bellyache
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Synonyms & Antonyms for bellyache
Synonyms: Noun
Synonyms: Verb
beef, bitch, bleat, carp, caterwaul, complain, crab, croak, fuss, gripe, grizzle, grouch, grouse, growl, grumble, grump, holler, inveigh, keen, kick, kvetch, maunder [chiefly British], moan, murmur, mutter, nag, repine, scream, squawk, squeal, wail, whimper, whine, whinge [British], yammer, yawp (or yaup), yowl
Antonyms: Verb
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Examples of bellyache in a Sentence
Noun
He ate too much chili and it gave him a bellyache. He ate too much chili and it gave him bellyache.Verb
He was bellyaching about how long it took to get a table at the restaurant. tired of the kids bellyaching every time they're asked to mow the lawn or take out the trash
Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
Some adverse reactions to look out for can be diarrhea and bellyaches. If your canine (and their stomach) loves the new snack, then great. — Jackie Frere, Woman's Day, "Can Dogs Eat Apples? A Veterinarian Weighs In," 2 Apr. 2019 But rather than bellyache, why not follow the lead of McDonald’s and de-invent them? — Joe Queenan, WSJ, "My Short List of Things That Need to Be ‘De-Invented’," 9 Nov. 2018 With the stadium being mostly privately financed the naysayers are going to have something else to whine and bellyache about. — John Canzano, OregonLive.com, "Canzano: Portland Diamond Project with strong liftoff for MLB to PDX," 17 Apr. 2018 The intersection between sports and pop culture in America has existed at least since Babe Ruth’s famous bellyache in 1925. — Ken Belson, New York Times, "Deflategate Is Over: Tom Brady Ends Appeals Process," 15 July 2016Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
With all the bellyaching about prices and the fact neighbors may no longer share bins, how come no one ever talks about the glorious noise reduction? — Letter Writers, Twin Cities, "Letters: I love St. Paul’s new municipal garbage service," 21 July 2019 But as Trump's incessant bellyaching about leaks has made evident, covering Washington is a shadowy endeavor. — Julia Felsenthal, Vogue, "The New York Times," 25 May 2018 Our ancestors, believe it or not, were fearful, bellyaching monkeys. — NBC News, "Michio Kaku sees amazing things in our future, except for those scary robots," 2 Mar. 2018 There is a duty of public service and maybe that’s the way it’s going to be paid for and everyone should stop bellyaching over it, you’re right. — Recode Staff, Recode, "Full transcript: Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes on Recode Decode," 16 Mar. 2018 After years of bellyaching over the size of America’s mounting national debt, Republicans have recently coalesced around a tax plan that is all gain, no pain—a $5.8 trillion behemoth that would be only partially paid for. — Tina Nguyen, vanityfair.com, "Is Trump’s Tax Cut as Doomed as His Obamacare Debacle?," 2 Oct. 2017 Reasonable people can disagree without bellyaching, the guidelines for pilldom being somewhat nebulous. — Rondi Adamson, WSJ, "A ‘Pill’ Is That Person You Just Can’t Take," 24 Aug. 2017 Next week’s complaints about JCC threats and grave-toppling will be waved away as bellyaching from oversensitive Jews. — Dahlia Lithwick, Slate Magazine, "Shock Us. Tell Us It’s Fake News. Tell Us to Move On.," 28 Feb. 2017 And, yes, the Clinton White House bellyached about Ken Starr, but Starr was a special case. — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, "Trump's Warning to Mueller Proves, Again, That It's All About the Money," 21 July 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'bellyache.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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bellyache
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bellyache
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