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All cross-patch synonyms

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noun cross-patch

  • malcontent — not satisfied or content with currently prevailing conditions or circumstances.
  • sorehead — a disgruntled or vindictive person, especially an unsportsmanlike loser: Don't be such a sorehead, they won fair and square.
  • bear — If you bear something somewhere, you carry it there or take it there.
  • grump — a person given to constant complaining.
  • crank — If you call someone a crank, you think their ideas or behaviour are strange.
  • kicker — a person or thing that kicks.
  • crab — A crab is a sea creature with a flat round body covered by a shell, and five pairs of legs with large claws on the front pair. Crabs usually move sideways.
  • belly-aching — Informal. a pain in the abdomen or bowels.
  • sourpuss — a person having a grouchy disposition that is often accompanied by a scowling facial expression.
  • bug — A bug is an insect or similar small creature.
  • grumble — to murmur or mutter in discontent; complain sullenly.
  • growler — a person or thing that growls.
  • curmudgeon — If you call someone a curmudgeon, you do not like them because they are mean or bad-tempered.
  • whiner — to utter a low, usually nasal, complaining cry or sound, as from uneasiness, discontent, peevishness, etc.: The puppies were whining from hunger.
  • crosspatch — a peevish bad-tempered person
  • faultfinder — a person who habitually finds fault, complains, or objects, especially in a petty way.
  • killjoy — a person who spoils the joy or pleasure of others; spoilsport.
  • griper — Informal. to complain naggingly or constantly; grumble.
  • grouser — to grumble; complain: I've never met anyone who grouses so much about his work.
  • sulker — to remain silent or hold oneself aloof in a sullen, ill-humored, or offended mood: Promise me that you won't sulk if I want to leave the party early.
  • complainer — A complainer is someone who complains a lot about their problems or about things they do not like.
  • murmur — a low, continuous sound, as of a brook, the wind, or trees, or of low, indistinct voices.
  • mutter — to utter words indistinctly or in a low tone, often as if talking to oneself; murmur.
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