Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

complaining

/kəmˈpleɪn.ɪŋ/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.12 in modern English

Syllables
com-plain-ing
IPA
/kəmˈpleɪn.ɪŋ/
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of complain

noun

The act by which someone complains; a complaint.

adj

Continuously expressing dissatisfaction or annoyance.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

complainings (plural) more complaining (comparative) most complaining (superlative)

Synonyms

complaintive

Rhymes With

training remaining containing maintaining explaining gaining entertaining obtaining retaining raining campaigning pertaining

Questions

How do you pronounce complaining?
The recorded pronunciation is /kəmˈpleɪn.ɪŋ/.
What does complaining mean?
present participle and gerund of complain

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