complaining

• IPA^(key): /kəmˈpleɪn.ɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -eɪnɪŋ
• Hyphenation: com‧plain‧ing

complaining

1. present participle and gerund of complain

complaining (plural complainings)

1. The act by which someone complains; a complaint.
   • 1863, Dinah Craik, Mistress and Maid, volume 2, page 277:

     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 ; […]

complaining (comparative more complaining, superlative most complaining)

1. Continuously expressing dissatisfaction or annoyance.

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