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Synonyms for complaining
com·plain·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. complaining(a), complaintiveadjective

    expressing pain or dissatisfaction of resentment

    "a complaining boss"

Editors Contribution1.0 / 5 votes

  1. butthurt

    to get mad or complain of something

    jared got butthurt over a beaver name so he complained

    Submitted by rinat on March 27, 2016  

Dictionary of English Synonymes3.0 / 1 vote

  1. complainingadjective

    Synonyms:
    querulous, murmuring, querimonious, fault-finding

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. complainingadjective

    Synonyms:
    murmuring, repining, querimonious, querulous, discontented, grumbling

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "complaining":

    griping, whining, complainant, mooning, bitching, lamenting

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#67119lamenting
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How to use complaining in a sentence?

  1. Anna Bauch:

    The messages were erased by the next morning, and many students began complaining.

  2. Marie McIntyre:

    Declare a personal resolution that you are going to stop complaining about things since it drags you down and you are trying to change your focus.

  3. Meghan Markle:

    Our conversation was I was complaining about not liking Donald Trump, he said, ‘Give Donald Trump a chance.’ I sort of disagreed with that but I still like Harry. That was his politics, I had my politics.

  4. Jennvine Wong:

    A lot of the quality-of-life offenses that communities are complaining about they don't know who else to call but the cops, the Legal Aid Society has been conditioned to call the cops for every single issue when we shouldn't necessarily be doing that... We throw the cops at everything, which means they are now expected to do more and be more and wear more hats -- many of which they are not able to or qualified to do.

  5. Davidson Lomba:

    We have been complaining about safety problems since production started, but with other production unit accidents, the ANP finally decided to inspect the production units, we finally decided to stop doing any more construction work on the production unit.


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