complain

Other forms of complain

past tense

complained·

present participle

complaining·

third person

complains·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about complain

What does complain mean?

complain means "express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in complain?

complain has 2 syllables: com-plain. The stress falls on "plain". In IPA it is /kəmˈpleɪn/.

What is another word for complain?

Close synonyms include kick, plain, sound off, quetch, kvetch. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of complain?

The recorded antonyms are cheer.

Is complain a common word?

complain is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with complain?

8 words rhyme with complain. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.