Complaint

//kəmˈpleɪnt//

Synonyms for "complaint" (264 found)

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Closest matches (53)

Strong matches (79)

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disagreementdisappointmentdisapprobationdisapprovaldiscontentdiscontentednessdiscontentmentdiseasedisenchantmentdisesteemdisfavordisgruntlementdisillusiondisillusionmentdisorderdispleasuredisputedisrespectdissatisfactiondissentdissentiencedistastedistemperendemicendemic diseaseendocrine diseaseepidemic diseaseexceptionexclusionexpostulationfaultfindingfractiousnessfunctional diseasefungus diseasegastrointestinal diseasegenetic diseasegrievance committeegripegripinggroangroaninggrousegrousinggrumblinghandicaphereditary diseasehollerhowliatrogenic diseaseillillnessimpeachmentimplicationimputationindictment

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Translations

202 translations across 77 languages.

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Albanian

2 entries
  • ankesë noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)
  • ankim noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • μομφή noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)

Arabic

3 entries
  • شكاية noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)
  • شَكْوَى noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)
  • شِكَايَة noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)

Armenian

3 entries
  • բողոք noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)
  • գանգատ noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)
  • գանգատ noun (bodily disorder or disease; the symptom of such a disorder)

Aromanian

1 entries
  • plãgu noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)

Asturian

1 entries
  • quexa noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)

Avar

1 entries
  • гӏарз noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • şikayət noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)

Basque

1 entries
  • auhen noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • жа́льба noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)
  • ска́рга noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)

Bengali

1 entries
  • অভিযোগ noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • бо́лест noun (bodily disorder or disease; the symptom of such a disorder)
  • бо́лка noun (bodily disorder or disease; the symptom of such a disorder)
  • жа́лба noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)
  • недово́лство noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)

Catalan

3 entries
  • lament noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)
  • plany noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)
  • queixa noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • گلەیی noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 怨言 noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)
  • 抱怨 noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)
  • 疾病 noun (bodily disorder or disease; the symptom of such a disorder)
  • 病症 noun (bodily disorder or disease; the symptom of such a disorder)

Czech

4 entries
  • nemoc noun (bodily disorder or disease; the symptom of such a disorder)
  • příznak nemoci noun (bodily disorder or disease; the symptom of such a disorder)
  • stížnost noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)
  • symptom noun (bodily disorder or disease; the symptom of such a disorder)

Danish

1 entries
  • klage noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)

Dutch

4 entries
  • beklag noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)
  • grieven noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)
  • klacht noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)
  • klacht noun (bodily disorder or disease; the symptom of such a disorder)

Egyptian

1 entries
  • n:x-w-t-A2 noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • afekcio noun (bodily disorder or disease; the symptom of such a disorder)
  • plendo noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)

Estonian

1 entries
  • kaebus noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)

Finnish

4 entries
  • haastehakemus noun (legal: in a civil action, the first pleading of the plaintiff)
  • rikosilmoitus noun (criminal law: preliminary charge or accusation made by one person against another)
  • vaiva noun (bodily disorder or disease; the symptom of such a disorder)
  • valittaminen noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)

French

4 entries
  • (to lodge a criminal complaint)porter plainte noun (criminal law: preliminary charge or accusation made by one person against another)
  • plainte noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)
  • plainte noun (legal: in a civil action, the first pleading of the plaintiff)
  • réclamation noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)

Galician

4 entries
  • afección noun (bodily disorder or disease; the symptom of such a disorder)
  • denuncia noun (legal: in a civil action, the first pleading of the plaintiff)
  • denuncia noun (criminal law: preliminary charge or accusation made by one person against another)
  • denuncia noun (criminal law: preliminary charge or accusation made by one person against another)

Georgian

1 entries
  • საჩივარი noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)

German

4 entries
  • Anzeige noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)
  • Anzeige noun (criminal law: preliminary charge or accusation made by one person against another)
  • Beanstandung noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)
  • Beschwerde noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)

Greek

1 entries
  • παράπονο noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • תְּלוּנָה noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)

Hindi

4 entries
  • अभियोग noun (criminal law: preliminary charge or accusation made by one person against another)
  • उलहना noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)
  • उलाहना noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)
  • परिवाद noun (legal: in a civil action, the first pleading of the plaintiff)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • baj noun (bodily disorder or disease; the symptom of such a disorder)
  • betegség noun (bodily disorder or disease; the symptom of such a disorder)
  • bántalom noun (bodily disorder or disease; the symptom of such a disorder)
  • feljelentés noun (criminal law: preliminary charge or accusation made by one person against another)

Iranian Persian

3 entries
  • شِکایَت noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)
  • شِکْوِه noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)
  • گِلِه noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)

Irish

3 entries
  • casaoid noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)
  • clamhsán noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)
  • gearán noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)

Italian

4 entries
  • denuncia noun (legal: in a civil action, the first pleading of the plaintiff)
  • denuncia noun (criminal law: preliminary charge or accusation made by one person against another)
  • disturbo noun (bodily disorder or disease; the symptom of such a disorder)
  • lamentela noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)

Japanese

3 entries
  • 不平 noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)
  • 不満 noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)
  • 文句 noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • наразылық noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)
  • шағым noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)

Korean

3 entries
  • 민원 noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)
  • 불만 noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)
  • 불평 noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • дат noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)
  • даттануу noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)

Latin

2 entries
  • querēla noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)
  • questus noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)

Latvian

1 entries
  • sūdzība noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • skundas noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • жалба noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)

Malay

1 entries
  • rungutan noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • പരാതി noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • гомдол noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)
  • ᠭᠣᠮᠤᠳᠠᠯ noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)

Norman

1 entries
  • pliainte noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)

Northern Kurdish

4 entries
  • gazin noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)
  • gilî noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)
  • rexne noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)
  • şikayet noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • innvending noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)
  • klage noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)

Occitan

1 entries
  • planh noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)

Old English

3 entries
  • ceorung noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)
  • cwīþung noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)
  • inca noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)

Pashto

1 entries
  • شکايت noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)

Pennsylvania German

1 entries
  • Glaag noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)

Plautdietsch

2 entries
  • Klacht noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)
  • Kloag noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)

Polish

3 entries
  • dolegliwość noun (bodily disorder or disease; the symptom of such a disorder)
  • skarga noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)
  • zażalenie noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • distúrbio noun (bodily disorder or disease; the symptom of such a disorder)
  • queixa noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)
  • queixa noun (criminal law: preliminary charge or accusation made by one person against another)
  • reclamação noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)

Punjabi

4 entries
  • اُلَاہْما noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)
  • لَان٘بھا noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)
  • لَاہْما noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)
  • ਉਲਾਹਮਾ noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)

Romanian

4 entries
  • deranjament noun (bodily disorder or disease; the symptom of such a disorder)
  • dereglare noun (bodily disorder or disease; the symptom of such a disorder)
  • indispoziție noun (bodily disorder or disease; the symptom of such a disorder)
  • nemulțumire noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)

Russian

4 entries
  • жа́лоба noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)
  • иск noun (criminal law: preliminary charge or accusation made by one person against another)
  • нарека́ние noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)
  • недово́льство noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • coire noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • žàlba noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)
  • жа̀лба noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)

Slovak

1 entries
  • sťažnosť noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)

Slovene

2 entries
  • pritožba noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)
  • tožba noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)

Spanish

4 entries
  • achaque noun (bodily disorder or disease; the symptom of such a disorder)
  • afección noun (bodily disorder or disease; the symptom of such a disorder)
  • denuncia noun (legal: in a civil action, the first pleading of the plaintiff)
  • denuncia noun (criminal law: preliminary charge or accusation made by one person against another)

Swahili

1 entries
  • lawama noun (bodily disorder or disease; the symptom of such a disorder)

Swedish

2 entries
  • klagan noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)
  • klagomål noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • reklamo noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)

Tajik

2 entries
  • шиква noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)
  • шикоят noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)

Tatar

1 entries
  • шикаять noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)

Telugu

1 entries
  • ఫిర్యాదు noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)

Thai

1 entries
  • ร้องเรียน noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)

Turkish

1 entries
  • şikayet noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • şikaýat noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • жа́лоба noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)
  • ска́рга noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)

Urdu

2 entries
  • شِکَایَت noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)
  • شِکْوَہ noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • شىكايەت noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • shikoyat noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • phàn nàn noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)

Welsh

4 entries
  • achwyn noun (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)
  • achwyniad noun (legal: in a civil action, the first pleading of the plaintiff)
  • achwyniad noun (criminal law: preliminary charge or accusation made by one person against another)
  • afiechyd noun (bodily disorder or disease; the symptom of such a disorder)

Sample sentences

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I am sick of your complaint.

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The company went after its no. 1 customer complaint: power outages.

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Through whom am I to make my complaint, then?

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Do you have any complaint about it?

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