Definitions
To complain; also a complaint or stomach pain.
Word origin
From Middle English gripen, from Old English grīpan, from Proto-Germanic *grīpaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreyb- (“to grab, grasp”). Cognate with West Frisian gripe, Low German griepen, Dutch grijpen, German greifen, Danish gribe, Norwegian Bokmål gripe, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish gripa, Icelandic grípa. See also grip, grope.
Used in a sentence
“After making The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen in 2003 (and griping to the press that he was “fed up with the idiots”), Sean Connery enjoyed 17 years of retirement before he died in 2020.”
“What's griping you?”
“How inly sorrow gripes his soul.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Complain persistently”5 letters
02“Complain noisily”5 letters
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