comp
lain
Third Person
complains
Present Participle
complaining
Past Tense
complained
Past Participle
complained
1
to express your annoyance, unhappiness, or dissatisfaction about something
- Emily likes to complain about the long commute to work every morning.
- The customers decided to complain about the poor service they received at the restaurant.
- Instead of complaining, try to find constructive solutions to the challenges you face.
- Tom didn't hesitate to complain when his order at the restaurant arrived with the wrong items.
- Rather than complaining about the weather, Sarah decided to make the best of the rainy day and stayed indoors reading a book.
Antonyms:
2
to formally accuse or charge someone of wrongdoing
- After experiencing repeated harassment in the workplace, Sarah decided to complain to HR about her hostile work environment.
- The tenants decided to complain to the landlord about the lack of maintenance in the building.
- The environmental activists planned to complain to the government about the illegal disposal of toxic waste by the industrial factory.
- The citizens' group gathered evidence to complain to the local council about the corrupt practices of a public official.