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
IEEE Spectrum, 19 Jan. 2015
There is always a player (usually me) grousing about how their numbers never come up or complaining they get blocked more than everyone else.
—Simon Hill, WIRED, 18 Aug. 2024
Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2024
Some ten minutes into our hike, the pup flushes a trio of grouse about 30 yards ahead.
—Chris Dorsey, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
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Verb
Most of them just groused privately, but one, Gary F. Marcus, a New York University research psychologist, used his forum as a contributor to The New Yorker to raise the issue of whether Turing’s test had become too easy to game, and to urge the AI community to come up with a replacement.
—IEEE Spectrum, 19 Jan. 2015
There is always a player (usually me) grousing about how their numbers never come up or complaining they get blocked more than everyone else.
—Simon Hill, WIRED, 18 Aug. 2024
Noun
Americans love to grouse about the rising cost of college.
—Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2024
Some ten minutes into our hike, the pup flushes a trio of grouse about 30 yards ahead.
—Chris Dorsey, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
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Verb
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And no one can seem to stop complaining about it—lowering egg prices was even a primary talking point in Trump’s run for the presidency.—
Zoya Hasan,
Forbes,
21 Feb. 2025
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Meanwhile, in China's increasingly insular online environment, Chinese nationalists are openly complaining about the 19th century loss of territory in what is now Russia's Far East.—
Tom Rogers,
Newsweek,
21 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Fritz revved the engine, a desperate, needling whine, and the vessel lurched down the airstrip, the chute billowing awake behind him.—
Nick Paumgarten,
The New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2025
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Families fall asleep to the thump of nearby airstrikes and the constant whine of an Israeli drone overhead.—
Raf Sanchez,
NBC News,
25 Dec. 2024
Verb
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Preston Turano, a veterinarian and spokesperson at Felix Cat Insurance, told Newsweek that yelling, screaming, and physical punishment should never be used when training or communicating with your cat.—
Mark Joseph,
Newsweek,
23 Feb. 2025
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Moments after an emphatic two-handed jam in the closing seconds that sealed Sherman Oaks Notre Dame’s 68-61 upset of Harvard-Westlake on Friday night in Studio City, Tyran Stokes clenched both fists, turned toward his teammates and screamed at the top of his lungs.—
Steve Galluzzo,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The complaint centered specifically on Danielson’s comments during a press conference following Boise State’s season-ending loss in the Fiesta Bowl on Dec. 31.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
22 Feb. 2025
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The complaint names Trump, the U.S. State Department, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio as defendants.—
Tom Rogers,
Newsweek,
22 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Men writhe and moan in the shadows just out of sight as a young gay man walks through the dark room at Adonis, Copenhagen’s only gay sauna.—
David Opie,
IndieWire,
27 Jan. 2025
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Shows that not all football teams need to be Champions League contenders and not all fans need to be moaning about the failings of their club.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
The Athletic,
22 Jan. 2025
Noun
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For example, many in the MAHA movement lament how the United States permits scores of pesticides and consumer product additives that are banned in Europe.—
Tom Rogers,
Newsweek,
21 Feb. 2025
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Strickland’s lament racked up 159,000 likes and 13.2 million views.—
Yair Rosenberg,
The Atlantic,
20 Feb. 2025
Noun
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That’s not a criticism but, rather, an acknowledgment of something elemental about his technique, which is to deliver performances that are simple and true with no fuss.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
18 Feb. 2025
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This easy chicken sheet-pan supper brings bold flavors with minimal fuss.—
Natasha Frost,
New York Times,
13 Feb. 2025
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The bill also allows for a student or parent to file a grievance if a college isn’t following the law.—
Alexandra Kukulka,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Feb. 2025
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While still rare, players more frequently file grievances to dispute their positional designation for the tag itself.—
Mark Puleo,
The Athletic,
18 Feb. 2025
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“Grouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grouse. Accessed 28 Feb. 2025.
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