Definition of complain in English:

complain

verb kəmˈpleɪnkəmˈpleɪn

1reporting verb Express dissatisfaction or annoyance about something.
抱怨，发牢骚，诉苦
with clause local authorities complained that they lacked sufficient resources
地方当局抱怨说他们缺乏足够的资源。
with direct speech ‘You never listen to me,’ Larry complained
“你从不肯听我说，"拉里抱怨道。
no object we all complained bitterly about the food
我们都大为抱怨食物不好吃。
Example sentencesExamples
- Part of this comes from her old-fashioned view that one does not complain about such annoyances.
- In the late 1970s, even critics complained about the shortage of actresses in major roles.
- Authors complain loud enough when their publishers don't do it.
- In Mumbai restaurants, customers were complaining about the quality of onions they were being served.
- Customers have been complaining for years about the broken, ailing equipment and leisure officials are pleading for more visitors.
- Mrs Owen complained to an attendant but was dissatisfied with the response.
- This lawlessness had led locals to hold protest marches and complain about the lack of action by police.
- McClelland put air conditioning in a local church, and the pastor never complained about the noise again.
- The pensioner complained to the President about a lack of plumbing in her village.
- Approaching my last year and a half, I was given bad dates to register until I finally got really fed up and complained to the dean.
- I imagine the police coming when a neighbor complains about the smell from the drains.
- He complained to the local authority about the noises and smells from his neighbour's farm.
- Critics have also complained bitterly that the board failed to release financial records despite promises to do so.
- If I were a cyclist, I'd be complaining to the local council.
- She said local people had complained bitterly about the lack of notice for the plan to extend the deadline by a year.
- The young have complained to me that the trouble with our leadership is that when they explain, it insults their intelligence.
- People always complain about the lack of explanation.
- Indeed, graduates have complained bitterly about a lack of school identity and diversity.
- Still, he is not complaining too loudly.
- A rail passenger travelling from Montreal to New York City complained to the guard that his seat was lumpy.
Synonyms
protest, grumble, moan, whine, bleat, carp, cavil, lodge a complaint, make a complaint, make a fuss
object to, speak out against, rail at, oppose, lament, bewail
criticize, find fault with, run down, inveigh against
informal whinge, kick up a fuss, kick up a stink, bellyache, beef, grouch, grouse, bitch, sound off, go on about, pick holes in
British informal gripe, grizzle, chunter, create, be on at someone
Northern English informal mither
North American informal kvetch
South African informal chirp
British dated crib, natter
archaic plain over
1. 1.1no object (of a structure or mechanism) groan or creak under strain.
  （构造，机械装置）（因拉力或压力）呻吟，咯吱作响
  Example sentencesExamples
  I yelled while the muscles on my body were complaining with great strain.
  There, I sat and waited, the room gently spinning, my sinuses groaning, my throat complaining, my heart beating at mousepace.
  As if to torment them further, the steps creaked, complaining with each step they made loud enough to wake the dead.
  After two years of being asked to do nothing more than growl and yip, my voice-box complained at the strain of speech.
  Synonyms
  squeak, groan, grate
2. 1.2literary no object Make a mournful sound.
  〈诗/文〉悲叹，悲鸣；呻吟
  let the warbling flute complain
  使长笛声如泣如诉。
2complain ofno object State that one is suffering from (a pain or other symptom of illness)
主诉（疼痛，其他病症）
her husband began to complain of headaches
她丈夫开始主诉头痛。
Example sentencesExamples
- She suffered a cut to her ankle and also complained of a whiplash-like pain.
- A patient who complains of recurrent back pain is evaluated to rule out a definitive cause.
- So, when a child complains of back pain, one has to act fast and go for a thorough investigation.
- He complained of pain in his arm and it was only then doctors realised both of them had broken left arms.
- He first visited his doctor in April 2001 complaining of a pain in his knee.
- When the carers who come in every morning tried to get him to sit up, he complained of pain in his back.
- She said she asked for an eye test and agreed to allow him to look at her back after she complained of back pain.
- She had complained of severe abdominal pain and he carried out an examination with her consent.
- The children who reported back pain also complained of abdominal pain, headaches and sore throats.
- He was taken to Bury General Hospital complaining of severe chest pains, but later died.
- But he often complained of aches and pains and did look like he was slowing down.
- A week after the wedding the bride's mother complains of pains in her stomach.
- He was re-admitted to hospital the following month after complaining of severe pain in his leg.
- He was later released, but over the next couple of days wasn't himself and complained of chest pains.
- My parents seemed to be fully awake and were not complaining of any aches and pains, to my surprise.
- When one of the rescue party complains of chest pains, the Air Corps lift him from one of the boats.
- With no real operation having taken place, the patient does not feel any pain, complains of no scars, and can walk home immediately afterwards.
- He just complained of chest pains and the lifeguard suggested we take him to hospital.
- When I consider it, I can't think of the last time someone complained of illness in front of me.
- He complained of chest pain and was rushed to the hospital with an oxygen mask.

Derivatives

complainer

nounkəmˈpleɪnəkəmˈpleɪnər

How do you handle persistent complainers or moaners effectively?
Example sentencesExamples
- It seems that it is the complainers and grumblers who express their opinions.
- It merely brands you as the department's top grumbler, grouch and complainer.
- Where are the moaners and complainers when you really need them?
- Do we really want the carpers and complainers, of whatever creed, to get programmes banned?

complainingly

adverbkəmˈpleɪnɪŋlikəmˈpleɪnɪŋli

We are accustomed to governments not doing what we elect them to do, so we carry on uncomplainingly (or complainingly in my case) without demanding answers from our elected representative.
Example sentencesExamples
- She is calling attention to her clothes, complainingly.
- The rich moved complainingly into well-fortified hotels, and the police and firemen helped themselves to the contents of bombed or abandoned homes.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French complaindre, from medieval Latin complangere 'bewail', from Latin com- (expressing intensive force) + plangere 'to lament'.

plaintive from Late Middle English:
Plaintive comes via Old French plainte ‘lamentation’, from Latin plangere ‘to beat, lament’. The legal plaintiff (Late Middle English) is the same word used as a noun. Plangere also gives us Late Middle English complain (the com- being emphatic), and plangent (early 19th century).

Rhymes

abstain, appertain, arcane, arraign, ascertain, attain, Bahrain, bane, blain, brain, Braine, Cain, Caine, campaign, cane, cinquain, chain, champagne, champaign, Champlain, Charmaine, chicane, chow mein, cocaine, Coleraine, Coltrane, constrain, contain, crane, Dane, deign, demesne, demi-mondaine, detain, disdain, domain, domaine, drain, Duane, Dwane, Elaine, entertain, entrain, explain, fain, fane, feign, gain, Germaine, germane, grain, humane, Hussein, inane, Jain, Jane, Jermaine, Kane, La Fontaine, lain, lane, legerdemain, Lorraine, main, Maine, maintain, mane, mise en scène, Montaigne, moraine, mundane, obtain, ordain, Paine, pane, pertain, plain, plane, Port-of-Spain, profane, rain, Raine, refrain, reign, rein, retain, romaine, sane, Seine, Shane, Sinn Fein, skein, slain, Spain, Spillane, sprain, stain, strain, sustain, swain, terrain, thane, train, twain, Ujjain, Ukraine, underlain, urbane, vain, vane, vein, Verlaine, vicereine, wain, wane, Wayne

Definition of complain in US English:

complain

verbkəmˈpleɪnkəmˈplān

1reporting verb Express dissatisfaction or annoyance about something.
抱怨，发牢骚，诉苦
with clause local authorities complained that they lacked sufficient resources
地方当局抱怨说他们缺乏足够的资源。
with direct speech ‘You never listen to me,’ Larry complained
“你从不肯听我说，"拉里抱怨道。
no object we all complained bitterly about the food
我们都大为抱怨食物不好吃。
Example sentencesExamples
- A rail passenger travelling from Montreal to New York City complained to the guard that his seat was lumpy.
- People always complain about the lack of explanation.
- This lawlessness had led locals to hold protest marches and complain about the lack of action by police.
- The young have complained to me that the trouble with our leadership is that when they explain, it insults their intelligence.
- Critics have also complained bitterly that the board failed to release financial records despite promises to do so.
- Authors complain loud enough when their publishers don't do it.
- Approaching my last year and a half, I was given bad dates to register until I finally got really fed up and complained to the dean.
- If I were a cyclist, I'd be complaining to the local council.
- In Mumbai restaurants, customers were complaining about the quality of onions they were being served.
- Mrs Owen complained to an attendant but was dissatisfied with the response.
- The pensioner complained to the President about a lack of plumbing in her village.
- Part of this comes from her old-fashioned view that one does not complain about such annoyances.
- In the late 1970s, even critics complained about the shortage of actresses in major roles.
- McClelland put air conditioning in a local church, and the pastor never complained about the noise again.
- Still, he is not complaining too loudly.
- He complained to the local authority about the noises and smells from his neighbour's farm.
- Indeed, graduates have complained bitterly about a lack of school identity and diversity.
- Customers have been complaining for years about the broken, ailing equipment and leisure officials are pleading for more visitors.
- I imagine the police coming when a neighbor complains about the smell from the drains.
- She said local people had complained bitterly about the lack of notice for the plan to extend the deadline by a year.
Synonyms
protest, grumble, moan, whine, bleat, carp, cavil, lodge a complaint, make a complaint, make a fuss
2complain ofno object State that one is suffering from (a pain or other symptom of illness)
主诉（疼痛，其他病症）
her husband began to complain of headaches
她丈夫开始主诉头痛。
Example sentencesExamples
- He was taken to Bury General Hospital complaining of severe chest pains, but later died.
- My parents seemed to be fully awake and were not complaining of any aches and pains, to my surprise.
- When the carers who come in every morning tried to get him to sit up, he complained of pain in his back.
- A week after the wedding the bride's mother complains of pains in her stomach.
- But he often complained of aches and pains and did look like he was slowing down.
- He complained of pain in his arm and it was only then doctors realised both of them had broken left arms.
- She said she asked for an eye test and agreed to allow him to look at her back after she complained of back pain.
- When one of the rescue party complains of chest pains, the Air Corps lift him from one of the boats.
- He was later released, but over the next couple of days wasn't himself and complained of chest pains.
- The children who reported back pain also complained of abdominal pain, headaches and sore throats.
- When I consider it, I can't think of the last time someone complained of illness in front of me.
- He complained of chest pain and was rushed to the hospital with an oxygen mask.
- He just complained of chest pains and the lifeguard suggested we take him to hospital.
- With no real operation having taken place, the patient does not feel any pain, complains of no scars, and can walk home immediately afterwards.
- He first visited his doctor in April 2001 complaining of a pain in his knee.
- So, when a child complains of back pain, one has to act fast and go for a thorough investigation.
- She suffered a cut to her ankle and also complained of a whiplash-like pain.
- She had complained of severe abdominal pain and he carried out an examination with her consent.
- He was re-admitted to hospital the following month after complaining of severe pain in his leg.
- A patient who complains of recurrent back pain is evaluated to rule out a definitive cause.
3no object (of a structure or mechanism) groan or creak under strain.
（构造，机械装置）（因拉力或压力）呻吟，咯吱作响
Example sentencesExamples
- As if to torment them further, the steps creaked, complaining with each step they made loud enough to wake the dead.
- I yelled while the muscles on my body were complaining with great strain.
- There, I sat and waited, the room gently spinning, my sinuses groaning, my throat complaining, my heart beating at mousepace.
- After two years of being asked to do nothing more than growl and yip, my voice-box complained at the strain of speech.
Synonyms
squeak, groan, grate
1. 3.1literary Make a mournful sound.
  〈诗/文〉悲叹，悲鸣；呻吟
  let the warbling flute complain
  使长笛声如泣如诉。

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French complaindre, from medieval Latin complangere ‘bewail’, from Latin com- (expressing intensive force) + plangere ‘to lament’.

单词	complain
释义	Definition of complain in English: complain verb kəmˈpleɪnkəmˈpleɪn 1reporting verb Express dissatisfaction or annoyance about something. 抱怨，发牢骚，诉苦 with clause local authorities complained that they lacked sufficient resources 地方当局抱怨说他们缺乏足够的资源。 with direct speech ‘You never listen to me,’ Larry complained “你从不肯听我说，"拉里抱怨道。 no object we all complained bitterly about the food 我们都大为抱怨食物不好吃。 Example sentencesExamples Part of this comes from her old-fashioned view that one does not complain about such annoyances. In the late 1970s, even critics complained about the shortage of actresses in major roles. Authors complain loud enough when their publishers don't do it. In Mumbai restaurants, customers were complaining about the quality of onions they were being served. Customers have been complaining for years about the broken, ailing equipment and leisure officials are pleading for more visitors. Mrs Owen complained to an attendant but was dissatisfied with the response. This lawlessness had led locals to hold protest marches and complain about the lack of action by police. McClelland put air conditioning in a local church, and the pastor never complained about the noise again. The pensioner complained to the President about a lack of plumbing in her village. Approaching my last year and a half, I was given bad dates to register until I finally got really fed up and complained to the dean. I imagine the police coming when a neighbor complains about the smell from the drains. He complained to the local authority about the noises and smells from his neighbour's farm. Critics have also complained bitterly that the board failed to release financial records despite promises to do so. If I were a cyclist, I'd be complaining to the local council. She said local people had complained bitterly about the lack of notice for the plan to extend the deadline by a year. The young have complained to me that the trouble with our leadership is that when they explain, it insults their intelligence. People always complain about the lack of explanation. Indeed, graduates have complained bitterly about a lack of school identity and diversity. Still, he is not complaining too loudly. A rail passenger travelling from Montreal to New York City complained to the guard that his seat was lumpy. Synonyms protest, grumble, moan, whine, bleat, carp, cavil, lodge a complaint, make a complaint, make a fuss object to, speak out against, rail at, oppose, lament, bewail criticize, find fault with, run down, inveigh against informal whinge, kick up a fuss, kick up a stink, bellyache, beef, grouch, grouse, bitch, sound off, go on about, pick holes in British informal gripe, grizzle, chunter, create, be on at someone Northern English informal mither North American informal kvetch South African informal chirp British dated crib, natter archaic plain over 1.1no object (of a structure or mechanism) groan or creak under strain. （构造，机械装置）（因拉力或压力）呻吟，咯吱作响 Example sentencesExamples I yelled while the muscles on my body were complaining with great strain. There, I sat and waited, the room gently spinning, my sinuses groaning, my throat complaining, my heart beating at mousepace. As if to torment them further, the steps creaked, complaining with each step they made loud enough to wake the dead. After two years of being asked to do nothing more than growl and yip, my voice-box complained at the strain of speech. Synonyms squeak, groan, grate 1.2literary no object Make a mournful sound. 〈诗/文〉悲叹，悲鸣；呻吟 let the warbling flute complain 使长笛声如泣如诉。 2complain ofno object State that one is suffering from (a pain or other symptom of illness) 主诉（疼痛，其他病症） her husband began to complain of headaches 她丈夫开始主诉头痛。 Example sentencesExamples She suffered a cut to her ankle and also complained of a whiplash-like pain. A patient who complains of recurrent back pain is evaluated to rule out a definitive cause. So, when a child complains of back pain, one has to act fast and go for a thorough investigation. He complained of pain in his arm and it was only then doctors realised both of them had broken left arms. He first visited his doctor in April 2001 complaining of a pain in his knee. When the carers who come in every morning tried to get him to sit up, he complained of pain in his back. She said she asked for an eye test and agreed to allow him to look at her back after she complained of back pain. She had complained of severe abdominal pain and he carried out an examination with her consent. The children who reported back pain also complained of abdominal pain, headaches and sore throats. He was taken to Bury General Hospital complaining of severe chest pains, but later died. But he often complained of aches and pains and did look like he was slowing down. A week after the wedding the bride's mother complains of pains in her stomach. He was re-admitted to hospital the following month after complaining of severe pain in his leg. He was later released, but over the next couple of days wasn't himself and complained of chest pains. My parents seemed to be fully awake and were not complaining of any aches and pains, to my surprise. When one of the rescue party complains of chest pains, the Air Corps lift him from one of the boats. With no real operation having taken place, the patient does not feel any pain, complains of no scars, and can walk home immediately afterwards. He just complained of chest pains and the lifeguard suggested we take him to hospital. When I consider it, I can't think of the last time someone complained of illness in front of me. He complained of chest pain and was rushed to the hospital with an oxygen mask. Derivatives complainer nounkəmˈpleɪnəkəmˈpleɪnər How do you handle persistent complainers or moaners effectively? Example sentencesExamples It seems that it is the complainers and grumblers who express their opinions. It merely brands you as the department's top grumbler, grouch and complainer. Where are the moaners and complainers when you really need them? Do we really want the carpers and complainers, of whatever creed, to get programmes banned? complainingly adverbkəmˈpleɪnɪŋlikəmˈpleɪnɪŋli We are accustomed to governments not doing what we elect them to do, so we carry on uncomplainingly (or complainingly in my case) without demanding answers from our elected representative. Example sentencesExamples She is calling attention to her clothes, complainingly. The rich moved complainingly into well-fortified hotels, and the police and firemen helped themselves to the contents of bombed or abandoned homes. Origin Late Middle English: from Old French complaindre, from medieval Latin complangere 'bewail', from Latin com- (expressing intensive force) + plangere 'to lament'. plaintive from Late Middle English: Plaintive comes via Old French plainte ‘lamentation’, from Latin plangere ‘to beat, lament’. The legal plaintiff (Late Middle English) is the same word used as a noun. Plangere also gives us Late Middle English complain (the com- being emphatic), and plangent (early 19th century). Rhymes abstain, appertain, arcane, arraign, ascertain, attain, Bahrain, bane, blain, brain, Braine, Cain, Caine, campaign, cane, cinquain, chain, champagne, champaign, Champlain, Charmaine, chicane, chow mein, cocaine, Coleraine, Coltrane, constrain, contain, crane, Dane, deign, demesne, demi-mondaine, detain, disdain, domain, domaine, drain, Duane, Dwane, Elaine, entertain, entrain, explain, fain, fane, feign, gain, Germaine, germane, grain, humane, Hussein, inane, Jain, Jane, Jermaine, Kane, La Fontaine, lain, lane, legerdemain, Lorraine, main, Maine, maintain, mane, mise en scène, Montaigne, moraine, mundane, obtain, ordain, Paine, pane, pertain, plain, plane, Port-of-Spain, profane, rain, Raine, refrain, reign, rein, retain, romaine, sane, Seine, Shane, Sinn Fein, skein, slain, Spain, Spillane, sprain, stain, strain, sustain, swain, terrain, thane, train, twain, Ujjain, Ukraine, underlain, urbane, vain, vane, vein, Verlaine, vicereine, wain, wane, Wayne Definition of complain in US English: complain verbkəmˈpleɪnkəmˈplān 1reporting verb Express dissatisfaction or annoyance about something. 抱怨，发牢骚，诉苦 with clause local authorities complained that they lacked sufficient resources 地方当局抱怨说他们缺乏足够的资源。 with direct speech ‘You never listen to me,’ Larry complained “你从不肯听我说，"拉里抱怨道。 no object we all complained bitterly about the food 我们都大为抱怨食物不好吃。 Example sentencesExamples A rail passenger travelling from Montreal to New York City complained to the guard that his seat was lumpy. People always complain about the lack of explanation. This lawlessness had led locals to hold protest marches and complain about the lack of action by police. The young have complained to me that the trouble with our leadership is that when they explain, it insults their intelligence. Critics have also complained bitterly that the board failed to release financial records despite promises to do so. Authors complain loud enough when their publishers don't do it. Approaching my last year and a half, I was given bad dates to register until I finally got really fed up and complained to the dean. If I were a cyclist, I'd be complaining to the local council. In Mumbai restaurants, customers were complaining about the quality of onions they were being served. Mrs Owen complained to an attendant but was dissatisfied with the response. The pensioner complained to the President about a lack of plumbing in her village. Part of this comes from her old-fashioned view that one does not complain about such annoyances. In the late 1970s, even critics complained about the shortage of actresses in major roles. McClelland put air conditioning in a local church, and the pastor never complained about the noise again. Still, he is not complaining too loudly. He complained to the local authority about the noises and smells from his neighbour's farm. Indeed, graduates have complained bitterly about a lack of school identity and diversity. Customers have been complaining for years about the broken, ailing equipment and leisure officials are pleading for more visitors. I imagine the police coming when a neighbor complains about the smell from the drains. She said local people had complained bitterly about the lack of notice for the plan to extend the deadline by a year. Synonyms protest, grumble, moan, whine, bleat, carp, cavil, lodge a complaint, make a complaint, make a fuss 2complain ofno object State that one is suffering from (a pain or other symptom of illness) 主诉（疼痛，其他病症） her husband began to complain of headaches 她丈夫开始主诉头痛。 Example sentencesExamples He was taken to Bury General Hospital complaining of severe chest pains, but later died. My parents seemed to be fully awake and were not complaining of any aches and pains, to my surprise. When the carers who come in every morning tried to get him to sit up, he complained of pain in his back. A week after the wedding the bride's mother complains of pains in her stomach. But he often complained of aches and pains and did look like he was slowing down. He complained of pain in his arm and it was only then doctors realised both of them had broken left arms. She said she asked for an eye test and agreed to allow him to look at her back after she complained of back pain. When one of the rescue party complains of chest pains, the Air Corps lift him from one of the boats. He was later released, but over the next couple of days wasn't himself and complained of chest pains. The children who reported back pain also complained of abdominal pain, headaches and sore throats. When I consider it, I can't think of the last time someone complained of illness in front of me. He complained of chest pain and was rushed to the hospital with an oxygen mask. He just complained of chest pains and the lifeguard suggested we take him to hospital. With no real operation having taken place, the patient does not feel any pain, complains of no scars, and can walk home immediately afterwards. He first visited his doctor in April 2001 complaining of a pain in his knee. So, when a child complains of back pain, one has to act fast and go for a thorough investigation. She suffered a cut to her ankle and also complained of a whiplash-like pain. She had complained of severe abdominal pain and he carried out an examination with her consent. He was re-admitted to hospital the following month after complaining of severe pain in his leg. A patient who complains of recurrent back pain is evaluated to rule out a definitive cause. 3no object (of a structure or mechanism) groan or creak under strain. （构造，机械装置）（因拉力或压力）呻吟，咯吱作响 Example sentencesExamples As if to torment them further, the steps creaked, complaining with each step they made loud enough to wake the dead. I yelled while the muscles on my body were complaining with great strain. There, I sat and waited, the room gently spinning, my sinuses groaning, my throat complaining, my heart beating at mousepace. After two years of being asked to do nothing more than growl and yip, my voice-box complained at the strain of speech. Synonyms squeak, groan, grate 3.1literary Make a mournful sound. 〈诗/文〉悲叹，悲鸣；呻吟 let the warbling flute complain 使长笛声如泣如诉。 Origin Late Middle English: from Old French complaindre, from medieval Latin complangere ‘bewail’, from Latin com- (expressing intensive force) + plangere ‘to lament’.
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