Meanings
comparative more complaining · superlative most complaining
- tending to complain.
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of complain
plural complainings
- The act by which someone complains; a complaint.
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 ;[…]
1863, Dinah Craik, Mistress and Maid, volume 2, page 277
comparative more complaining · superlative most complaining
- Continuously expressing dissatisfaction or annoyance.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveexpressing pain or dissatisfaction of resentment
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with complaining
Cite this entry
complaining. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/complaining
“complaining.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/complaining. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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