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croakedverbpast tense of croak to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomelythe cranky patient was always croaking to the nurses about something beefed, bellyached, bitched, bleated, carped, caterwauled, complained, crabbed, fussed, griped, grizzled, grouched, groused, growled, grumbled, grumped, hollered, inveighed, keened, kicked, kvetched, maundered(chiefly British), moaned, murmured, muttered, nagged, repined, screamed, squawked, squealed, wailed, whimpered, whined, whinged(British), yammered, yawped(or yauped), yowled objected (to), protested, quarreled (with)(or quarrelled (with))caviled(or cavilled), quibbledfretted, stewed, worriedblubbered, cried, sobbedbemoaned, bewailed, deplored, lamented kicked up a fuss crowed, delighted, rejoiced accepted, bore, countenanced, endured, tolerated, tookapplauded, cheered, commended slangto stop livingI wouldn't go around saying your great-grandmother "croaked" checked out, conked (out), deceased, demised, departed, died, dropped, ended, exited, expired, fell, flatlined, kicked in(slang), kicked off(slang), parted, passed away, passed (on), pegged out(chiefly British), perished, popped off, stepped out, succumbed, went predeceasedconsumed, disappeared, dried up, faded, failed bit the dust, bought it(or bought the farm), gave up the ghost, kicked the bucket, snuffed it(British) breathed, lived came to, revivedlingeredexisted, subsisted, wasflourished, prospered, thrived(or throve) slangto deprive of life"I croaked the old bugger," he bragged carried off, claimed, destroyed, did in, dispatched, felled, killed, slew, took bumped off, butchered, cut down, finished, got, iced(slang), knocked off, murdered, neutralized, offed(slang), put away, rubbed out, scragged, snuffed, took out, wasted, whacked(slang)annihilated, blotted out, decimated, killed off, massacred, mowed, slaughtered, smoteassassinated, executed, martyred, terminatedeuthanized(also euthanatized), put downsuicided did away with, did for(chiefly British), made away with animated raised, restored, resurrected, resuscitated, revivednurtured slangto put to death deliberatelyhooligans had croaked the street corner wino just for the hell of it assassinated, bumped off, did in, dispatched, executed, got, iced(slang), knocked off, liquidated, murdered, neutralized, offed(slang), put away, rubbed out, slew, snuffed, terminated, took out, whacked(slang) blew away, shot, shot downblotted out, carried off, claimed, cut down, destroyed, felled, killed, smote, zappedbutchered, massacred, mowed (down), slaughteredannihilated, eliminated, eradicated, exterminated, wiped out did away with animated, raised, restored, resurrected, resuscitated, revived |