The meaning of COMPLAIN is to express grief, pain, or discontent. How to use complain in a sentence.

COMPLAIN definition: 1. to say that something is wrong or not satisfactory: 2. to tell someone formally that something…. Learn more.

To complain is to protest against or lament a condition or wrong: to complain about high prices. To grumble is to utter surly, ill-natured complaints half to oneself: to grumble about the service.

Complain, grumble, growl, whine are terms for expressing dissatisfaction or discomfort. To complain is to protest against or lament a wrong: to complain about high prices.

Definition of complain verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

COMPLAIN definition: to express dissatisfaction, pain, uneasiness, censure, resentment, or grief; find fault. See examples of complain used in a sentence.

To utter expressions of grief, pain, uneasiness, censure, resentment, or dissatisfaction; lament or murmur about anything; find fault. Figuratively, to make a sound resembling that of lamentation or …

If you complain about something, you say you are not satisfied with it. Miners have complained bitterly that the government did not fulfil their promises.

COMPLAIN meaning: 1 : to say or write that you are unhappy, sick, uncomfortable, etc., or that you do not like something often + about or of; 2 : to say (something that expresses annoyance or unhappiness)

Complain definition: To express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment.