noun
1 act of complaining
ADJECTIVE
▪ serious
▪ common , familiar , frequent
▪ minor , small
▪ only
▪
My only ~ is that the website is a little difficult to use.
▪ biggest , chief , main , major , primary
▪
One of the chief ~s is the cost.
▪ formal , official
▪ legitimate , valid
▪ consumer , customer
▪ citizen ( AmE )
▪ civil , criminal ( AmE )
▪ discrimination , harassment
▪ ethics ( AmE )
VERB + COMPLAINT
▪ have
▪
I have a ~ about the food.
▪ bring , file , lodge , make , raise , register , voice
▪
He brought a ~ against his former manager.
▪
They filed a ~ with the Commission.
▪ get , have , receive
▪
We have had some serious ~s from parents.
▪ address , deal with , handle , hear , investigate , respond to
▪
The tribunal heard ~s against the director.
▪ resolve
▪ ignore
▪ dismiss , reject
COMPLAINT + VERB
▪ arise
▪
~s arising from late payment
▪ concern sth , relate to sth
▪ allege sth
COMPLAINT + NOUN
▪ ~ procedure ( AmE ), ~s procedure ( BrE ), ~ system ( AmE )
▪ letter ( esp. AmE ) (usually letter of complaint in BrE and AmE )
▪ form
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ about
▪
a ~ about working conditions
▪ ~ against
▪
a ~ against the police
▪ ~ from
▪
a ~ from a customer
▪ ~ of
▪
a ~ of unfair dismissal
▪ ~ to
▪
to make a ~ to the authorities
PHRASES
▪ cause for ~ , grounds for ~
▪
The way I was treated gave me no cause for ~.
▪ a chorus of ~
▪ a letter of ~
▪ a matter of ~ ( BrE , law )
2 illness
ADJECTIVE
▪ minor
▪ chronic
▪ common
▪
Not being able to sleep at night is a very common ~.
▪ back , chest , etc.
▪ physical
▪ medical
VERB + COMPLAINT
▪ have , suffer from
▪
He has a minor skin ~.