gripe
/ɡrʌɪp/
US pronunciation
American sound/ɡrʌɪp/
gripe
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
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- One strong syllable
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
- Ending
- Final e often stays silent
US voice -> gripe
Myanmar meaning
(v) ဆုပ်သည်။ဆွဲသည်။ဝမ်းရစ်၍ နာစေသည်။ (n) မြဲမြဲကျပ်ကျပ် ဆုပ်ကိုင်၍ထားခြင်း။ဆွဲ၍ထားခြင်း။
Full entry
gripe / graÇp / v ~ (about sb/ sth) (infml derog )
၁။ ညည်းသည်။ He keeps griping about having no money.
၂။ ဗိုက်နာသည်။ လေနာထသည်။ a griping pain in the stomach ❍ medicine to take when your stomach gripes.
n (infml ) ညည်းညူခြင်း။ မကျေနပ်ချက်။ အတိုင်အတော။ We only had a few minor gripes about the holiday. ❍ He always seems to have a gripe about something.
❏ the gripes n [pl] (infml) ဗိုက်နာခြင်း။
❏ gripe-water n [U] ကလေး ဗိုက်နာ၊ လေနာ ပျောက်ဆေး။
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- gripe / graÇp / v ~ (about sb/ sth) ( infml derog ) ၁။ ညည်းသည်။ He keeps griping about having no money. ၂။ ဗိုက်နာသည်။ လေနာထသည်။ a griping pain in the stomach
- medicine to take when your stomach gripes. n ( infml ) ညည်းညူခြင်း။ မကျေနပ်ချက်။ အတိုင်အတော။ We only had a few minor gripes about the holiday.
- He always seems to have a gripe about something. ❏ the gripes n [pl] ( infml) ဗိုက်နာခြင်း။ ❏ gripe-water n [U] ကလေး ဗိုက်နာ၊ လေနာ ပျောက်ဆေး။
Synonyms
complaint, grievance, grumble, moan, protest, objection, ache, aching, affliction, annoy, bellyache, blow off, bother, carp, clamp, clasp, clench, clinch, clutch, complain, compress, crab, cramp, crunch, disorder, distress, disturb, fuss, grab, grapple, grasp, grip, groan, grouch, grouse, hurt, illness, indisposition, infirmity, irritate, kvetch, murmur, mutter, nag, object, pain, pang, pinch, press, squawk, squeeze, strong hold, take on, tenure, vex, whine, whinge, yammer, yawp
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