griping

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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My Lord Lucifer has the griping in the guts; they’ll make a dainty warm dish for his honour’s maw. — Gargantua and Pantagruel, François Rabelais
The filberts would not satisfy the cravings of hunger, afflicting us, too, with severe gripings of the bowels, and, if freely indulged in, with violent headache. — The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition: Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes, Edgar Allan Poe
At last, become greedy and griping as any miser whose renown has been preserved in tale-book or history, Percival--as we shall continue to call him--resolved on venturing to London, where the field for his cupidity was more ample than in the provinces. — The Mysteries of London, v. 4/4, George W. M. (George William MacArthur) Reynolds

colic, intestinal colic, gripes

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