Entry Word: complaint

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 an expression of dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment <a warning that if there were any more complaints, we were turning around and not going to the beach after all>

Synonyms beef, fuss, grievance, gripe, grumble, murmur, plaint, squawk

Related Words challenge, demur, expostulation, kick, objection, protest, quibble, remonstrance

Near Antonyms commendation, compliment, plaudit; acclaim, applause, praise; approval, endorsement, sanction

2 a feeling or declaration of disapproval or dissent <we proceeded despite the complaints of the authorities> — see objection
3 a formal claim of criminal wrongdoing against a person <filed a complaint in court> — see charge 1
4 an abnormal state that disrupts a plantʼs or animalʼs normal bodily functioning <various medicines for his many complaints> — see disease