(a.) Sorrowful; mournful.

Jeremianic beef beefing bellyache bellyaching bitch bitching complaint complaintful crabbing crabby cranky croaking destructive criticism disappointed discontented disgruntled displeased disputatious disputing dissatisfied dissent dissentient dissenting envious faultfinding fractious fretful grievance gripe griping groan groaning grouchy grouse grousing growling grumbling holler howl howling kick kicking lamentive malcontent malcontented moanful mournful murmuring muttering noncooperative objecting obstructive on the barricades out of humor peeve peevish peevishness pet peeve petulance petulant plaintive plangent proof against protest protesting puling querulant querulous querulousness rebellious recalcitrant refractory reluctant renitent repellent resentful resistant resisting resistive restive restless retardant retardative scolding sniping sorrowful squawk squawking sulky ululant unaccepting unaccommodating uncooperative uneasy unfulfilled ungratified unhappy unsatisfied unsubmissive unyielding up in arms wailful whimpering whining whiny withstanding yapping