Verb complain has 2 senses
  1. complain, kick, plain, sound off, quetch, kvetch - express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness; "My mother complains all day"; "She has a lot to kick about"
    Antonyms: cheer, cheer up, chirk up
    Derived forms: noun complaint3, noun complainer1
    Sample sentence:
    They complain that there was a traffic accident
  2. complain - make a formal accusation; bring a formal charge; "The plaintiff's lawyer complained that he defendant had physically abused his client"
    --2 is one way to
    charge
    Derived forms: noun complaint5, noun complaint4, noun complainant1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
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