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| VERB | 1 | complain, kick, plain, sound off, quetch, kvetch | Express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness |
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| 2 | complain | Make a formal accusation |
| Sounds | kahmpley'n |
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| Rhymes | abstain, again, airplane, and 116 more rhymes in eyn... |
| Meaning | Express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE |
| Model | They complain that there was a traffic accident |
| Examples | "My mother complains all day" |
| Synonyms | kick, plain, sound off, quetch, kvetch |
| Contrary | cheer, cheer up, chirk up |
| Narrower | nag, peck, hen-peck; backbite, bitch; whine, grizzle, yammer, yawp; murmur, mutter, grumble, croak, gnarl; grouch, grumble, scold; protest; repine; gripe, grouse, crab, beef, squawk, bellyache, holler; rail, inveigh; deplore, lament, bewail, bemoan; report; bleat |
| Nouns | complaint; complainer |
| Meaning | Make a formal accusation. Bring a formal charge. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s that CLAUSE |
| Examples | "The plaintiff's lawyer complained that he defendant had physically abused his client" |
| Broader | charge |
| Nouns | complaint; complaint; complainant |
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