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complain 
  vb intr 
1 to express resentment, displeasure, etc., esp. habitually; grumble 
2 foll by: of to state the presence of pain, illness, etc., esp. in the hope of sympathy 
she complained of a headache  
  (C14: from Old French complaindre, from Vulgar Latin complangere (unattested), from Latin com- (intensive) + plangere to bewail) 
♦  complainer  n 
♦  complainingly  adv 

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