Definition of complains Complains
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What does complains mean?
Part of speech
š¤- complains, verb, present, 3rd person singular of complain (infinitive).
WordNet
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| complain - express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness; "My mother complains all day"; "She has a lot to kick about" | ||
| kick, plain, sound off, quetch, kvetch | ||
| chirk up, cheer up, cheer show approval or good wishes by shouting; "everybody cheered the birthday boy" | ||
| hen-peck, nag, peck remind or urge constantly; "she nagged to take a vacation" | ||
| backbite, bitch say mean things | ||
| grizzle, yammer, yawp, whine be in a huff; be silent or sullen | ||
| gnarl, murmur, mutter, croak, grumble twist into a state of deformity; "The wind has gnarled this old tree" | ||
| grouch, scold, grumble show one's unhappiness or critical attitude; "He scolded about anything that he thought was wrong"; "We grumbled about the increased work load" | ||
| protest utter words of protest | ||
| repine express discontent | ||
| beef, bellyache, gripe, bitch, grouse, squawk, holler, crab complain; "What was he hollering about?" | ||
| inveigh, rail complain bitterly | ||
| bemoan, bewail, deplore, lament express strong disapproval of; "We deplore the government's treatment of political prisoners" | ||
| report to give an account or representation of in words; "Discreet Italian police described it in a manner typically continental" | ||
| bleat cry plaintively; "The lambs were bleating" | ||
| complain - make a formal accusation; bring a formal charge; "The plaintiff's lawyer complained that he defendant had physically abused his client" | ||
| charge saturate; "The room was charged with tension and anxiety" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- complain (Verb)
To express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment. - complain (Verb)
To make a formal accusation or bring a formal charge.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary š
- complain (v. i.)
To give utterance to expression of grief, pain, censure, regret. etc.; to lament; to murmur; to find fault; -- commonly used with of. Also, to creak or squeak, as a timber or wheel. - complain (v. i.)
To make a formal accusation; to make a charge. - complain (v. t.)
To lament; to bewail.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ī©
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complain
To state complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness. -
complain
To make a formal accusation.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary š
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complain
kom-plÄnā², v.i. to express grief, pain, censure: to murmur or express a sense of injury: to accuse: to make a mournful sound: to be illāe.g. 'to complain of a sore throat.'ān. complaint.āns. Complainā²ant, one who complains: (law) one who raises a suit, a plaintiff; Complainā²er, a murmurer: complainant; Complainā²ing, the action of the verb complain: complaint.āadv. Complainā²ingly.ān. Complaintā², a complaining: an expression of grief: a representation of pains or injuries: a finding fault: the thing complained of: a disease: an ailment. [Fr. complaindreāLow L. complangÄreāL. com, inten., plangÄre, bewail.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book āµ
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complain
The creaking of masts, or timbers, when over-pressed, without any apparent external defect. One man threatening to complain of another, is saying that he will report misconduct to the officer in charge of the quarter-deck.
Proverbs DictionaryProverbs Dictionary š
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complain
They complain wrongfully of the sea, who twice suffer shipwreck.
Part of speech
š¤- complain, verb, present, 1st person singular of complain (infinitive).
- complain, verb (infinitive).
