miserere

noun

ˌmi-zə-ˈrir-ē How to pronounce miserere (audio)
Definition of misererenext
as in whine
an expression of dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment an essay that is essentially a long miserere about the decline of good manners in our society

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for miserere
  1. whine
  2. lament
  3. moan
  4. complaint
  5. fuss
  6. grievance
Noun
  • The ground crew starts the engines externally, filling the air with an urgent whine.
    J. George Gorant, Robb Report, 5 Dec. 2024
  • Reports of this plan were toasted by professional cynics with a similar whine.
    Bob Raissman, New York Daily News, 10 Aug. 2024
Definition of whine
Noun
  • But these laments seemed to reach a crescendo during the Biden administration, which was seen as too focused on the United States’ growing rivalry with Beijing and the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East to devote even minimal bandwidth to its southern neighbors.
    Brian Winter, Foreign Affairs, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Opponents lament diverting taxpayer funding from public schools to private ones and point to examples of misuse of funds, like buying dune buggies.
    Stacey Barchenger, The Arizona Republic, 2 Dec. 2024
Definition of lament
Noun
  • The ultimate effect is paradoxical: the more that Valéry eliminates the ghost of pain and passion from the logical machinery of his work, the starker and more affecting the moans and cries of the ghost become.
    Benjamin Kunkel, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Against Notre Dame, the collective moan in the Coliseum with yet another last-minute loss because of Riley’s poor play calling was the breaking point for this lifelong Trojan.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of moan
Noun
  • So far this fall, Milwaukee DNS has seen a 35% increase in complaints from last year about landlords providing no heat or insufficient heat, WITI-TV (Channel 6) and WTMJ-TV (Channel 4) reported.
    Maia Pandey, Journal Sentinel, 8 Dec. 2024
  • The state said any consumers who have a complaint against LaFontaine Motors of Livonia should call the Office of Investigative Services automotive complaint line at 844-372-8356.
    Jamie L. LaReau, Detroit Free Press, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of complaint
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Definition of fuss
Noun
  • The Destroyers are the more controversial picks — wired to disrupt existing institutions, and acting on smoldering grievances against the organizations they've been picked to lead.
    Axios, Axios, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Donald Trump’s voters were motivated by white grievance, except for the people of color who were motivated by economic anxiety; ultimately, the main issue was the patriarchy, exacerbated by misinformation on long-form podcasts, although of course Harris should have gone on Rogan.
    Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2024
Definition of grievance
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