as in complaints
an expression of dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment
had to deal with an angry customer with a beef about our service
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as in complains
to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely
he tends to stand around and beef for hours about any slight, real or imagined
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Recent Examples of beefs
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
26 June 2026
Lessons have been learned, boundaries are being drawn, and the beefs of yesterday are all water under the bridge.
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Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
8 May 2026
Mabrey, at least as of the first week of training camp, still had several semi-serious telecommunications beefs.
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Brian Hamilton,
New York Times,
8 May 2026
The city says it doesn’t get involved in beefs between neighbors.
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Abigail Van Buren,
Boston Herald,
27 Feb. 2026
Cash’s twist in Lost Lambs makes conspiracy a practice honed by young girls, the kinds of people at the center of Pizzagate and rap beefs and the Epstein files.
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Literary Hub,
15 Jan. 2026
Cash’s twist in Lost Lambs makes conspiracy a practice honed by young girls, the kinds of people at the center of Pizzagate and rap beefs and the Epstein files.
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Niela Orr,
Vulture,
13 Jan. 2026
One of the president's biggest beefs with Greene was about her harping on Jeffrey Epstein.
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Lesley Stahl,
CBS News,
8 Dec. 2025
During an interview with The Hollywood Reporter to promote the film, the star opens up about putting previous beefs behind him.
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Ryan Gajewski,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Nov. 2025
Noun
Certain rap battles and beefs turn deadly.
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Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
26 June 2026
Lessons have been learned, boundaries are being drawn, and the beefs of yesterday are all water under the bridge.
—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
8 May 2026
Mabrey, at least as of the first week of training camp, still had several semi-serious telecommunications beefs.
—
Brian Hamilton,
New York Times,
8 May 2026
The city says it doesn’t get involved in beefs between neighbors.
—
Abigail Van Buren,
Boston Herald,
27 Feb. 2026
Cash’s twist in Lost Lambs makes conspiracy a practice honed by young girls, the kinds of people at the center of Pizzagate and rap beefs and the Epstein files.
—
Literary Hub,
15 Jan. 2026
Cash’s twist in Lost Lambs makes conspiracy a practice honed by young girls, the kinds of people at the center of Pizzagate and rap beefs and the Epstein files.
—
Niela Orr,
Vulture,
13 Jan. 2026
One of the president's biggest beefs with Greene was about her harping on Jeffrey Epstein.
—
Lesley Stahl,
CBS News,
8 Dec. 2025
During an interview with The Hollywood Reporter to promote the film, the star opens up about putting previous beefs behind him.
—
Ryan Gajewski,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for beefs
Noun
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The result was a menu of skin complaints – fungal, bacterial and otherwise.
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Florida ranks third in overall internet fraud complaints, as well as third in money lost, according to the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center’s 2025 annual report.
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If he had been forced to stick with readily available materials, Rashid complains, the deck behind the house would have been green or brown.
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The document complains about trade, customs officers, juryless courts, and judges’ salaries.
Noun
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When Samuel Adams and others published a pamphlet of grievances in 1772, Ashley and other men in Sheffield embraced the cause.
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One fan, wearing perhaps the only white Ecuador jersey in the stadium, loudly aired his grievances near the team bus after the conclusion of the game.
Verb
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Pig screams were no different from our screams.
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Nothing screams summer like nautical stripes.
Noun
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Their gripes aren’t just about Sirianni’s outbursts — which, in fairness, mirror those of so many Philly fans.
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Fela’s gripes are still present, but Nigeria’s storied musical tradition leaves little room for protest to reach mainstream and commercial success.
Verb
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Jessie whines about the good old days all the time — how fun is that?
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Aronimink put the world’s best golfers in a vice this week and squeezed the whines right out of them.
Noun
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The moans announced the doubt throughout Riviera’s 18th green amphitheater, a bowl full of thousands of fans unsure if the new guy could do it.
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At the moment that B’Tselem says Hathaleen collapsed, the visuals are jostled but moans of pain can be heard.
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Warnings, laments, and odes to renewal were expressed pictorially as dying days under bleeding heavens, belching volcanoes, proud icebergs, lavish rainbows amid spangling, mist-suffusing sunlight and dawns of peace and hope.
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The sinew between Thundercat and Tame Impala is thick and obvious—one reason that Bruner doesn’t need ubiquitous Kevin Parker’s lethargic laments.
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“Beefs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beefs. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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