miserere

noun

ˌmi-zə-ˈrir-ē How to pronounce miserere (audio)
Definition of misererenext
as in whine
an expression of dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment an essay that is essentially a long miserere about the decline of good manners in our society

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for miserere
  1. whine
  2. lament
  3. moan
  4. complaint
  5. fuss
  6. grievance
Noun
  • Reports of this plan were toasted by professional cynics with a similar whine.
    Bob Raissman, New York Daily News, 10 Aug. 2024
  • Mamet is the series’ comic highlight, ping-ponging between tantrums, whines and sickly-sweet pleas with the volatility of an overgrown toddler; Jackson’s Misia receives these outbursts with an obeisance that is eventually pushed to the point of breaking.
    Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 July 2024
Definition of whine
Noun
  • Murphy, in one notable section, laments, Tourism is intrinsically incompatible with travelling.
    Tyler Thier, JSTOR Daily, 21 Oct. 2024
  • But where Knight of Cups often drifts along in a generalized fog of melancholy, Blanchett actually makes the film’s lament for shattered relationships and thwarted potential actually hurt.
    Tim Grierson, Vulture, 18 Oct. 2024
Definition of lament
Noun
  • As diners dip into the salty pat of butter before them, the room goes silent save for an occasional moan.
    The Bon Appétit Staff & Contributors, Bon Appétit, 21 Oct. 2024
  • In that study, both sexes reported their symptoms equally and exhibited the same amount of moans and complaints.
    Michael Franco, New Atlas, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of moan
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  • Earlier on Wednesday, the union representing the department’s rank-and-file officers, whose complaints to county officials triggered the report, asserted that their recent public criticism of Corpus only had to do with her job performance.
    Ryan Macasero, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
  • The day after Simpson’s arrest last month, a federal complaint was filed against him.
    Antonio Planas, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024
Definition of complaint
Noun
  • The sports world is making a big fuss about 20-time NBA All-Star LeBron James playing on the same team as his 20-year-old son, Bronny.
    DeMarco Williams, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Morbius, meanwhile, sold itself with trailers featuring Spider-Man graffiti that doesn’t appear in the actual movie and made a bunch of fuss about a post-credits scene involving Michael Keaton’s MCU baddie the Vulture that ultimately didn’t make any sense nor amount to anything.
    James Grebey, TIME, 25 Oct. 2024
Definition of fuss
Noun
  • The former president has also been criticized for often focusing on personal attacks and grievances against Harris during his final campaign rallies, some of which have been sparsely attended events taking place in critical battleground states.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Local 802 of the American Federation of Musicians filed a grievance, and an arbitrator ordered the two reinstated in April 2020.
    Ronald Blum, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of grievance
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