different between complaining vs bitching

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?m?ple?n??/

Verb

complaining

1. present participle of complain

Noun

complaining (plural complainings)

1. The act by which someone complains; a complaint.
   • 1863, Dinah Maria Craik, Mistress and maid

     Elizabeth […] wished he were beside her, and was so glad to think he would soon be beside her always, with all his humours and weaknesses, all his little crossnesses and complainings […]

Translations

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?t???/

Adjective

bitching (superlative bitchingest)

1. (slang) Excellent; outstanding.
2. (slang, less common) Awful, terrible.

   Just my bitching luck.

Alternative forms

• bitchin'
• bitchin
• bitchen

Verb

bitching

1. present participle of bitch

Derived terms

• Bitching Betty

Noun

bitching (plural bitchings)

1. (vulgar, colloquial) A spiteful criticism or complaint.
   • 1997, Gary Russell, Deadfall

     Grierson's innocence - although Townsend would say it was naivety – was rather sweet and attractive amid the sour and petty bitchings of the other women.