complain
/kəmˈpleɪn/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.23 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Joe was always complaining about the noise made by his neighbours."
- "O loſs of ſight, of thee I moſt complain!"
- "The patient complained of headache, nausea, and joint pain."
- "They've complained about me to the police again."
- "Now, Master Shallow, you'll complain of me to the king?"
- "If you get cheated by the Better Business Bureau, who do you complain to?"
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin com- Proto-Indo-European *pel- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pl(e)h₂-n-g-e-tider. Proto-Italic *plāngō Latin plango Latin plangere Medieval Latin complangereder. Old French conplaindre Old French complaindreder. Middle English complaynen English complain From Middle English complaynen, from Old French complaindre, from Medieval Latin complangere (“to bewail, complain”), from Latin com- (“together”) + plangere (“to strike, beat, as the breast in extreme grief, bewail”); see plain, plaint.