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   complain

   /kəmˈpleɪn/

   verb

   • 1. express dissatisfaction or annoyance about something: "local authorities complained that they lacked sufficient resources"
   • 2. state that one is suffering from (a pain or other symptom of illness): "her husband began to complain of headaches"
   • 3. (of a structure or mechanism) groan or creak under strain.
   • ▪ make a mournful sound: literary "let the warbling flute complain"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French complaindre, from medieval Latin complangere ‘bewail’, from Latin com- (expressing intensive force) + plangere ‘to lament’.

   Scrabble Points: 14

   • C

     3

   • O

     1

   • M

     3

   • P

     3

   • L

     1

   • A

     1

   • I

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   • N

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