All beefing synonyms
beef
B b adj beefing
- melancholy β sober thoughtfulness; pensiveness.
- grief-stricken β overwhelmed by grief; deeply afflicted or sorrowful.
- sad β Systems Analysis Definition
- wistful β characterized by melancholy; longing; yearning.
- heartrending β causing or expressing intense grief, anguish, or distress.
- sorrowful β full of or feeling sorrow; grieved; sad.
verb beefing
- moan β a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- criticize β If you criticize someone or something, you express your disapproval of them by saying what you think is wrong with them.
- lament β to feel or express sorrow or regret for: to lament his absence.
- disagree β to fail to agree; differ: The conclusions disagree with the facts. The theories disagree in their basic premises.
- grumble β to murmur or mutter in discontent; complain sullenly.
- gripe β Informal. to complain naggingly or constantly; grumble.
- denounce β If you denounce a person or an action, you criticize them severely and publicly because you feel strongly that they are wrong or evil.
- object β anything that is visible or tangible and is relatively stable in form.
- protest β an expression or declaration of objection, disapproval, or dissent, often in opposition to something a person is powerless to prevent or avoid: a protest against increased taxation.
- oppose β to act against or provide resistance to; combat.
- accuse β If you accuse someone of doing something wrong or dishonest, you say or tell them that you believe that they did it.
- fret β to feel or express worry, annoyance, discontent, or the like: Fretting about the lost ring isn't going to help.
- bewail β If you bewail something, you express great sorrow about it.
- repine β to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain.
- grouse β any of numerous gallinaceous birds of the subfamily Tetraoninae. Compare black grouse, capercaillie, ruffed grouse, spruce grouse.
- dissent β to differ in sentiment or opinion, especially from the majority; withhold assent; disagree (often followed by from): Two of the justices dissented from the majority decision.
- disapprove β to think (something) wrong or reprehensible; censure or condemn in opinion.
- indict β (of a grand jury) to bring a formal accusation against, as a means of bringing to trial: The grand jury indicted him for murder.
- bitch β If someone calls a woman a bitch, they are saying in a very rude way that they think she behaves in a very unpleasant way.
- differ β to be unlike, dissimilar, or distinct in nature or qualities (often followed by from): The two writers differ greatly in their perceptions of the world. Each writer's style differs from that of another.
- nag β to annoy by persistent faultfinding, complaints, or demands.
- beef β Beef is the meat of a cow, bull, or ox.
- refute β to prove to be false or erroneous, as an opinion or charge.
- grieve β to feel grief or great sorrow: She has grieved over his death for nearly three years.
- whimper β to cry with low, plaintive, broken sounds.
- attack β To attack a person or place means to try to hurt or damage them using physical violence.
- charge β If you charge someone an amount of money, you ask them to pay that amount for something that you have sold to them or done for them.
- deplore β If you say that you deplore something, you think it is very wrong or immoral.
- carp β A carp is a kind of fish that lives in lakes and rivers.
- cavil β If you say that someone cavils at something, you mean that they make criticisms of it that you think are unimportant or unnecessary.
- contravene β To contravene a law or rule means to do something that is forbidden by the law or rule.
- bellyache β Bellyache is a pain inside your abdomen, especially in your stomach.
- fuss β an excessive display of anxious attention or activity; needless or useless bustle: They made a fuss over the new baby.
- groan β a low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief: the groans of dying soldiers.
- wail β to utter a prolonged, inarticulate, mournful cry, usually high-pitched or clear-sounding, as in grief or suffering: to wail with pain.
- defy β If you defy someone or something that is trying to make you behave in a particular way, you refuse to obey them and behave in that way.
- ascribe β If you ascribe an event or condition to a particular cause, you say or consider that it was caused by that thing.
- growl β to utter a deep guttural sound of anger or hostility: The dog growled at the mail carrier.
- bemoan β If you bemoan something, you express sorrow or dissatisfaction about it.
- snivel β to weep or cry with sniffling.
- lay β to bring about or affect by lying (often used reflexively): to lie oneself out of a difficulty; accustomed to lying his way out of difficulties.
- reproach β to find fault with (a person, group, etc.); blame; censure.
- gainsay β to deny, dispute, or contradict.
- yammer β to whine or complain.