complaining
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complaining
- /kəmˈpleɪn.ɪŋ/
Rhymes with -eɪnɪŋ
adjective more complaining · most complaining
- tending to complain.
verb
- present participle and gerund of complain
noun complainings
- The act by which someone complains; a complaint. 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 ;[…]
adjective more complaining · most complaining
- Continuously expressing dissatisfaction or annoyance.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: complaintive, querulous, whiny, grumbling, whiney, repining, fretful, protesting, protestant, whining, complaint, moaning, bemoaning, lamenting, bothering, heckling
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title = {complaining},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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