Synonyms for complaint

Grammar : Noun

Spell : kuhm-pleynt

Phonetic Transcription : kəmˈpleɪnt

Top 10 synonyms for complaint

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Définition of complaint

Origin : late 14c., "lamentation, grief," from Old French complainte (12c.) "complaint, lament," noun use of fem. past participle of complaindre (see complain). Meaning "bodily ailment" is from 1705 (often in U.S. colloquial use generalized as complaints).

noun statement of disagreement, discontent
noun illness, affliction

Example sentences :

No one has seen him shed a tear, of heard him utter a complaint.
Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child

She made no complaint of him, and even spoke of him as generous.
Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson

Such a course is frequent and would not give the right of complaint to anybody.
Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook

There was a curious mixture of complaint and satisfaction in Dick's tone.
Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden

The first comer utters his complaint of humiliation before him.
Extract from : « The Babylonian Legends of the Creation » by British Museum

There's going to be complaint about everything that I have seen fit to do.
Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter

For this complaint there is no precise English name; but, alas!
Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

There was no complaint in her tone, no sudden exhibition of any suffering.
Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith

He remembered that she was overwrought, and made no answer to her complaint.
Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine

I wish the Admiralty had my complaint: but they have no bowels, at least for me.
Extract from : « The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson » by Robert Southey

Antonyms for complaint

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