kicking up a fuss
phrase
variants or kicking up a stink
as in complaining
to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely The kids were kicking up a fuss by the end of the day, so the family left the fair. Synonyms & Similar Words
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- complaining
- screaming
- kicking
- growling
- moaning
- worrying
- whining
- crying
- yauping
- squawking
- nagging
- grumbling
- bitching
- whimpering
- beefing
- muttering
- murmuring
- yammering
- wailing
- inveighing
- caterwauling
- kvetching
- repining
- bellyaching
- hollering
- keening
- griping
- sobbing
- squealing
- grousing
- grizzling
- yowling
- whinging
- bleating
- crabbing
- quarrelling (with)
- carping
- grouching
- whingeing
- quarreling (with)
- yawping
- fussing
- grumping
- objecting (to)
- croaking
- maundering
- protesting
- quibbling
- stewing
- blubbering
- caviling
- bewailing
- cavilling
- lamenting
- bemoaning
- deploring
- fretting
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- rejoicing
- accepting
- taking
- bearing
- enduring
- delighting
- tolerating
- crowing
- applauding
- cheering
- commending
- countenancing
- anti-evolutionist
- anti-family
- anti-fascism
- anti-fascist
- anti-fashionable
- anti-fatigue
- anti-federalist
- anti-female
- anti-feminine
- anti-feminism
- anti-feminist
- anti-feminists
- anti-filibuster
- anti-flu
- anti-foaming
- anti-foreign
- anti-foreigner
- anti-formalism
- anti-formalist
- anti-fraud
- anti-French
- anti-gambling
- anti-gang
- anti-gay
- anti-German