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complaint

Noun CEFR B2 Frequent
kəmˈpleɪnt

Definitions

  1. The act of complaining
  2. The act of complaining.
    countable, uncountable
  3. A grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern
  4. A grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern.
    countable, uncountable
  5. In a civil action, the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim is based
  6. In a civil action, the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim is based.
    countable, uncountable
  7. In criminal law, the preliminary charge or accusation made by one person against another to the appropriate court or officer, usually a magistrate
  8. In criminal law, the preliminary charge or accusation made by one person against another to the appropriate court or officer, usually a magistrate.
    countable, uncountable
  9. A bodily disorder or disease; the symptom of such a disorder
  10. A bodily disorder or disease; the symptom of such a disorder.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

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العربيةالشّكوىشكايةشكوةشكوىوجع
Azərbaycan dilişikayət
Българскиболестбо́лкажалбанедоволство
বাংলাঅভিযোগ
Bosanskibajmalnemoćpritužbatužbažalbaболестжалбапритужбатужба
Catalàqueixa
Češtinanemocreklamacestížnostsymptomžaloba
Cymraegachwynachwyniadafiechydanhwylderclefydsalwch
Danskklage
Ελληνικάαφορμήενόχλημαενόχλησηκαταγγελίαμήνυσηπαράπονο
Esperantoafekcioplendo
Euskaraauhen
Suomihaastehakemusilmiantoitkuvirsikantelukantelukirjelmäporureklamaatiorikosilmoitusvaivavälittäminenvalitusvalitustie
Gaeilgecasaoidclamhsángearán
Gàidhligcasaidcoiregearan
Galegodenunciaprotestaqueixaqueixumequerela
עבריתתלונה
हिन्दीअभियोगउपालंभउलहनाउलाहनागिलापरिवादपरिवेदनाशिकवाशिकायत
Hrvatskibajmalnemoćpritužbatužbažalbaболестжалбапритужбатужба
Magyarbajbántalombetegségfeljelentéskifogáspanaszprobléma
Հայերենբողոքգանգատ
Bahasa Indonesiaaduanberita acaragugatkeluhkeluhankomplainpengaduanperbalproses verbal
Italianodenunciadisturbolamentelareclamorimostranza
日本語いちゃもんお気持ち表明クレームやから不平不満告発怨言愚痴文句繰り言苦情訴え
ქართულისაჩივარი
Қазақ тілішағым
한국어고소민원불만불평소장조언토
Kurdîbajmalşikayetsitem
Кыргызчадат
Latinaconquestioconquestusexpostulatiogravamenpostulatioquerēlaquerimoniaquestusreclamatio
Lietuviųskundas
Latviešusūdzība
Македонскижалба
മലയാളംപരാതി
Bahasa Melayurungutan
Nederlandsbeklaggrievenklachtproces-verbaal
ਪੰਜਾਬੀاُلَاہْمالانبھا
Polskidolegliwośćnarzekanieskargazażalenie
Portuguêsdistúrbioqueixareclamação
Românăderanjamentdereglareindispozițienemulțumireplângerereclamațietulburare
Русскийжалобаискнареканиенедовольствонедомоганиенеду́г
Shqipankesëankim
Српскиbajmalnemoćpritužbatužbažalbaболестжалбапритужбатужба
Svenskaklaganklagomål
Kiswahililawama
తెలుగుఫిర్యాదు
Тоҷикӣшиквашикоят
ไทยร้องเรียน
Türkmençeşikaýat
Tagalogreklamo
Türkçeşekvaşikayetsitem
ئۇيغۇرچەشىكايەت
Українськажалобапретензіяска́рга
اردوشکایتشکوہ
O'zbekchashikoyat
Tiếng Việtphàn nàn

Examples

“customer complaints”
“noise complaints”
“file⟳ complaints”
“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.”
“I have⟳ no complaints about the quality of his work⟳, but I don't enjoy⟳ his company.”
“Don't come⟳ too close⟳; I've got this nasty complaint.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

complaintiveness Complaints Complaisance Complaisances Complaisant Complaisantly

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