Synonyms for complaints
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : kuhm-pleynt |
| Phonetic Transcription : kəmˈpleɪnt |
Top 10 synonyms for complaints Other synonyms for the word complaints
- annoyance
- beef
- cavil
- CC
- clamor
- condition
- disease
- disorder
- dissatisfaction
- expostulation
- fault-finding
- grouse
- grumble
- guff
- ill
- indisposition
- infirmity
- jeremiad
- kick
- lament
- malady
- moan
- plaint
- protestation
- rap
- remonstrance
- remonstration
- representation
- reproach
- rumble
- sickness
- squawk
- stink
- syndrome
- upset
- wail
- whine
Définition of complaints
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
- I am very sorry to hear of your gout, except that it carries off all other complaints.
- Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- It presented to her too just an image of the thraldom, which was the subject of all her complaints.
- Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
- We're not accustomed to complaints of too much fire down here just now.
- Extract from : « Strife (First Series Plays) » by John Galsworthy
- Yes, said Adeimantus, they give us plenty of them, and their complaints are so like themselves.
- Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
- Inward light must have been granted, for he heard no complaints in later years.
- Extract from : « Howards End » by E. M. Forster
- But me He sent to teach thee that a Tsar must have regard to the complaints of his people.
- Extract from : « Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales » by Anonymous
- All they're got left most of 'em, but complaints and narvousness.
- Extract from : « The Vagrant Duke » by George Gibbs
- The servants, too, complained that he constantly mistook their complaints.
- Extract from : « The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. I (of II) » by Charles James Lever
- All the complaints that can be preferred against him are kept for that occasion.
- Extract from : « The Bramleighs Of Bishop's Folly » by Charles James Lever
- Instead of calming him I endeavoured to augment his misery by my complaints.
- Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
Antonyms for complaints
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