complain

verb

1. express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness

   verb.communication

   Examples

   My mother complains all day.

   Synonyms kick kvetch plain quetch sound off

   Antonyms cheer cheer up chirk up

   Source: WordNet 3.0

2. make a formal accusation; bring a formal charge

   verb.communication

   Examples

   The plaintiff's lawyer complained that he defendant had physically abused his client.

   Source: WordNet 3.0

3. To give utterance to expression of grief, pain, censure, regret. etc.; to lament; to murmur; to find fault; -- commonly used with <i>of</i>. Also, to creak or squeak, as a timber or wheel.

   verb

   Source: webster1913

4. To lament; to bewail.

   verb

   Source: webster1913