~ (to sb) (about / of sth) to say that you are annoyed, unhappy or not satisfied about sb/sth:
[V] I'm going to complain to the manager about this. * She never complains, but she's obviously exhausted. * The defendant complained of intimidation during the investigation. * (spoken) 'How are you?' 'Oh, I can't complain (= I'm all right).' * [V(that)] He complained bitterly that he had been unfairly treated. * [Vspeech] 'It's not fair,' she complained.
PHRASALVERBS
complain of sth to say that you feel ill or are suffering from a pain:
She left early, complaining of a headache.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for complain is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is complain a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, complain is tagged as verb.
Does complain appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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