as in whine
an expression of dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment
tiresome members of the tour group who had one bitch after another
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as in to complain
to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely
those guys are always bitching about something
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Recent Examples of bitch
Brian Moylan, Vulture, 23 Jan. 2026
Those who bitched over not making the final four now were going to get a chance to prove themselves on the field of play.
—Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Dec. 2025
Finally, all this time of me bitching about, like my band not working, and this and that, all of a sudden, both are working, and again, knock on that wood.
—Devin Robertson, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Sep. 2025
Every Friday, the department held a meeting in the library, where checkers discussed thorny stories and bitched about difficult writers and editors.
—Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
What’s worse, picking up the morning paper and seeing what the bastards are doing, and just complaining and bitching about it?
—Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 13 July 2025
The bitching and leaving early just makes the fan base look entitled and lacking in football common sense.
—Art De Roché, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
Rebels fight the redcoats, Ben Franklin bitches about his politically backward son, and America gains its independence.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2024
Verb
Dorit is in town bitching to Boz, who is in a hormonal haze, and Rachel about the same thing.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 23 Jan. 2026
Those who bitched over not making the final four now were going to get a chance to prove themselves on the field of play.
—Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Dec. 2025
Finally, all this time of me bitching about, like my band not working, and this and that, all of a sudden, both are working, and again, knock on that wood.
—Devin Robertson, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Sep. 2025
Every Friday, the department held a meeting in the library, where checkers discussed thorny stories and bitched about difficult writers and editors.
—Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
What’s worse, picking up the morning paper and seeing what the bastards are doing, and just complaining and bitching about it?
—Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 13 July 2025
The bitching and leaving early just makes the fan base look entitled and lacking in football common sense.
—Art De Roché, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
Rebels fight the redcoats, Ben Franklin bitches about his politically backward son, and America gains its independence.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bitch
Noun
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Village sounds of chickens and goats were pierced by the distant whine of commercial jets climbing out of Agadir’s international airport.—
Kevin West,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Mar. 2026
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No suspicious whine in the air, no burning of pungent oils to put off biters.—
Antonia Quirke,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Afterward, a student in the audience complained to his parents that, at the event, the deaths of Palestinian civilians had been characterized as collateral damage—a regrettable but unavoidable consequence of the battle against Hamas.—
Eyal Press,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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The driver and passenger in the BMW complained of pain.—
Brandon Downs,
CBS News,
29 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Where my world was hemmed in by ridgelines and holler roads, Mary Lennox’s world was hemmed in by fog and wind and the low moan of a manor house that seemed to breathe on its own.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Mar. 2026
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Under Hiller, the Kings went into the Olympic break with a whimper and came out of it with a moan.—
Andrew Knoll,
Daily News,
1 Mar. 2026
Verb
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For families This hotel doesn’t scream family-friendly and there’s no kids’ menu in the restaurants.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
1 Apr. 2026
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Martens plans to scream, if not louder, than with more originality.—
Rachel Tashjian,
CNN Money,
1 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Lack of communication from airlines during disruptions is a major complaint from customers across carriers, and anything companies can do to alleviate that will help with those frustrations.—
Zach Wichter,
USA Today,
1 Apr. 2026
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Sinagra said that Brooksby resigned as a consequence of the complaints, but disagreed with them.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2026
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“Bitch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bitch. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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