Complaining
Complaining adjective - Expressing pain or dissatisfaction of resentment.
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Sour and complaining are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sour" instead an adjective "Complaining".
Sour
Sour adjective - Causing or characterized by the one of the four basic taste sensations that is produced chiefly by acids.
Complaining and sour are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Complaining" instead an adjective "Sour".
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Sour Cream seems to disparagingly mimic Yellowtail's gibberish while complaining to Steven about him, but when calling out Marty, he slips into the same "language".
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Knight in Sour Armor: Jack, who spends a lot of the night complaining about getting sucked into Elizabeth's quest to rescue Margaret.
Source: Film / A Royal Night Out - This is one way people become an Iron Woobie or a Knight in Sour Armor, depending on whether the suffering is taken with quiet dignity or grumpy complaining.
Source: Being Good Sucks
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