COMPLAINT as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense
   Synonym(s)
   • charge (what does charge mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • he was arrested on a charge of larceny
   Hypernyms(s) complaint is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • pleading (what does pleading mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • accusation (what does accusation mean?)
   • accusal (what does accusal mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • complain (what does complain mean?)
   • charge (what does charge mean?)
   • accuse (what does accuse mean?)
   • charge (what does charge mean?)
   • lodge (what does lodge mean?)
   • file (what does file mean?)
2. Meaning
   • (civil law) the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim for relief is based
   Hypernyms(s) complaint is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • pleading (what does pleading mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • libel (what does libel mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • complain (what does complain mean?)
3. Meaning
   • an expression of grievance or resentment
   Hypernyms(s) complaint is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • objection (what does objection mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • grievance (what does grievance mean?)
   • grumble (what does grumble mean?)
   • grumbling (what does grumbling mean?)
   • murmur (what does murmur mean?)
   • murmuring (what does murmuring mean?)
   • mutter (what does mutter mean?)
   • muttering (what does muttering mean?)
   • jeremiad (what does jeremiad mean?)
   • kvetch (what does kvetch mean?)
   • pet peeve (what does pet peeve mean?)
   • whimper (what does whimper mean?)
   • whine (what does whine mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • complain (what does complain mean?)
   • kick (what does kick mean?)
   • plain (what does plain mean?)
   • sound off (what does sound off mean?)
   • quetch (what does quetch mean?)
   • kvetch (what does kvetch mean?)
4. Meaning
   • (formerly) a loud cry (or repeated cries) of pain or rage or sorrow
   Hypernyms(s) complaint is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • cry (what does cry mean?)
   • yell (what does yell mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • exclamation (what does exclamation mean?)
   • lament (what does lament mean?)
   • lamentation (what does lamentation mean?)
   • plaint (what does plaint mean?)
   • wail (what does wail mean?)
5. Meaning
   • an often persistent bodily disorder or disease
   • a cause for complaining
   Synonym(s)
   • ailment (what does ailment mean?)
   • ill (what does ill mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) complaint is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • disorder (what does disorder mean?)
   • upset (what does upset mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • pip (what does pip mean?)
   • motion sickness (what does motion sickness mean?)
   • kinetosis (what does kinetosis mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • afflict (what does afflict mean?)
   • trouble (what does trouble mean?)
   • ail (what does ail mean?)
   • pain (what does pain mean?)
   • ail (what does ail mean?)