Complaining

//kəmˈpleɪnɪŋ// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act by which someone complains; a complaint.

    "Elizabeth […] wished he were beside her, and was so glad to think he would soon be beside her always, with all his humours and weaknesses, all his little crossnesses and complainings[…]"

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of complain form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 1
    expressing pain or dissatisfaction of resentment wordnet

Synonyms

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querulousbeefbeefingbellyachebellyachingbitch

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"If you don't want to put on sunscreen, that's your problem. Just don't come complaining to me when you get a sunburn."

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