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English verb: complain | |||
| 1. | complain (communication) express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness | ||
| Samples | My mother complains all day. She has a lot to kick about. | ||
| Examples | They complain that there was a traffic accident | ||
| Synonyms | kick, kvetch, plain, quetch, sound off | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | backbite, beef, bellyache, bemoan, bewail, bitch, bitch, bleat, crab, croak, deplore, gnarl, gripe, grizzle, grouch, grouse, grumble, grumble, hen-peck, holler, inveigh, lament, murmur, mutter, nag, peck, protest, rail, repine, report, scold, squawk, whine, yammer, yawp | ||
| Antonyms | chirk up, cheer up, cheer | ||
| 2. | complain (communication) make a formal accusation; bring a formal charge | ||
| Samples | The plaintiff's lawyer complained that he defendant had physically abused his client. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | charge | ||
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