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 Definitions of Complaint  [əmˈpleɪnt]  

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Definition of 'Complaint' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) complaint
an expression of discontent, regret, pain, censure, resentment, or grief; lament; faultfinding.

2.  complaint
a cause of discontent, pain, grief, etc.

3.  complaint
a cause of bodily pain or ailment; malady:
to suffer from a rare complaint.

4.  complaint
(in a civil action) a statement by the plaintiff setting forth the cause of action.

Etymology:  (1350–1400; < MF complainte < L com-com - +planctaplaint)

Definition of 'Complaint' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) ailment, complaint, ill
an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining

2. (noun) complaint
(formerly) a loud cry (or repeated cries) of pain or rage or sorrow

3. (noun) complaint
an expression of grievance or resentment

4. (noun) complaint
(civil law) the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim for relief is based

5. (noun) charge, complaint
(criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense
"he was arrested on a charge of larceny"


Definition of 'Complaint' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) complaint
a statement in which sb complains
complaints about the food; The management has received many complaints.; complaints against the doctor; They left without complaint.; to file a formal/an official complaint

2.  complaint
sth that sb complains about
to have no complaints about the service

3.  complaint
a physical problem
minor complaints


Definition of 'Complaint' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Complaint
expression of grief, regret, pain, censure, or resentment; lamentation; murmuring; accusation; fault-finding

2. (noun) Complaint
cause or subject of complaint or murmuring

3. (noun) Complaint
an ailment or disease of the body

4. (noun) Complaint
a formal allegation or charge against a party made or presented to the appropriate court or officer, as for a wrong done or a crime committed (in the latter case, generally under oath); an information; accusation; the initial bill in proceedings in equity


Translation of 'Complaint' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: (a statement of one's) dissatisfaction
The customer made a complaint about the lack of hygiene in the food shop.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: klag, klagte Arabic flag Arabic: تَذَمُّر، شَكْوى Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: оплакване
Brazilian flag Brazilian: queixa Czech flag Czech: stížnost German flag German: die Klage
Danish flag Danish: klage; reklamation Greek flag Greek: παράπονο, καταγγελία Spanish flag Spanish: queja
Estonian flag Estonian: kaebus Farsi flag Farsi: گله؛ شکایت Finnish flag Finnish: valitus
French flag French: plainte Hebrew flag Hebrew: תְלוּנָה Hindi flag Hindi: शिकायत
Croatian flag Croatian: žalba, prigovor, pritužba Hungarian flag Hungarian: panasz(kodás) Indonesian flag Indonesian: keluhan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: kvörtun, kæra Italian flag Italian: protesta, reclamo Japanese flag Japanese: 苦情
Korean flag Korean: 불평 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: skundas, nusiskundimas Latvian flag Latvian: sūdzība
Malay flag Malay: aduan Dutch flag Dutch: klacht Norwegian flag Norwegian: klage, anke, reklamasjon
Polish flag Polish: skarga Persian flag Persian: گله؛ شکایت Pashto flag Pashto: ګله
Portuguese flag Portuguese: queixa Romanian flag Romanian: reclamaţie Russian flag Russian: жалоба
Slovak flag Slovak: sťažnosť Slovenian flag Slovenian: pritožba Serbian flag Serbian: žalba
Swedish flag Swedish: klagomål Thai flag Thai: ความไม่พอใจ Turkish flag Turkish: şikâyet
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 抱怨 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: скарга; незадоволення Urdu flag Urdu: شکایت، شکوہ
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: sự than phiền Chinese flag Chinese: 抱怨

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