Jay Asher

What you hear mostly people gripe about adaptations is, 'They took out this scene,' or, 'They had to condense these characters.' I understand why they have to do that. But if you had a favorite character, and now they've been melded together with another one, it's disappointing.

American Writer

Eli Drake

One of my biggest gripes with wrestling in the last decade is it has seen a lot of silly, goofy characters. I feel like every other match is a comedy spot, and there's nothing wrong with that, but I think if there is a comedy spot, it should be special.

Sara Davies

The major gripe I heard was from people who made beautiful cards but couldn't find envelopes to fit them. I realised that if I could provide a product that would make envelopes in any size and out of any paper, I could hit the jackpot.

British Businesswoman

Robert Rinder

Discounting the ineffably repetitive homophobic barbs that I receive most days, Twitter trolls' most common gripe against me appears to be that I am 'posh.' Contrary to their unshakeable view, I was not born into the upstairs world.

English Judge

Joyce Meyer

There are many things that happen every day that we could murmur about if we let ourselves go there. But they really aren't worth the effort it takes to get upset and gripe about it.

American Author

Michael K. Powell

Conservatives were griping for decades about liberal media and nobody paid attention. Now, all of a sudden, one news channel has gotten a whole new community of people freaked out.

American Politician

Kristin Davis

We all get so caught up in our day-to-day lives and have so many gripes. But when you see the way others live and how they make the best of it, you'll realize how lucky you are.

American Actress

Junior Seau

No excuses and no sob stories. Life is full of excuses if you're looking. I have no time to gripe over misfortune. I don't waste time looking back.

American Athlete

Melissa Leo

I'm a very lucky girl who gets to act for a living! So why sit around griping and grousing about what's not there.

Elvis Presley

It's human nature to gripe, but I'm going ahead and doing the best I can.

American Singer

Used to express minor annoyance or complaints, often in a persistent manner.

Subtle Discontent

Gripe usually refers to less serious complaints, not severe criticisms.

Not Too Serious

Gripe can be informal and is often used in casual conversation rather than in formal writing.

Colloquial Usage

When used as a verb, it implies continuously expressing dissatisfaction or annoyance about trivial matters.

Continuous Complaints

The verb 'gripe' is used informally and might be seen as unprofessional in formal contexts.

Colloquial Verb

Griping carries a negative tone and could make the speaker seem petulant if overused.

Negative Tone

'Gripes' in medicine means specific sharp pains, usually associated with the digestive system.

Medical Context

In a medical context, 'gripes' are physical sensations, not emotional feelings.

Not Emotional

'Gripes' can describe a range of abdominal discomfort, from mild to severe.

Descriptive Term

 last research project so I really in that respect do feel a sense of failure and it gripes a bit to go you know to finish my career on a low ie not achieving what I wanted to achieve but I don't feel too badly about it because I know someone's going to come along and

Epic Fails of...

 in this brave new world, couples fight, and both mothers and fathers each have their legitimate gripes. Mothers are much more likely to be multi-tasking when they are at home, and fathers, when they are at home,

Gripe

Subtle Discontent

Not Too Serious

Colloquial Usage

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