v.
- express dissatisfaction or annoyance.
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(complain of)
state that one is suffering from (a symptom of illness).
Derivative
- complainer n.
- complaining adj.
- complainingly adv.
Etymology
ME: from OFr. complaindre, from med. L. complangere ‘bewail’, from L. com- (expressing intensive force) + plangere ‘to lament’.