COMPLAIN


Meaning of COMPLAIN in English

(~s, ~ing, ~ed)

Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.

1.

If you ~ about a situation, you say that you are not satisfied with it.

Miners have ~ed bitterly that the government did not fulfill their promises...

The American couple ~ed about the high cost of visiting Europe...

They are liable to face more mistreatment if they ~ to the police...

People should ~ when they consider an advert offensive...

‘I do everything you ask of me,’ he ~ed.

VERB: V that, V about/of n, V to n, V, V with quote

2.

If you ~ of pain or illness, you say that you are feeling pain or feeling ill.

He ~ed of a headache.

VERB: V of n

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