complaining

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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 []

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