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1. (v.i.) complain
to express dissatisfaction, resentment, pain, grief, etc.; find fault.
2. complain
to make a formal accusation:
You must complain to the police about this vandalism.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) complain, kick, plain, sound off, quetch, kvetch
express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness
"My mother complains all day"; "She has a lot to kick about"
2. (verb) complain
make a formal accusation; bring a formal charge
"The plaintiff's lawyer complained that he defendant had physically abused his client"
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1. (verb) complain
to express unhappiness
We can't complain about the weather.; She complained that she had nothing to do.; I'm going to complain to the waiter.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) complain
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
2. (verb) complain
to make a formal accusation; to make a charge
3. (verb) complain
to lament; to bewail
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Sense: to state one's displeasure, dissatisfaction etc
I'm going to complain to the police about the noise.
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 Afrikaans: kla, klae, klaag |
 Arabic: يَتَذَمَّر، يَتَشَكّى |
 Bulgarian: изказвам недоволство |
 Brazilian: queixar-se |
 Czech: stěžovat si |
 German: sich beklagen |
 Danish: klage |
 Greek: διαμαρτύρομαι |
 Spanish: quejarse |
 Estonian: kaebama |
 Farsi: گله کردن؛ شکوه کردن |
 Finnish: valittaa |
 French: se plaindre |
 Hebrew: לְהִתלוֹנֵן |
 Hindi: शिकायत करना |
 Croatian: tužiti se, žaliti se |
 Hungarian: panaszkodik |
 Indonesian: mengadu |
 Icelandic: kvarta |
 Italian: reclamare |
 Japanese: 不平を言う |
 Korean: 불평하다 |
 Lithuanian: skųstis |
 Latvian: sūdzēties; iesniegt sūdzī |
 Malay: mengadu |
 Dutch: klagen |
 Norwegian: klage (over), beklage seg |
 Polish: narzekać |
 Persian: گله کردن؛ شکوه کردن |
 Pashto: شكايت كول، عارض كېدل، ماڼ |
 Portuguese: queixar-se |
 Romanian: a se plânge |
 Russian: подавать жалобу |
 Slovak: sťažovať sa |
 Slovenian: pritožiti se |
 Serbian: žaliti se |
 Swedish: klaga |
 Thai: ร้องทุกข์ |
 Turkish: şikâyet etmek |
 Taiwanese: 抱怨 |
 Ukrainian: подавати скаргу |
 Urdu: شکایت کرنا |
 Vietnamese: than phiền |
 Chinese: 抱怨 |
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