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verb

Complain v. t. To lament; to bewail. (Obs.) "They might the grievance inwardly complain." "By chaste Lucrece's soul that late complain'd Her wrongs to us."

Complain v. i. (past & past part. complained; pres. part. complaining)

To give utterance to expression of grief, pain, censure, regret. etc.; to lament; to murmur; to find fault; commonly used with of. Also, to creak or squeak, as a timber or wheel. "O loss of sight, of thee I most complain!"

To make a formal accusation; to make a charge. "Now, Master Shallow, you'll complain of me to the king?"

Synonyms: To repine; grumble; deplore; bewail; grieve; mourn; regret; murmur.

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"Complain" Quotes from Famous Books

... He affected, therefore, to complain of a violent headache, occasioned by the heat of the day, to which he had not been exposed since his illness, and made a formal apology to Sir Arthur, who, listening more to recent suspicion than to the gratitude due for former services, did not press ...

— The Antiquary, Complete • Sir Walter Scott

... her back to the door, was a lady of no whit the less extraordinary character. Although quite as tall as the person just described, she had no right to complain of his unnatural emaciation. She was evidently in the last stage of a dropsy; and her figure resembled nearly that of the huge puncheon of October beer which stood, with the head driven in, close by her side, in a corner of ...

— The Works of Edgar Allan Poe - Volume 3 (of 5) of the Raven Edition • Edgar Allan Poe

... Jameson Raid indemnity; Her Majesty's Government agreeing to interfere no more with my internal government; and arriving at an acceptable solution of the Franchise Question; the matter of English subjects, who, having no need to become burghers, yet still have reason to complain of illegal actions, ...

— Boer Politics • Yves Guyot

... to be less than a Brave. It is not so. It is not so. To be a squaw one must be very brave. We cannot go to hunt and to kill, but it takes no less of courage to stay here and guard the tepees. It takes courage to bear pain—it takes courage to be tired and not complain. You can be brave, Kagigegabo, even though you must grow into a Mahala and sit by the fire. The courage is not in the war paint and feathers—the courage ...

— Fireside Stories for Girls in Their Teens • Margaret White Eggleston

... minutes more, going carefully over her directions, telling the Indian to be sure his squaw was kind to the lady, and that on no account he should let the lady get uneasy or have cause to complain of her treatment, or trouble would surely come to him. At last she felt sure she had made him understand, and she hurried away to slip into her pretty white dress and rose-colored ribbons and ride to school. Before she left her room ...

— A Voice in the Wilderness • Grace Livingston Hill

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