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complain
verb as in grumble about
Strongest matches
accuse, criticize, denounce, disagree, fret, gripe, grumble, lament, moan, object, oppose, protest
Strong matches
ascribe, attack, beef, bellyache, bemoan, bewail, bitch, carp, cavil, charge, contravene, defy, demur, deplore, deprecate, differ, disapprove, dissent, expostulate, fuss, gainsay, grieve, groan, grouse, growl, impute, indict, lay, nag, refute, remonstrate, repine, reproach, snivel, wail, whimper, whine, yammer
Weak matches
find fault, kick up a fuss, look askance, make a fuss, sound off, take exception to
Example Sentences
But, I mean, I’m part of a Facebook group for my class, and a lot of Wesleyan upperclassmen have been complaining about kids, like freshmen, going around asking for parties.
As the city takes steps to repeal a 102-year-old law banning seditious language, new details about how police wielded the law paint a picture of random harassment and punishment for those who complained.
Developers complain that titles waiting for App Store review sometimes take weeks to be cleared.
It is pure metaphysics, he complains, that has lost contact with empirical reality.
The venerable Bill Thurston was known to complain about the perversity which, by the end of his career, had produced Thurston’s theorem, which says that Thurston maps are Thurston-equivalent to polynomials, unless they have Thurston obstructions.
And it might be what Islamists complain about while sitting in their caves.
I could complain about how, two out of eight episodes in, Agent Carter is in no hurry to introduce its real villain.
On the one hand, residents of these neighborhoods complain of over-policing.
When they complain that there is no future for them here,” she confides after a long pause, “I worry they are right.
“His wife went for the visit and suddenly started to complain about the cuts,” Guadalupe told The Daily Beast.
Only in the pursuit of agriculture can the black man not complain that he is discriminated against on account of his color.
Teachers often complain that they can never induce some of their pupils to ask questions on their tasks.
He could not complain of the neglect of mankind, or of the ingratitude of those he served.
After a few days of excessive nervousness the most timorous among the women were heard to complain of the monotony of existence!
Having at last regained the Emperor's favour, the Marshal had never again to complain of lack of employment.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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