complaint
/kəmˈpleɪnt/
complaint noun: the act of complaining.
Noun
complaint (countable and uncountable, plural complaints)
- The act of complaining.
- customer complaints
- noise complaints
- Synonyms:
- grouch
- A grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern.
- I have no complaints about the quality of his work, but I don't enjoy his company.
- In a civil action, the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim is based.
- In criminal law, the preliminary charge or accusation made by one person against another to the appropriate court or officer, usually a magistrate.
- Synonyms:
- criminal complaint, charges
- A bodily disorder or disease; the symptom of such a disorder.
- Don't come too close; I've got this nasty complaint.
- Synonyms:
- ailment
complaint meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
complaint in Hindi
- grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
- उलहना ulahnā, शिकायत śikāyat, उलाहना ulāhnā
- legal: in a civil action, the first pleading of the plaintiff
- परिवाद parivād
- criminal law: preliminary charge or accusation made by one person against another
- अभियोग abhiyog
complaint in Tamil
- முறையீடு, முறைப்பாடு, குறை, புகார்
complaint in Marathi
- complaint, grievance
- तक्रार takrār
- a complaint, grievance, or lament, especially one made before a person in authority
- गाऱ्हाणे gārhāṇe
- a complaint or accusation against someone
- कागाळी kāgāḷī
- complaint
- अर्ज arja
complaint in Urdu
- grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
- شِکَایَت śikāyat, شِکْوَہ śikva
More languagesFewer languages
- complaint in Bengali
- অভিযোগ obhijōg
- complaint in Telugu
- ఫిర్యాదు phiryādu
- complaint in Malayalam
- പരാതി parāti
- complaint in Kannada
- ದೂರು, ಫಿರ್ಯಾದು, ಬೇನೆ, ರೋಗ
- complaint in Punjabi
- ਉਲਾਹਮਾ ulāhmā, ਲਾਹਮਾ lāhmā, اُلَاہْما ulāhmā, لَان٘بھا lāṉbhā
- complaint in Gujarati
- ફરિયાદ phariyād, ઓળંભો olambho
- complaint in Odia
- ଅଭିଯୋଗ
- complaint in Nepali
- गुनासो gunāso
- complaint in Pashto
- شکايت šekāyát
- complaint in Tagalog
- reklamo
- complaint in Arabic
- شِكَايَة šikāya, شَكْوَى šakwā
- complaint in Malay
- rungutan
- complaint in Thai
- ร้องเรียน rɔ́ɔng-riian
- complaint in Vietnamese
- phàn nàn
Examples of complaint in a sentence
- The company received numerous complaints about the product.
- He filed complaints with the housing authority.
- Complaints have risen in particular from passengers changing trains, who have observed little or no improvement in their ability to navigate between the station's 13 platforms.2020 July 29, Paul Stephen, “A new collaboration centred on New Street”, in Rail, page 54:
Synonyms of complaint
- grouch
- plaint
- moan
- noise
- criminal complaint
- charges
- ailment
- complaint of an offence
- offense
- criminal information
6 more synonymsFewer synonyms
- inform the police
- authorities
- notification of the police
- report an offence
- offense to the police
- charge
Forms of complaint
| plural | complaints |
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Origin of complaint
From Middle English compleynte, from Anglo-Norman compleint, from Old French compleindre, eventually from Latin planctus (whence plaint).
Words formed from complaint
Phrases with complaint
Words that rhyme with complaint
Questions about complaint
- What does complaint mean?
- Complaint means the act of complaining.
- What is complaint in Hindi?
- Complaint in Hindi is उलहना (ulahnā), शिकायत (śikāyat), उलाहना (ulāhnā). See Complaint meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use complaint in a sentence?
- The company received numerous complaints about the product.
- What part of speech is complaint?
- Complaint is a noun.
- How do you pronounce complaint?
- Complaint is pronounced /kəmˈpleɪnt/.
- What is the plural of complaint?
- The plural of complaint is complaints.
Words near complaint in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: complaint (page history and authors); complaint (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); अर्ज (Marathi) (page history and authors); complaint (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ઓળંભો (Gujarati) (page history and authors); complaint (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); गुनासो (Nepali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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