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caterwaul
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of CATERWAUL
to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely <like other small-town teens, they were caterwauling about the lack of things to do>
Synonyms beef, bellyache, bitch, bleat, carp, caterwaul, crab, croak, fuss, gripe, grizzle, grouch, grouse, growl, grumble, grump, holler, inveigh, keen, kick, kvetch, maunder [chiefly British], moan, murmur, mutter, nag, repine, scream, squawk, squeal, wail, whimper, whine, whinge [British], yammer, yawp (or yaup), yowl
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