complain

[Com*plainĀ·]

To complain is to express your unhappiness about something. You might complain to your landlord about a raise in your rent, or to the cops about your noisy neighbors. Just don't whine; it won't get you anywhere.

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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.

Verb
make a formal accusation; bring a formal charge; "The plaintiff''s lawyer complained that he defendant had physically abused his client"

Verb
express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness; "My mother complains all day"; "She has a lot to kick about"


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.

v. i.
To make a formal accusation; to make a charge.

v. t.
To lament; to bewail.


Complain

Com*plain" , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Complained ; p. pr. & vb. n. Complaining.] [F. complaindre, LL. complangere; com- + L. plangere to strike, beat, to beat the breast or head as a sign of grief, to lament. See Plaint.] 1. 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.
O lose of sight, of three I most complain!
2. To make a formal accusation; to make a charge.
Now, Master Shallow, you'll complain of me to the king?
Syn. -- To repine; grumble; deplore; bewail; grieve; mourn; regret; murmur.

Complain

Com*plain", v. t. To lament; to bewail. [Obs.]
They might the grievance inwardly complain.
By chaste Lucrece's soul that late complain'd Her wrongs to us.

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.

To lament; to bewail.

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Usage Examples

I don't wanna hear nobody complain that they're getting paid all this money and people won't leave them alone. It's part of it.

And you can't complain about kissing Emma Watson. Isn't that what everyone in the world wants to do? I've known Emma for a few years. She's this amazing capacity of young and vibrant and brilliant, but also a bright, intelligent old soul.

Newspapers with declining circulations can complain all they want about their readers and even say they have no taste. But you will still go out of business over time. A newspaper is not a public trust - it has a business model that either works or it doesn't.

Modern education has devoted itself to the teaching of impudence, and then we complain that we can no longer control our mobs.

Before people complain of the obscurity of modern poetry, they should first examine their consciences and ask themselves with how many people and on how many occasions they have genuinely and profoundly shared some experience with another.

I was raised by a lady that was crippled all her life but she did everything for me and she raised me. She washed our clothes, cooked our food, she did everything for us. I don't think I ever heard her complain a day in her life. She taught me responsibility towards my brother and sisters and the community.

It is no use to grumble and complain It's just as cheap and easy to rejoice When God sorts out the weather and sends rain - Why, rain's my choice.

I look upon life as a gift from God. I did nothing to earn it. Now that the time is coming to give it back, I have no right to complain.

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Other Usage Examples

It has to be a very specific role for me because of my accent. I can't complain I've been working since I got to LA. But it is hard. I have no training as an actress so I try whatever I do like school, because I'm learning.

If the laws could speak for themselves, they would complain of the lawyers in the first place.

I have so much chaos in my life, it's become normal. You become used to it. You have to just relax, calm down, take a deep breath and try to see how you can make things work rather than complain about how they're wrong.

As kids we didn't complain about being poor we talked about how rich we were going to be and made moves to get the lifestyle we aspired to by any means we could. And as soon as we had a little money, we were eager to show it.

Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing.

Never complain and never explain.

If you have time to whine and complain about something then you have the time to do something about it.

I noticed in the past, a lot of guys who like strong women, they really freak out if you're not strong 24/7. Or they complain about you being strong, then the moment you're not strong, they're like, 'Oh, no, no, no.'

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