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Synonyms for complaining

Grammar : Adj
Spell : kuhm-pleyn
Phonetic Transcription : kəmˈpleɪn

Top 10 synonyms for complaining
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Définition of complaining

Origin :
  • late 14c., "find fault, lament," from stem of Old French complaindre "to lament" (12c.), from Vulgar Latin *complangere, originally "to beat the breast," from Latin com-, intensive prefix (see com-), + plangere "to strike, beat the breast" (see plague (n.)). Older sense of "lament" died out 17c. Related: Complained; complaining.
  • adj objecting
Example sentences :
  • In general we take our good things for granted, complaining that they are not better.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • "Oh, I am not complaining about that, at all," said the hammock magnanimously.
  • Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
  • I'm well as ever I am; but her, she's too complaining to come in fer show-day.
  • Extract from : « The Gentleman From Indiana » by Booth Tarkington
  • I looked long, my dear Clarinda, for your letter; and am vexed that you are complaining.
  • Extract from : « The Letters of Robert Burns » by Robert Burns
  • In a Parisian green-room a new performer was complaining of nervousness.
  • Extract from : « The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 25, January 1893 » by Various
  • Stockholders are complaining; directors are bewildered; bankers are frightened.
  • Extract from : « The Railroad Question » by William Larrabee
  • The peasant became communicative and, of course, loud in his complaining.
  • Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
  • Complaining not, they straggle down to their bunks to change their clothes.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
  • He flinched a little, complaining that they were burning him.
  • Extract from : « The Downfall » by Emile Zola
  • John Granger as he had been then, now seemed like a complaining child to himself.
  • Extract from : « Murder Point » by Coningsby Dawson

Antonyms for complaining

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