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COMPLAINING

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Dictionary entry overview: What does complaining mean?

• COMPLAINING (adjective)
The adjective COMPLAINING has 1 sense:

1. expressing pain or dissatisfaction of resentment

Familiarity information: COMPLAINING used as an adjective is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• COMPLAINING (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Expressing pain or dissatisfaction of resentment

Synonyms:

complaining; complaintive

Context example:

a complaining wife

Similar:

fretful; querulous; whiney; whining; whiny (habitually complaining)

grumbling (muttering discontentedly)

protestant; protesting (making a protest)

repining (wishing discontentedly)

Antonym:

uncomplaining (not complaining)

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