complaining

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəmˈpleɪnɪŋ/

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Verb

complaining

1. present participle and gerund of complain

   Synonym: (now rare) latrant

Noun

complaining (plural complainings)

1. The act by which someone complains; a complaint.
   • 1863, Dinah Maria Craik, Mistress and maid:

     Elizabeth […] wished he were beside her, and was so glad to think he would soon be beside her always, with all his humours and weaknesses, all his little crossnesses and complainings […]

Translations

the act by which someone complains

• Plautdietsch: Jemurr n