Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun gripe

1 sense of gripe

Sense 1
gripe, kick, beef, bitch, squawk -- (informal terms for objecting; "I have a gripe about the service here")
       => objection -- (the speech act of objecting)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb gripe

1 sense of gripe

Sense 1
gripe, bitch, grouse, crab, beef, squawk, bellyache, holler -- (complain; "What was he hollering about?")
       => complain, kick, plain, sound off, quetch, kvetch -- (express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness; "My mother complains all day"; "She has a lot to kick about")