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v. Present participle of complain.

adj. uttering complaints. Opposite of uncomplaining.

n. The expression of regret, sorrow, or dissatisfaction; a murmuring; a complaint.

Expressing or expressive of complaint; lamenting; murmuring: as, to speak in a complaining tone.

In the habit of making complaint; fretful; querulous: as, a complaining child.

Sick; ill; poorly: as, he is complaining.

adj. expressing pain or dissatisfaction of resentment

"As she gets to the top and turns she shoots one of her looks at me, her eyes wide, her mouth tightly silent but her expression complaining about everything: the state I have brought you home in, the fact that you are so unhappy and ill, the late nap that will no doubt interfere with your precious routine."

fretful    whiny    Protestant    whiney    querulous   

ailing   

complaintive    fault-finding    murmuring    grumbling    growling   

complain   

abstaining    ascertaining    attaining    campaigning    caning