Crossword-Solution: COMPLAIN 8 letters, 65 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 14

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Word Word Type Definition
Complain v. i. To give utterance to expression of grief, pain,
censure, regret. etc.; to lament; to murmur; to find fault; -- commonly
used with of. Also, to creak or squeak, as a timber or wheel.
Complain v. i. To make a formal accusation; to make a charge.
Complain v. t. To lament; to bewail.

We have 65 clues for the answer “COMPLAIN”

Clue Answers
send food back 1 answer
make a formal accusation 1 answer
express dissatisfaction or annoyance about something 1 answer
bring a formal charge 1 answer
Express dissatisfaction or annoyance 1 answer
Express dissatisfaction 2 answers
___ bitch 7 answers
whinge 8 answers
grizzle 10 answers
Go on (about) 11 answers
weep over 12 answers
BEAT the breast 13 answers
yawp 14 answers
repine 14 answers
pule 14 answers
Bleat 16 answers
GO into mourning 16 answers
Kvetch 17 answers
Crab 19 answers
remonstrate 20 answers
MAKE objection 20 answers
Boo-hoo 21 answers
Grouch 23 answers
Shed tears 23 answers
Blubber 28 answers
Bellyache 30 answers
criticise 31 answers
Indict 31 answers
yammer 33 answers
Prosecute 34 answers
Holler 34 answers
Gripe 35 answers
Whine 35 answers
Grumble 36 answers
find fault 36 answers
Wail 37 answers
moan 37 answers
Grouse 38 answers
Whimper 38 answers
groan 38 answers
Weep 38 answers
mutter 38 answers
mumble 39 answers
Ululate 41 answers
disapprove 41 answers
Howl 42 answers
cavil 42 answers
Beef 43 answers
make much of 43 answers
Accuse 47 answers
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
TAREE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with COMPLAIN (5)

There was a fixed rule that they must never hit back at meals, but should refer the matter of dispute to Wendy by raising the right arm politely and saying, “I complain of so-and-so;” but what usually happened was that they forgot to do this or did it too much.
Peter Pan James M. Barrie 1991
Others more milde, Retreated in a silent valley, sing With notes Angelical to many a Harp Thir own Heroic deeds and hapless fall By doom of Battel; and complain that Fate Free Vertue should enthrall to Force or Chance.
Paradise Lost John Milton 1991
Are we such apostles of mercy as to complain if the Martians warred in the same spirit? The Martians seem to have calculated their descent with amazing subtlety—their mathematical learning is evidently far in excess of ours—and to have carried out their preparations with a well-nigh perfect unanimity.
The War of the Worlds H. G. Wells 1992
Another expression sometimes heard is "Complain!", meaning "I have a complaint!" :Anthromorphization: -------------------- Semantically, one rich source of jargon constructions is the hackish tendency to anthropomorphize hardware and software.
The Jargon File, Version 2.9.10, 01 Jul 1992 Various 1992
Bless you, _they_ ain’t got noth’n’ to complain of.” Well, the king he talked him blind; so at last he give in, and said all right, but said he believed it was blamed foolishness to stay, and that doctor hanging over them.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) 1993

Quotes with COMPLAIN (3)

Complain and remain. Praise and be raised.
Joyce Meyer
I might have known,” said Eeyore. “After all, one can’t complain. I have my friends. Somebody spoke to me only yesterday. And was it last week or the week before that Rabbit bumped into me and said ‘Bother!’. The Social Round. Always something going on.
A. A. Milne Winnie-the-Pooh
How to win in life:1 work hard 2 complain less 3 listen more 4 try, learn, grow5 don't let people tell you it cant be done6 make no excuses
Germany Kent
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Appears in: Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, NYT, Universal.

Used 5 times in crossword archives (2003–2025).