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complainy

/kəmˈpleɪni/

complainy adjective: tending to complain; peevish.

Adjective

complainy (comparative more complainy, superlative most complainy)

  1. (informal) Tending to complain; peevish.
    • Elle's brother had been so complainy about the heat that we said he could go inside and luxuriate in all the fans.2016, Shari Goldhagen, 100 Days of Cake (page 181)

Forms of complainy

comparativemore complainy
superlativemost complainy
alternative formcomplainey

Origin of complainy

From complain + -y.

Questions about complainy

What does complainy mean?
Complainy means tending to complain; peevish.
What part of speech is complainy?
Complainy is an adjective.
How do you pronounce complainy?
Complainy is pronounced /kəmˈpleɪni/.

Words near complainy in the dictionary

  1. complaintful
  2. complaintive
  3. complaintiveness
  4. complaintless
  5. complaints
  6. complainy
  7. complaisance
  8. complaisances
  9. complaisant
  10. complaisantly
  11. complaisantness

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