Definition of complain

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Complain (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..

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Clamor :: Clamor (v. i.) To utter loud sounds or outcries; to vociferate; to complain; to make importunate demands.
Pule :: Pule (v. i.) To whimper; to whine, as a complaining child..
Actor :: Actor (n.) One who institutes a suit; plaintiff or complainant.
Plaintive :: Plaintive (n.) Repining; complaining; lamenting.
Murmuring :: Murmuring (a. & n.) Uttering murmurs; making low sounds; complaining.
Scorbutical :: Scorbutical (a.) Of or pertaining to scurvy; of the nature of, or resembling, scurvy; diseased with scurvy; as, a scorbutic person; scorbutic complaints or symptoms..
Murmur :: Murmur (v. i.) A complaint half suppressed, or uttered in a low, muttering voice..
Concord :: Concord (n.) An agreement between the parties to a fine of land in reference to the manner in which it should pass, being an acknowledgment that the land in question belonged to the complainant. See Fine..
Puler :: Puler (n.) One who pules; one who whines or complains; a weak person.
Grudge :: Grudge (v. i.) To be covetous or envious; to show discontent; to murmur; to complain; to repine; to be unwilling or reluctant.
Arraign :: Arraign (v. t.) To call or set as a prisoner at the bar of a court to answer to the matter charged in an indictment or complaint.
Mutter :: Mutter (v. i.) To utter words indistinctly or with a low voice and lips partly closed; esp., to utter indistinct complaints or angry expressions; to grumble; to growl..
Grievance :: Grievance (v. t.) A cause of uneasiness and complaint; a wrong done and suffered; that which gives ground for remonstrance or resistance, as arising from injustice, tyranny, etc.; injury..
Plein :: Plein (v. i. & t.) To complain. See Plain.
Monition :: Monition (n.) An order monishing a party complained against to obey under pain of the law.
Whine :: Whine (v. i.) To utter a plaintive cry, as some animals; to moan with a childish noise; to complain, or to tell of sorrow, distress, or the like, in a plaintive, nasal tone; hence, to complain or to beg in a mean, unmanly way; to moan basely..
Quermonious :: Quermonious (a.) Complaining; querulous; apt to complain.
Complainant :: Complainant (n.) One who makes complaint.
Complaint :: Complaint (n.) An ailment or disease of the body.
Querulous :: Querulous (v.) Apt to find fault; habitually complaining; disposed to murmur; as, a querulous man or people..
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