"complain" | Definition and Related Words

Verb

Express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness (synset 200909100)
"My mother complains all day"; "She has a lot to kick about"
subtypes:
- hen-peck, nag, peck - bother persistently with trivial complaints
- backbite, bitch - say mean things
- grizzle, whine, yammer, yawp - complain whiningly
- croak, gnarl, grumble, murmur, mutter - make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath
- grouch, grumble, scold - show one's unhappiness or critical attitude
- protest - utter words of protest
- repine - express discontent
- beef, bellyache, bitch, crab, gripe, grouse, holler, squawk - complain
- inveigh, rail - complain bitterly
- bemoan, bewail, deplore, lament - regret strongly
- report - complain about; make a charge against
- bleat - talk whiningly
same as: kick, kvetch, plain, quetch, sound off
Make a formal accusation;
Bring a formal charge (synset 200845977)
"The plaintiff's lawyer complained that he defendant had physically abused his client"

is a type of: charge - make an accusatory claim