Jeremianic adverse criticism animadversion aspersion bad notices bad press beef beefing bellyache bellyaching bitch bitching captious captiousness carping cavil caviling censoriousness complaining complaint complaintful crabbing crabby cranky critical criticism croaking cynical destructive criticism disappointed discontented disgruntled displeased dissatisfied dissent envious exception flak fretful grievance gripe griping groan groaning grouchy grouse grousing growling grumbling hairsplitting hit holler home thrust hostile criticism howl howling hypercritical hypercriticalness hypercriticism imputation kick kicking knock lamentive malcontent malcontented moanful mournful murmuring muttering nagging niggle niggling nit nit-picking obloquy out of humor overcritical overcriticalness peeve peevish peevishness pestering pet peeve pettifogging petulance petulant plaintive plangent priggishness protest puling querulant querulous querulousness quibble quibbling rap rebellious reflection reproachfulness resentful restive restless scolding slam sniping sorrowful squawk squawking stricture sulky swipe taking exception trichoschistic trichoschistism ultracritical ululant unaccepting unaccommodating uneasy unfulfilled ungratified unhappy unsatisfied wailful whimpering whining whiny yapping