complaining

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /kəmˈpleɪnɪŋ/

Verb

1. present participle of complain#English|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 […]

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