complaining

noun, adj — 2 senses

complaining

noun

/kəmˈpleɪn.ɪŋ/

1

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:

complaining

adj

1

Continuously expressing dissatisfaction or annoyance.

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