Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to gripe
Participle: griped
Gerund: griping
Indicative
Present
| I | gripe |
| you | gripe |
| he;she;it | gripes |
| we | gripe |
| you | gripe |
| they | gripe |
Perfect
| I | have griped |
| you | have griped |
| he;she;it | has griped |
| we | have griped |
| you | have griped |
| they | have griped |
Past
| I | griped |
| you | griped |
| he;she;it | griped |
| we | griped |
| you | griped |
| they | griped |
Pluperfect
| I | had griped |
| you | had griped |
| he;she;it | had griped |
| we | had griped |
| you | had griped |
| they | had griped |
Future
| I | will gripe |
| you | will gripe |
| he;she;it | will gripe |
| we | will gripe |
| you | will gripe |
| they | will gripe |
Future Perfect
| I | will have griped |
| you | will have griped |
| he;she;it | will have griped |
| we | will have griped |
| you | will have griped |
| they | will have griped |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | gripe |
| you | gripe |
| he;she;it | gripe |
| we | gripe |
| you | gripe |
| they | gripe |
Perfect
| I | have griped |
| you | have griped |
| he;she;it | have griped |
| we | have griped |
| you | have griped |
| they | have griped |
Imperfect
| I | griped |
| you | griped |
| he;she;it | griped |
| we | griped |
| you | griped |
| they | griped |
Pluperfect
| I | had griped |
| you | had griped |
| he;she;it | had griped |
| we | had griped |
| you | had griped |
| they | had griped |
Conditional
Present
| I | would gripe |
| you | would gripe |
| he;she;it | would gripe |
| we | would gripe |
| you | would gripe |
| they | would gripe |
Perfect
| I | would have griped |
| you | would have griped |
| he;she;it | would have griped |
| we | would have griped |
| you | would have griped |
| they | would have griped |
Imperative
| you | gripe |
| we | Let's gripe |
| you | gripe |
Verbs conjugated like 'gripe'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'gripe'
grape,
grice,
gride,
grime,
grip,
grope,
grype,
ripe,
agrise,
agrize,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- To complain; to whine.
- complain
- to gain possession or control by force or stratagem
- begripe, capture, fang, grasp, lay hold of, seize, take hold
- complain
- mutter, fuss, bellyache, grouse, moan, grumble, whine
Antonyms
- complain
- recommend, commend, praise, confirm
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. O.E.
gripan "grasp at, lay hold," from P.Gmc.
*gripanan (cf. O.S.
gripan, O.N.
gripa, Du.
grijpen, Goth.
greifen "to seize"), from PIE base
*ghrib- (cf. Lith.
griebiu "to seize"). Figurative sense of "complain, grouse" is first attested 1932, probably from earlier meaning "gripping pain in the bowels" (1601).
2. 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. See: Middle English '
gripen', Proto-Germanic '
*grīpaną', Low Saxon 'griepen', Dutch '
grijpen', German, old spelling '
greifen', Danish '
gribe', Norwegian '
gripe', Icelandic '
grípa'.
Verbs referencing "gripe"
Norwegian
gripe, Swedish
gripa, Danish
gribe, Luxembourgish
gräifen, Cimbrian graifan.
Sample Sentences
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In “Treehouse Of Horror” episodes, the rules aren’t just different—they don’t even exist. If writers want Homer to kill Flanders or for a segment to end with a marriage between a woman and a giant ape, they can do so without worrying about continuity or consistency or fans griping that the gang is behaving out of character. [2012 April 29, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Treehouse of Horror III” (season 4, episode 5; originally aired 10/29/1992)”, in AV Club:]
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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. [2025 September 24, Stuart Heritage, “Go quietly and get a side hustle: how to quit acting properly”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:]
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What's griping you?
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How inly sorrow gripes his soul. [c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iv]:]
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the griping of an hungry belly [1689 (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. […], London: […] Eliz[abeth] Holt, for Thomas Basset, […], →OCLC:]
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Therefore, everyman, look to that last end that is thy death and the dust that gripeth on every man that is born of woman for as he came naked forth from his mother's womb so naked shall he wend him at the last for to go as he came. [1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 14]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC:]
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Wouldst thou gripe both gain and pleasure? [1551, Thomas More, “(please specify the Internet Archive page)”, in Raphe Robynson [i.e., Ralph Robinson], transl., A Fruteful, and Pleasaunt Worke of the Best State of a Publyque Weale, and of the Newe Yle Called Utopia: […], London: […] [Steven Mierdman for] Abraham Vele, […], →OCLC:]
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UUhoſe hands are made to gripe a warlike Lance— / Their ſhoulders broad, for complet armour fit, / Their lims more large and of a bigger ſize / Than all the brats yſprong from Typhons loins: [c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act III, scene iii:]
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Unclutch his griping hand. [1667, attributed to Richard Allestree, The Causes of the Decay of Christian Piety. […], London: […] R. Norton for T. Garthwait, […], →OCLC:]