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101complaining — (k[o^]m*pl[=a]n [i^]mg) adj. uttering complaints. Opposite of {uncomplaining}. [prenominal] Note: [Narrower terms: {faultfinding, grumbling(prenominal)}: {fretful, querulous, whiney, whining(prenominal), whiny}; {protesting(prenominal),… …
102Day in day out — Out Out (out), adv. [OE. out, ut, oute, ute, AS. [=u]t, and [=u]te, [=u]tan, fr. [=u]t; akin to D. uit, OS. [=u]t, G. aus, OHG. [=u]z, Icel. [=u]t, Sw. ut, Dan. ud, Goth. ut, Skr. ud. [root]198. Cf. {About}, {But}, prep., {Carouse}, {Utter}, a.]… …
103Ding — Ding, v. i. 1. To strike; to thump; to pound. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Diken, or delven, or dingen upon sheaves. Piers Plowman. [1913 Webster] 2. To sound, as a bell; to ring; to clang. [1913 Webster] The fretful tinkling of the convent bell… …
104faultfinding grumblingprenominal — complaining complaining (k[o^]m*pl[=a]n [i^]mg) adj. uttering complaints. Opposite of {uncomplaining}. [prenominal] Note: [Narrower terms: {faultfinding, grumbling(prenominal)}: {fretful, querulous, whiney, whining(prenominal), whiny};… …
105Feaze — Feaze, n. A state of anxious or fretful excitement; worry; vexation. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] …
106Feeze — Feeze, n. Fretful excitement. [Obs.] See {Feaze}. [1913 Webster] …
107Freakish — Freak ish, a. Apt to change the mind suddenly; whimsical; capricious. [1913 Webster] It may be a question whether the wife or the woman was the more freakish of the two. L Estrange. [1913 Webster] Freakish when well, and fretful when she s sick.… …
108Freakishly — Freakish Freak ish, a. Apt to change the mind suddenly; whimsical; capricious. [1913 Webster] It may be a question whether the wife or the woman was the more freakish of the two. L Estrange. [1913 Webster] Freakish when well, and fretful when she …
109Freakishness — Freakish Freak ish, a. Apt to change the mind suddenly; whimsical; capricious. [1913 Webster] It may be a question whether the wife or the woman was the more freakish of the two. L Estrange. [1913 Webster] Freakish when well, and fretful when she …
110Ill-tempered — Ill tem pered, a. 1. Of bad temper; grouchy; morose; crabbed; sour; peevish; fretful; quarrelsome. Syn: crabbed, crabby, cross, fussy, fussbudgety, grouchy, grumpy, bad tempered. [1913 Webster] 2. Unhealthy; ill conditioned. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] …
