meaning of complain
1. To give utterance to expression of grief, pain, censure, regret. etc. ; to lament; to murmur; to find fault; -- commonly used with of. Also, to creak or squeak, as a timber or wheel.
2. To make a formal accusation; to make a charge.
3. To lament; to bewail.
4. make a formal accusation; bring a formal charge; "The plaintiffs lawyer complained that he defendant had physically abused his
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