshua's chin and cheeks grizzled with a three-day beard, and I made a note of that in my mind.

  Fiction book (1992)

• If your Friday night meal at a new restaurant is inedible, sure you'll grizzle, but by Monday you'll be over it, and it certainly won't stop you from trying a new restaurant the following week.

  Blog text (19)

• I heard him grizzle about the delays in his order again.

• Stop grizzling and just enjoy the game!

• She always grizzles when she has to do chores.

Synonyms

W

to whine

vsto grizzle

• Informal

211 2.8

To complain in a high, annoying voice

is more about sulking and childish mood rather than voice alone

G

to gripe

vsto grizzle

• Informal

38 5.6

To complain repeatedly about small things

has more of a sulky, childish tone than steady nagging

G

grumbling

vsto grizzle

19 3.2

A quiet complaint that shows someone is unhappy

is more openly petulant and childish rather than muttered discontent

Y

to yammer

vsto grizzle

• Informal

14 9.0

Talk loudly for a long time while complaining

is quieter and more sulky rather than loud and noisy

M

murmuring

vsto grizzle

9 5.9

A quiet complaint said softly by people who disagree

is more openly petulant and childish rather than indistinct murmurs

G

to grouse

vsto grizzle

• UK

8 7.4

To complain about small unimportant things

is more emotionally childish and sulky than merely petty complaint

B

to bitch and moan

vsto grizzle

• NSFW

8 9.6

To complain a lot in an annoying way

is more deliberately petulant and childish than mere tired annoyance

G

to grumble about

vsto grizzle

6 4.1

To complain quietly about something you do not like

is more sulky and petty in tone than low muttering

W

to whinge

vsto grizzle

• UK

5 8.1

To complain in an annoying way about small things

can be more sulky and childish rather than just persistent annoyance

K

to kvetch

vsto grizzle

• Informal

4 9.9

To complain often about small things

is more petulant and childish rather than focused on triviality

P

to piss and moan

vsto grizzle

• Offensive

4 9.9

To complain a lot about small things and annoy others

is more sulky and petulant rather than only persistent grumbling

G

to grump

vsto grizzle

1 4.9

To complain when you are in a bad mood

leans more toward childish sulking than just bad temper

B

to bellyache

vsto grizzle

• Informal

1 6.8

To complain a lot in an annoying way

tends to be sulkier and more childish rather than merely excessive

G

to grouch

vsto grizzle

1 6.4

To complain in a bad-tempered way

is more petulant and childish rather than simply sullen

C

to cry a river

vsto grizzle

• Informal

1 8.7

Complain a lot in a dramatic way about something that upsets you

is quieter and more sulky rather than loudly exaggerated

C

to crab

vsto grizzle

• Informal

1 7.3

To complain in a small, repeated way

shows more petulance and childish sulking than mere pettiness

P

puling

vsto grizzle

• Archaic

9.8

Crying or complaining in a weak, childish way

is similar but includes sulking and petulant attitude more strongly

P

to play the whiner

vsto grizzle

• Offensive

8.7

Act like a person who complains a lot to get sympathy

is less strategic and more about sulky, petulant behaviour

C

crabbing

vsto grizzle

• Informal

6.6

Saying the same small complaints again and again

is more about whining and sulking in a childish manner

G

to gruntled

vsto grizzle

• Archaic

9.9

To complain quietly because you are unhappy

tends to be more childishly sulky and petulant in mood

Y

to yawp

vsto grizzle

9.9

Make a loud, rough sound like a shout to show anger or complaint

is less noisy and more about sulking and childish attitude

How Complaining

wail

54 3.2

to whine

• Informal

211 2.8

to grizzle

• UK

8.2

to complain

∞ 1.0

to grumble

41 3.7

Surface Forms

Etymology