Synonyms for complain
kəmˈpleɪncom·plain

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1. complainverb

   Synonyms:
   kvetch, whinge, grouse, moan, whine, bitch, gripe, beef, grumble, grump

2. complainverb

   To express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment.

   Joe was always complaining about the noise made by his neighbours.

   Synonyms:
   bitch, kvetch, grump, grumble, whinge, moan, gripe, grouse, whine, beef

3. complainverb

   To make a formal accusation or bring a formal charge.

   They've complained about me to the police again.

   Synonyms:
   kvetch, grumble, whinge, gripe, whine, moan, beef, bitch, grouse, grump

English Synonyms and Antonyms(2.50 / 4 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. complain

   To complain is to give utterance to dissatisfaction or objection, express a sense of wrong or ill treatment. One complains of a real or assumed grievance; he may murmur through mere peevishness or ill temper; he repines, with vain distress, at the irrevocable or the inevitable. Complaining is by speech or writing; murmuring is commonly said of half-repressed utterance; repining of the mental act alone. One may complain of an offense to the offender or to others; he remonstrates with the offender only. Complain has a formal and legal meaning, which the other words have not, signifying to make a formal accusation, present a specific charge; the same is true of the noun complaint.

   Synonyms:
   croak, find fault, growl, grumble, grunt, murmur, remonstrate, repine

   Antonyms:
   applaud, approve, commend, eulogize, laud, praise

   Preposition:
   Complain of a thing to a person; of one person to another, of or against a person for an act; to an officer; before the court; about a thing.

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1. complain, kick, plain, sound off, quetch, kvetchverb

   express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness

   "My mother complains all day"; "She has a lot to kick about"

   Synonyms:
   recoil, plain, kvetch, quetch, give up, kick, strike up, kick back, animadvert, speak out, sound off, opine, speak up

   Antonyms:
   chirk up, cheer up, cheer

2. complainverb

   make a formal accusation; bring a formal charge

   "The plaintiff's lawyer complained that he defendant had physically abused his client"

   Synonyms:
   kick, kvetch, plain, sound off, quetch

   Antonyms:
   cheer, chirk up, cheer up

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1. complainverb

   Synonyms:
   murmur, lament, bewail, grumble, croak, find fault

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1. complainverb

   Synonyms:
   murmur, repine, grumble, whine, croak

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1. List of paraphrases for "complain":

   complaint, bemoan, moan, protest

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1. Jordan Spieth:

   Eight under here is nothing to complain about, just in the zone and hitting some shots. I saw the scoreboard and tried to make a push.

2. Benjamin Franklin:

   Many complain of their memory, few of their judgment.

3. Melina Abdullah:

   People don't realize in the seventies and eighties how dangerous it was in Los Angeles, i remember when( my parents) used to complain that police don't care about our neighborhood.

4. Nicos Anastasiades:

   If this right is forfeited it gives others the right to decide for those abstaining ... if someone spurns that right, they shouldn't complain the next day.

5. Sports Illustrated model Hannah Davis:

   I think I got about 100 swimsuits after landing the Sports Illustrated cover. I have no more space in my house, i can’t complain because it’s a good problem to have.