complaining

complaining

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəmˈpleɪnɪŋ/

Verb

complaining

1. present participle of complain

Noun

complaining (plural complainings)

1. The act by which someone complaints; a complaint.
   • 1863, Dinah Maria Craik, Mistress and maid

     Elizabeth […] wished he were beside her, and was so glad to think he would soon be beside her always, with all his humours and weaknesses, all his little crossnesses and complainings […]