Complain: alternatives and connections

To wound by clandestine detraction; to censure meanly or spitefully (an absent person); to slander or speak evil of (one absent).

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An animal of the genus Bos, especially the common species, B. taurus, including the bull, cow, and ox, in their full grown state; esp., an ox or cow…

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Pain in the bowels; colic.

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To express deep grief for by moaning; to express sorrow for; to lament; to bewail; to pity or sympathize with.

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To express deep sorrow for, as by wailing; to lament; to wail over.

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The female of the canine kind, as of the dog, wolf, and fox.

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To make the noise of, or one like that of, a sheep; to cry like a sheep or calf.

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One of the brachyuran Crustacea. They are mostly marine, and usually have a broad, short body, covered with a strong shell or carapace. The abdomen i…

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To make a low, hoarse noise in the throat, as a frog, a raven, or a crow; hence, to make any hoarse, dismal sound.

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To feel or to express deep and poignant grief for; to bewail; to lament; to mourn; to sorrow over.

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To growl; to snarl.

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A vulture; the griffin.

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Gray; a gray color; a mixture of white and black.

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Any of the numerous species of gallinaceous birds of the family Tetraonidae, and subfamily Tetraoninae, inhabiting Europe, Asia, and North America. T…

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To murmur or mutter with discontent; to make ill-natured complaints in a low voice and a surly manner.

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To declaim or rail (against some person or thing); to utter censorious and bitter language; to attack with harsh criticism or reproach, either spoken…

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To express or feel sorrow; to weep or wail; to mourn.

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A low, confused, and indistinct sound, like that of running water.

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To utter words indistinctly or with a low voice and lips partly closed; esp., to utter indistinct complaints or angry expressions; to grumble; to gro…

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A small horse; a pony; hence, any horse.

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The fourth part of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts; as, a peck of wheat.

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To affirm in a public or formal manner; to bear witness; to declare solemnly; to avow.

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An outer cloak or covering; a neckerchief for women.

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To fail; to wane.

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To refer.

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To find fault or rail with rude clamor; to brawl; to utter harsh, rude, boisterous rebuke; to chide sharply or coarsely; -- often with at; as, to sco…

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To utter a shrill, abrupt scream; to squeak harshly.

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To utter a plaintive cry, as some animals; to moan with a childish noise; to complain, or to tell of sorrow, distress, or the like, in a plaintive, n…

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See Yaup.

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To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill.

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Exactly representing; exact.

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Outer.

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To convert into a verb; to verbify.

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One who complains or laments; one who finds fault; a murmurer.

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One who complains or laments; one who finds fault; a murmurer.

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Expression of grief, regret, pain, censure, or resentment; lamentation; murmuring; accusation; fault-finding.

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Expression of grief, regret, pain, censure, or resentment; lamentation; murmuring; accusation; fault-finding.

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One who commences a personal action or suit to obtain a remedy for an injury to his rights; -- opposed to defendant.

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One who commences a personal action or suit to obtain a remedy for an injury to his rights; -- opposed to defendant.

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To strike, thrust, or hit violently with the foot; as, a horse kicks a groom; a man kicks a dog.

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To lament; to bewail; to complain.

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The face; the countenance or its expression.

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The face; the countenance or its expression.

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