complaintive

1. 1.

   expressing pain or dissatisfaction of resentment

   “a complaining boss”

   Synonymscomplaining

   Similarfretfulprotestant

Questions about complaintive

What does complaintive mean?

complaintive means "expressing pain or dissatisfaction of resentment".

How many syllables are in complaintive?

complaintive has 3 syllables: com-plain-tive. The stress falls on "com".

What is another word for complaintive?

Close synonyms include complaining. 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 complaintive a common word?

complaintive is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.