complaintn.

Brit.

/kəmˈpleɪnt/, U.S.

/kəmˈpleɪnt/

Forms: Middle English compleignte, Middle English compleynt(e, Middle English–1500s compleinte, Middle English complent, Middle English–1500s complaynt(e, 1500s complant, Middle English– complaint.

Etymology: Middle English < French complainte = Provençal complancha, -plainta, Old Catalan complancta, -planta, Italian compianta, late Latin type complancta, noun < complanctus past participle, corresponding etymologically to those in -ata, -ada, -ée.

1. The action of complaining; the utterance of grief, lamentation, grieving.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > [noun]

carea1000

sorrowingOE

meaninga1200

moan?c1225

mourning?c1225

plaint?c1225

ruthc1225

weimerc1230

mean?c1250

sorrow?c1250

dolec1290

plainingc1300

woec1300

dolourc1320

mourna1350

waymentingc1350

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complaintc1384

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complainingc1385

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waiminga1400

waymenta1400

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dillc1420

merourec1429

plainc1475

regratec1480

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regretc1500

lamenting1513

doleance1524

deploration1533

deplorement1593

condolement1602

regreeting1606

imploration1607

pother1638

dolinga1668

moanification1827

dolence1861

the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > [noun] > action of complaining

yomeringc1000

grutching?c1225

plainingc1300

complaintc1384

murmurc1385

murmurationc1390

groiningc1405

grudgingc1420

musinga1425

querimonyc1450

storming1461

mutteringc1475

grudge1477

grunching1487

murmuringc1530

muting1542

repining1550

orpingc1598

maundering1611

oggannition1625

jowering1628

remonstrating1647

regrudginga1677

complaining1702

pesting1705

yammering1705

growling1752

pine1804

gruntling1834

bitching1939

griping1945

pissing1947

bitch1975

kitchen-sinking1975

c1384 G. Chaucer Hous of Fame ii. 924 For whom was maked moch compleynt.

1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccxxvi. (heading) 299 The pytefull complaynt that therle Mountfort made for his dethe.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Rest of Esther xiii. E Turne oure complaynte and sorow in to ioye.

c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 1516 With pyte and complaint pyne for to here.

1611 Bible (King James) Psalms cxlii. 2.

1727 J. Swift Thoughts on Var. Subj. in Misc. Prose & Verse I. 401 Complaint is the largest Tribute Heaven receives.

1752 S. Johnson Rambler No. 200. ⁋1 They have immediate recourse to lamentation and complaint.]

a. An expression of grief, a lamentation, a plaint.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > [noun] > instance or act of lamenting

moan?c1225

mean?c1250

bimena1325

lamentation1382

queryc1400

pinec1440

tragedy1536

lamentc1592

complaint?1606

conclamation1627

quiritation1634

throb1635

pathetic1667

dismals1774

jeremiad1780

complain1820

tangi1836

Jobism1855

wail1867

rune1922

vigil1956

?1606 M. Drayton Eglog x, in Poemes sig. G6 For whose complaynts tears neuer could suffice.

1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) Pref. p. xliii The Complaints which My Torments express from me.

b. spec. A plaintive poem, a plaint. (Frequent as a title, but in later times chiefly descriptive.)

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > other types of poem > [noun] > sad poem > complaint

complaintc1368

c1368 G. Chaucer (title) Compleynte of Pité.

c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Franklin's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 240 Of which matere made he manye layes Songes, compleyntes, roundels, vyrelayes.

1529 Lyndesay (title) Heir beginnis the Complaynt of Schir Dauid Lindesay.

1536 Lyndesay (title) The Complaint and publict Confessioun of the Kingis auld Hound callit Bagsche.

1599 F. Thynne Animaduersions (1875) 30 Blanche his wyfe..dyed longe after that compleinte.

1663 Cowley (title) The Complaint.

1779 S. Johnson Cowley in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets I. 30 An ode called ‘The Complaint’..met with the usual fortune of complaints, and seems to have excited more contempt than pity.

3. Outcry against or because of injury; representation of wrong suffered; utterance of grievance.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > request > protesting or remonstrance > [noun]

complaint1374

exclamation1430

reclamation1533

barking1549

remonstrance1593

remonstration1605

querulation1614

remonstrating1647

queruling1838

Protestantism1854

1374 G. Chaucer Anelida & Arcite (title) The compleynte of Anelida..upon Arcyte..for his Doublenesse.

1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 111 Tho was murmur, tho was disdeine, Tho was compleinte on every side.

1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxxix. 248 You..make great complaint of the wonderfull crueltie we show towardes you.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 131 Whose failing..I should..not expose to blame By my complaint .

1738–9 in Swift's Lett. (1768) IV. 223 For some little time past, I have not had the same cause of complaint.

1780 J. Bentham Introd. Princ. Morals & Legisl. (1789) xix. §15 It is a standing topic of complaint, that a man knows too little of himself.

1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) I. i. 35 Complaint was loud enough when complaint was just, under the Somerset protectorate.

1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola I. vi. 114 He did not wish to assume an attitude of complaint in the presence of a stranger.

a. (with a and plural) An utterance or statement of grievance or injustice suffered.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > [noun] > a complaint

plainta1275

groinc1374

complaintc1385

murmura1393

grutchc1460

plainc1475

yammer?a1513

puling?1529

objecting1552

obmurmuration1571

regratea1586

repine1593

grumblinga1616

grumble1623

dissatisfactionc1640

obmurmuring1642

rumbling1842

natter1866

grouch1895

beef1900

holler1901

squawk1909

moan1911

yip1911

grouse1918

gripe1934

crib1943

bitch1945

drip1945

kvetch1957

c1385 G. Chaucer Legend Good Women 363 To here..hir compleyntes and peticiouns.

1477 Earl Rivers tr. Dictes or Sayengis Philosophhres (Caxton) (1877) lf. 50 To be in a certayn place, for to here the conplayntes of euery body.

1509 J. Fisher Mornynge Remembraunce Countesse of Rychemonde (de Worde) sig. Bi The holy faders..make these complayntes..agaynst almyghty god.

1690 Def. Rights & Priviledges Univ. Oxf. Pref. Once at least in every age the Citizens have renewed their complaints against us.

1861 C. Dickens Let. 6 Nov. (1997) IX. 497 Yours is the first complaint of the kind I have ever received.

b. spec. A statement of injury or grievance laid before a court or judicial authority (esp. and properly a Court of Equity) for purposes of prosecution or of redress; a formal accusation or charge. bill of complaint: the written statement of the plaintiff's case.

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1413 J. Lydgate Pilgr. of Sowle (1859) i. viii. 6 In euery ryghtwys court skyle is that the actour be admytted to maken his compleynt.

1529 Act 21 Hen. VIII c. 16 §11 Our..Subjects..exhibited unto us a lamentable Bill of Complaint.

1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 161 The Marchauntes of London..exhibited a Byll of complaint agaynst the Countesse of Flaundyrs, for that shee had taken from them certayne goodes.

1599 F. Thynne Animaduersions (1875) 13 I fynde..that kinge Edwarde the firste had herde the compleinte of Iohne Chaucer of london.

1611 Bible (King James) Acts xxv. 7 The Iewes..stood round about, and laide many and grieuous complaints against Paul.

1622 G. de Malynes Consuetudo 227 Who..did preferre their Bills of complaint in Chauncerie.

1772 S. Denne & W. Shrubsole Hist. Rochester 227 To exhibit a bill of complaint or information against the executors.

1872 O. Shipley Gloss. Eccl. Terms , Article 45 A complaint exhibited in the ecclesiastical courts by way of libel.

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c. U.S. The plaintiff's case in a civil action.

5. The matter, subject, or ground of complaint.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > accusation, charge > [noun] > ground of complaint

lastOE

plainta1382

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complaint1732

the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > [noun] > cause or ground of complaint

gravament1537

complaint1732

beef1900

pet peeve1909

grouse1918

a1699 E. Stillingfleet Serm. I. x What complaint hath been more frequent among men almost in all Ages, than that peace and prosperity hath been the portion of the wicked?]

1732 J. Swift Consideration Two Bills in H. Davis Prose Wks. XII. 197 The poverty of the clergy in England hath been the complaint of all who wish well to the church.

1751 Butler Wks. (1874) II. 323 The general decay of religion..has been for some time the complaint of all serious persons.

6. spec. A bodily ailment, indisposition, disorder (esp. of chronic nature).

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > [noun]

soreOE

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itis1909

bug1918

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crud1932

bot1937

lurgy1947

Korean haemorrhagic fever1951

nadger1956

1727 J. Arbuthnot Tables Anc. Coins 288 One Patient in a complaint of his Bowels, was let blood till he..was perfectly cured.

1733 Swift's Lett. (1766) II. 187 Your complaint and mine are not very different..Mine is a sort of dizziness.

1769 W. Buchan Domest. Med. ii. 316 A medicine very much in esteem for complaints of the throat.

1809 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 21 47 This..was mistaken for a bowel complaint.

1844 A. P. Stanley Life & Corr. T. Arnold I. 1 Susannah, who, after a lingering complaint in the spine, died at Laleham, in 1832.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	complaint
释义	complaintn. Brit. /kəmˈpleɪnt/, U.S. /kəmˈpleɪnt/ Forms: Middle English compleignte, Middle English compleynt(e, Middle English–1500s compleinte, Middle English complent, Middle English–1500s complaynt(e, 1500s complant, Middle English– complaint. Etymology: Middle English < French complainte = Provençal complancha, -plainta, Old Catalan complancta, -planta, Italian compianta, late Latin type complancta, noun < complanctus past participle, corresponding etymologically to those in -ata, -ada, -ée. 1. The action of complaining; the utterance of grief, lamentation, grieving. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > [noun] carea1000 sorrowingOE meaninga1200 moan?c1225 mourning?c1225 plaint?c1225 ruthc1225 weimerc1230 mean?c1250 sorrow?c1250 dolec1290 plainingc1300 woec1300 dolourc1320 mourna1350 waymentingc1350 penancec1380 complaintc1384 lamentationc1384 complainingc1385 moaninga1400 waiminga1400 waymenta1400 waymentationc1400 dillc1420 merourec1429 plainc1475 regratec1480 complainc1485 regretc1500 lamenting1513 doleance1524 deploration1533 deplorement1593 condolement1602 regreeting1606 imploration1607 pother1638 dolinga1668 moanification1827 dolence1861 the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > [noun] > action of complaining yomeringc1000 grutching?c1225 plainingc1300 complaintc1384 murmurc1385 murmurationc1390 groiningc1405 grudgingc1420 musinga1425 querimonyc1450 storming1461 mutteringc1475 grudge1477 grunching1487 murmuringc1530 muting1542 repining1550 orpingc1598 maundering1611 oggannition1625 jowering1628 remonstrating1647 regrudginga1677 complaining1702 pesting1705 yammering1705 growling1752 pine1804 gruntling1834 bitching1939 griping1945 pissing1947 bitch1975 kitchen-sinking1975 c1384 G. Chaucer Hous of Fame ii. 924 For whom was maked moch compleynt. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccxxvi. (heading) 299 The pytefull complaynt that therle Mountfort made for his dethe. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Rest of Esther xiii. E Turne oure complaynte and sorow in to ioye. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 1516 With pyte and complaint pyne for to here. 1611 Bible (King James) Psalms cxlii. 2. 1727 J. Swift Thoughts on Var. Subj. in Misc. Prose & Verse I. 401 Complaint is the largest Tribute Heaven receives. 1752 S. Johnson Rambler No. 200. ⁋1 They have immediate recourse to lamentation and complaint.] 2. a. An expression of grief, a lamentation, a plaint. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > [noun] > instance or act of lamenting moan?c1225 mean?c1250 bimena1325 lamentation1382 queryc1400 pinec1440 tragedy1536 lamentc1592 complaint?1606 conclamation1627 quiritation1634 throb1635 pathetic1667 dismals1774 jeremiad1780 complain1820 tangi1836 Jobism1855 wail1867 rune1922 vigil1956 ?1606 M. Drayton Eglog x, in Poemes sig. G6 For whose complaynts tears neuer could suffice. 1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) Pref. p. xliii The Complaints which My Torments express from me. b. spec. A plaintive poem, a plaint. (Frequent as a title, but in later times chiefly descriptive.) ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > other types of poem > [noun] > sad poem > complaint complaintc1368 c1368 G. Chaucer (title) Compleynte of Pité. c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Franklin's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 240 Of which matere made he manye layes Songes, compleyntes, roundels, vyrelayes. 1529 Lyndesay (title) Heir beginnis the Complaynt of Schir Dauid Lindesay. 1536 Lyndesay (title) The Complaint and publict Confessioun of the Kingis auld Hound callit Bagsche. 1599 F. Thynne Animaduersions (1875) 30 Blanche his wyfe..dyed longe after that compleinte. 1663 Cowley (title) The Complaint. 1779 S. Johnson Cowley in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets I. 30 An ode called ‘The Complaint’..met with the usual fortune of complaints, and seems to have excited more contempt than pity. 3. Outcry against or because of injury; representation of wrong suffered; utterance of grievance. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > protesting or remonstrance > [noun] complaint1374 exclamation1430 reclamation1533 barking1549 remonstrance1593 remonstration1605 querulation1614 remonstrating1647 queruling1838 Protestantism1854 1374 G. Chaucer Anelida & Arcite (title) The compleynte of Anelida..upon Arcyte..for his Doublenesse. 1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 111 Tho was murmur, tho was disdeine, Tho was compleinte on every side. 1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxxix. 248 You..make great complaint of the wonderfull crueltie we show towardes you. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 131 Whose failing..I should..not expose to blame By my complaint . View more context for this quotation 1738–9 in Swift's Lett. (1768) IV. 223 For some little time past, I have not had the same cause of complaint. 1780 J. Bentham Introd. Princ. Morals & Legisl. (1789) xix. §15 It is a standing topic of complaint, that a man knows too little of himself. 1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) I. i. 35 Complaint was loud enough when complaint was just, under the Somerset protectorate. 1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola I. vi. 114 He did not wish to assume an attitude of complaint in the presence of a stranger. 4. a. (with a and plural) An utterance or statement of grievance or injustice suffered. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > [noun] > a complaint plainta1275 groinc1374 complaintc1385 murmura1393 grutchc1460 plainc1475 yammer?a1513 puling?1529 objecting1552 obmurmuration1571 regratea1586 repine1593 grumblinga1616 grumble1623 dissatisfactionc1640 obmurmuring1642 rumbling1842 natter1866 grouch1895 beef1900 holler1901 squawk1909 moan1911 yip1911 grouse1918 gripe1934 crib1943 bitch1945 drip1945 kvetch1957 c1385 G. Chaucer Legend Good Women 363 To here..hir compleyntes and peticiouns. 1477 Earl Rivers tr. Dictes or Sayengis Philosophhres (Caxton) (1877) lf. 50 To be in a certayn place, for to here the conplayntes of euery body. 1509 J. Fisher Mornynge Remembraunce Countesse of Rychemonde (de Worde) sig. Bi The holy faders..make these complayntes..agaynst almyghty god. 1690 Def. Rights & Priviledges Univ. Oxf. Pref. Once at least in every age the Citizens have renewed their complaints against us. 1861 C. Dickens Let. 6 Nov. (1997) IX. 497 Yours is the first complaint of the kind I have ever received. b. spec. A statement of injury or grievance laid before a court or judicial authority (esp. and properly a Court of Equity) for purposes of prosecution or of redress; a formal accusation or charge. bill of complaint: the written statement of the plaintiff's case. ΚΠ 1413 J. Lydgate Pilgr. of Sowle (1859) i. viii. 6 In euery ryghtwys court skyle is that the actour be admytted to maken his compleynt. 1529 Act 21 Hen. VIII c. 16 §11 Our..Subjects..exhibited unto us a lamentable Bill of Complaint. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 161 The Marchauntes of London..exhibited a Byll of complaint agaynst the Countesse of Flaundyrs, for that shee had taken from them certayne goodes. 1599 F. Thynne Animaduersions (1875) 13 I fynde..that kinge Edwarde the firste had herde the compleinte of Iohne Chaucer of london. 1611 Bible (King James) Acts xxv. 7 The Iewes..stood round about, and laide many and grieuous complaints against Paul. View more context for this quotation 1622 G. de Malynes Consuetudo 227 Who..did preferre their Bills of complaint in Chauncerie. 1772 S. Denne & W. Shrubsole Hist. Rochester 227 To exhibit a bill of complaint or information against the executors. 1872 O. Shipley Gloss. Eccl. Terms , Article 45 A complaint exhibited in the ecclesiastical courts by way of libel. Thesaurus » Categories » c. U.S. The plaintiff's case in a civil action. 5. The matter, subject, or ground of complaint. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > accusation, charge > [noun] > ground of complaint lastOE plainta1382 aggrievance1389 griefc1420 grievance1481 condemnation1534 complaint1732 the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > [noun] > cause or ground of complaint gravament1537 complaint1732 beef1900 pet peeve1909 grouse1918 a1699 E. Stillingfleet Serm. I. x What complaint hath been more frequent among men almost in all Ages, than that peace and prosperity hath been the portion of the wicked?] 1732 J. Swift Consideration Two Bills in H. Davis Prose Wks. XII. 197 The poverty of the clergy in England hath been the complaint of all who wish well to the church. 1751 Butler Wks. (1874) II. 323 The general decay of religion..has been for some time the complaint of all serious persons. 6. spec. A bodily ailment, indisposition, disorder (esp. of chronic nature). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > [noun] soreOE cothec1000 sicknessc1000 evilc1275 maladyc1275 grievance1377 passiona1382 infirmityc1384 mischiefa1387 affectiona1398 grievinga1398 grief1398 sicka1400 case?a1425 plaguec1425 diseasea1475 alteration1533 craze1534 uncome1538 impediment1542 affliction?1555 ailment1606 disaster1614 garget1615 morbus1630 ail1648 disaffect1683 disorder1690 illness1692 trouble1726 complaint1727 skookum1838 claim1898 itis1909 bug1918 wog1925 crud1932 bot1937 lurgy1947 Korean haemorrhagic fever1951 nadger1956 1727 J. Arbuthnot Tables Anc. Coins 288 One Patient in a complaint of his Bowels, was let blood till he..was perfectly cured. 1733 Swift's Lett. (1766) II. 187 Your complaint and mine are not very different..Mine is a sort of dizziness. 1769 W. Buchan Domest. Med. ii. 316 A medicine very much in esteem for complaints of the throat. 1809 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 21 47 This..was mistaken for a bowel complaint. 1844 A. P. 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