Thesaurus:complain

Thesaurus

complain

English

Verb

Sense: to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment

Synonyms

• beef
• bellyache
• bemoan
• bitch
• bleat
• carp
• chunter
• complain
• crab
• croak
• dump on
• frine
• girn
• give out
• grumble
• grotch
• grouse
• grouch
• grump
• gruntle
• gripe
• harp
• inveigh
• kvetch
• latrate (obsolete)
• make a stink
• murmur    [⇒ thesaurus]
• moan
• nag
• nark
• piss and moan
• rail
• repine
• ride
• snivel
• whine
• whinge

Hyponyms

• bellyache
• nag
• snivel
• yammer
• groan

Hypernyms

• communicate    [⇒ thesaurus]

See also

• Thesaurus:complainer
• Thesaurus:fastidious
• Thesaurus:peevish
• Thesaurus:utter

Further reading

• “839. lamentation” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “complain” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.