GRIPE

Many a letter to the editor

• Act curmudgeonly

• Be a complainer

• Be a fussbudget

• Be crabby

• Beef

• Bellyache

• Betray crabbiness

• Bone to pick

• Carp

• Complain

• Complain ceaselessly

• Complain to the ref

• Complaint department item

• Crab

• Express complaints

• Grouse

• Grumble

• Kick

• Kvetch

• Lodge a complaint

• Moan and groan

• Peeve

• Pet peeve

• Raise a stink

• Show dissatisfaction

• Squawk

• Informal terms for objecting