as in whine
an expression of dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment
tiresome members of the tour group who had one bitch after another
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as in to complain
to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely
those guys are always bitching about something
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Recent Examples of bitch
Stephen M. Deusner, Pitchfork, 7 Apr. 2026
Dorit is in town bitching to Boz, who is in a hormonal haze, and Rachel about the same thing.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 23 Jan. 2026
Those who bitched over not making the final four now were going to get a chance to prove themselves on the field of play.
—Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Dec. 2025
Finally, all this time of me bitching about, like my band not working, and this and that, all of a sudden, both are working, and again, knock on that wood.
—Devin Robertson, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Sep. 2025
Every Friday, the department held a meeting in the library, where checkers discussed thorny stories and bitched about difficult writers and editors.
—Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
What’s worse, picking up the morning paper and seeing what the bastards are doing, and just complaining and bitching about it?
—Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 13 July 2025
The bitching and leaving early just makes the fan base look entitled and lacking in football common sense.
—Art De Roché, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
Verb
Dear Nashville is not about settling a score or bitching about airplay or moaning about label politics.
—Stephen M. Deusner, Pitchfork, 7 Apr. 2026
Dorit is in town bitching to Boz, who is in a hormonal haze, and Rachel about the same thing.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 23 Jan. 2026
Those who bitched over not making the final four now were going to get a chance to prove themselves on the field of play.
—Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Dec. 2025
Finally, all this time of me bitching about, like my band not working, and this and that, all of a sudden, both are working, and again, knock on that wood.
—Devin Robertson, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Sep. 2025
Every Friday, the department held a meeting in the library, where checkers discussed thorny stories and bitched about difficult writers and editors.
—Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
What’s worse, picking up the morning paper and seeing what the bastards are doing, and just complaining and bitching about it?
—Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 13 July 2025
The bitching and leaving early just makes the fan base look entitled and lacking in football common sense.
—Art De Roché, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bitch
Noun
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Both motors stay at or below 45 dBA even at full power, something that will genuinely surprise anyone used to the whine of current-generation motors.—
Omar Kardoudi
April 10,
New Atlas,
10 Apr. 2026
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The whine from that straight-cut gearbox alone is painfully loud, say nothing of the wide-open exhaust on the 4.0 L flat-six.—
Tim Stevens,
ArsTechnica,
16 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Cassidy also complained that a new primary system enacted last year confused voters by requiring them to ask for a partisan ballot instead of the all-party primary previously in place.—
Thomas Beaumont,
Fortune,
17 May 2026
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So, what Rodriguez and Cohen Higgins are complaining about is what happens four and five years or even ten years down the line.—
Jim DeFede,
CBS News,
17 May 2026
Noun
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Where my world was hemmed in by ridgelines and holler roads, Mary Lennox’s world was hemmed in by fog and wind and the low moan of a manor house that seemed to breathe on its own.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Mar. 2026
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Under Hiller, the Kings went into the Olympic break with a whimper and came out of it with a moan.—
Andrew Knoll,
Daily News,
1 Mar. 2026
Verb
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One morning in 2013, before the sun had risen, Hiba and Ibrahim heard gunshots and screams.—
Annie Hylton,
New Yorker,
14 May 2026
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Also, there was an element of danger, and doing a scene that is really arduous, achieving an emotional peak for an amount of time and performing physical acts and screaming [about] a matter of life and death.—
Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
13 May 2026
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The couple was last seen together on surveillance footage at a Beaver Dam Kwik Trip on March 29, 2025, according to a criminal complaint cited by WISC.—
Angelique Brenes,
PEOPLE,
20 May 2026
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Last week, The Charlotte Observer reported on complaints from some who had to sleep on those bunks.—
Ryan Oehrli,
Charlotte Observer,
19 May 2026
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“Bitch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bitch. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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