complaint

1. 1.

   an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining

   Synonymsailmentill

   Broaderdisorder

   Narrowerpipmotion sickness
2. 2.

   (formerly) a loud cry (or repeated cries) of pain or rage or sorrow

   Broadercry

   Narrowerexclamationlament
3. 3.

   an expression of grievance or resentment

   Broaderobjection

   Narrowergrievancegrumblejeremiadkvetchpet peevewhimper
4. 4.

   (civil law) the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim for relief is based

   Broaderpleading

   Narrowerlibel

   civil law

5. 5.

   (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense

   “he was arrested on a charge of larceny”

   Synonymscharge

   Broaderpleading

   Narroweraccusation

   Part ofindictment

   criminal law

Other forms of complaint

plural

complaints·

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 complaint

What does complaint mean?

complaint means "an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in complaint?

complaint has 2 syllables: com-plaint. The stress falls on "plaint". In IPA it is /kəmˈpleɪnt/.

What is another word for complaint?

Close synonyms include ailment, ill, charge. 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.

Is complaint a common word?

complaint 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.