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complaining

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com·plain  (km-pln)
intr.v. com·plained, com·plain·ing, com·plains
1. To express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment.
2. To make a formal accusation or bring a formal charge.
[Middle English compleinen, from Old French complaindre, complaign-, from Vulgar Latin *complangere : Latin com-, intensive pref.; see com- + Latin plangere, to lament; see plk-2 in Indo-European roots.]
com·plainer n.
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Adj.1.complaining - expressing pain or dissatisfaction of resentment; "a complaining boss"
complaintive
uncomplaining - not complaining; "uncomplaining courage"


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Another Fox passing by heard his cries, and coming up, inquired the cause of his complaining.
Fables by Aesop View in context
There are laws, it is true, against adultery, but they seem to have been only for the meaner people, and the women of quality, especially the ouzoros, or ladies of the blood royal, are so much above them, that their husbands have not even the liberty of complaining; and certainly to support injuries of this kind without complaining requires a degree of patience which few men can boast of.
A Voyage to Abyssinia by Lobo, Father View in context
"But come," I imagine some reader complaining, "isn't it high time for something to happen?
The Quest of the Golden Girl by le Gallienne, Richard View in context
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