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to complain
01
to express your annoyance, unhappiness, or dissatisfaction about something
Intransitive: to complain | to complain about sth
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
complain
3rd person singular
complains
Present participle
complaining
Past simple
complained
Past participle
complained
Examples
Emily likes to complain about the long commute to work every morning.
02
to formally accuse or charge someone of wrongdoing
Intransitive: to complain to sb
Examples
After experiencing repeated harassment in the workplace, Sarah decided to complain to HR about her hostile work environment.
Lexical Tree
complainer
complaining
complain
