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complain
Overview of verb complain
The verb complain has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (29) complain, kick, plain, sound off, quetch, kvetch -- (express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness; "My mother complains all day"; "She has a lot to kick about")
2. complain -- (make a formal accusation; bring a formal charge; "The plaintiff's lawyer complained that he defendant had physically abused his client")
Grep of noun complain
complainant
complainer
complaint
Antonyms of verb complain
1 of 2 senses of complain
Sense 1
complain, kick, plain, sound off, quetch, kvetch
Antonym of cheer (Sense 4)
=>cheer, cheer up, chirk up
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb complain
2 senses of complain
Sense 1
complain, kick, plain, sound off, quetch, kvetch
Sense 2
complain
=> charge
=> claim
=> affirm
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb complain
1 of 2 senses of complain
Sense 1
complain, kick, plain, sound off, quetch, kvetch
=> 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
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb complain
2 senses of complain
Sense 1
complain, kick, plain, sound off, quetch, kvetch
Sense 2
complain
=> charge
'Cause To' of verb complain
Derived Forms of verb complain
2 senses of complain
Sense 1
complain, kick, plain, sound off, quetch, kvetch
RELATED TO>(noun) complaint#3
=> complaint
RELATED TO>(noun) complainer#1
=> whiner, complainer, moaner, sniveller, crybaby, bellyacher, grumbler, squawker
Sense 2
complain
RELATED TO>(noun) complaint#5
=> charge, complaint
RELATED TO>(noun) complaint#4
=> complaint
RELATED TO>(noun) complainant#1
=> plaintiff, complainant
Domain of verb complain
Domain Terms of verb complain
Familiarity of verb complain
complain used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb complain
2 senses of complain
Sense 1
complain, kick, plain, sound off, quetch, kvetch
EX: They complain that there was a traffic accident
Sense 2
complain
*> Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb complain
1 of 2 senses of complain
Sense 2
complain
> charge
=> tax
=> complain
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb complain
Sense 1
complain, kick, plain, sound off, quetch, kvetch
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Sense 2
complain
=> charge
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Grep of verb complain
complain
Grep of adj complain
complaining
complaintive
Grep of adv complain
complainingly
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