complain
1. express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness (Freq. 29)
- My mother complains all day
- She has a lot to kick about
• Syn:
kick, plain, sound off, quetch, kvetch
• Ant:
cheer
• Derivationally related forms:
kick (for: kick), complaint, complainer
• Hyponyms:
nag, peck, hen-peck, backbite, bitch,
whine, grizzle, yammer, yawp, murmur, mutter,
grumble, croak, gnarl, grouch, scold, protest,
repine, gripe, grouse, crab, beef, squawk,
bellyache, holler, rail, inveigh, deplore, lament,
bewail, bemoan, report, bleat
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- They complain that there was a traffic accident
2. make a formal accusation;
bring a formal charge
- The plaintiff's lawyer complained that he defendant had physically abused his client
• Derivationally related forms:
complaint, complainant
• Hypernyms:
charge
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
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