complaint
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1.4
- noun
- /kəmˈpleɪnt/
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queja
- I'm talking about the everyday complaints of people who work together.
- handle complaints
- receive complaints
- address complaints
Any last comments, parting thoughts, complaints that you'd like to air publicly?
- Any last comments, parting thoughts, complaints that you'd like to air publicly?
- You just can't put something in the complaint box and walk away.
- OK, I think one of the greatest complaints I hear from men.
- Do you have any, do you have any questions, complaints, criticisms?
- Yes, and the most reasonable complaints come mostly from the four-star crowd.
- It was real complaints that we all now had.
- And it's since turned out that actually their, their complaints, their grievances were justified.
Examples
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I also received numerous complaints from downstairs neighbors.
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I would like to file a formal complaint about the service I received at the restaurant.
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It's the biggest complaint across all age groups.
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And they had a very high complaint rate about that.
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And you and I had some complaints from last year.
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OK, I think one of the greatest complaints I hear from men.
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There were complaints from the other guests.
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Are you making a complaint?
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The institution "took the complaint of sexual harassment very seriously," it said in a statement.
Academic text (2017) -
I'd like to lodge a complaint.
Synonyms
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5.8
A complaint about something unfair, often made formally to people in charge
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2.8
A formal statement that says you strongly disagree, often given in writing
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3.0
A high, annoying complaint
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6.5
A complaint about a small problem that bothers you
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3.2
A quiet complaint that shows someone is unhappy
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7.4
A strong statement that shows you disagree or say something is not true
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5.9
A quiet complaint said softly by people who disagree
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3.4
A quiet complaint about something you dislike
A small spoken complaint said quietly
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Etymology
Complaint comes from an old French word complainte and the Latin root plangere, which meant 'to cry out in sorrow'. So a everyday complaint is like a 'cry' about something you do not like, the same idea behind the verb complain.