bellyaching

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noun

Whining and complaining, often contrived to evoke pity or shirk responsibility.

“Quit your bellyaching and get back to work!”

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Meanings

nounbellyaching (countable and uncountable, plural bellyachings)

plural bellyachings · alternative belly-aching

  1. countableuncountableWhining and complaining, often contrived to evoke pity or shirk responsibility.

    Quit your bellyaching and get back to work!

    2 more examples

    "What the hell is the matter with you? You made your choice. What're you bellyachin' for? …"

    1924 July 28 [1923 August 28], Samuel Badisch Ornitz, “Sixth Period”, in Haunch Paunch and Jowl, eighth printing, New York, N.Y.: Boni and Liveright, section I, page 265

    Blessed are the poor, the sick, the crossed in love, for at least other people know what is the matter with them and will listen to their belly-achings with sympathy.

    1934, George Orwell, chapter 15, in Burmese Days
verb

alternative belly-aching

  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of bellyache

Translations

Dutch gejammer, gezeur
  • gejammerWhining and complaining, often contrived to evoke pity or shirk responsibility
  • gezeurWhining and complaining, often contrived to evoke pity or shirk responsibility
Russian скулёж, нытьё
  • скулёж (skuljóž)Whining and complaining, often contrived to evoke pity or shirk responsibility
  • нытьё (nytʹjó)Whining and complaining, often contrived to evoke pity or shirk responsibility
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APA

bellyaching. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bellyaching

MLA

“bellyaching.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bellyaching. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bellyaching,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bellyaching.

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